Taishan, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Jinmen
** Again, H was stuck in Beijing with school, so this trip was just R. 8 Jun: A friend, YL, – the same one whose home we visited for New Year’s […]
Qingdao and Qufu
From R: 27 May: Going a little stir-crazy and with all of my preparations for my thesis defense completed, I decided to escape the city for a short two day break. […]
Taiwan
17 Feb: We arrived early in the morning to Taipei and had only really finished making our plans on the plane ride over. We decided to head first down to Kaohsiung, […]
Singapore
15 Feb: Today we woke up, threw away all of our chewing gum, walked over to the bus station, and caught the bus over the causeway into Singapore. We made […]
Malaysia II: Malacca and JB
11 Feb: After one last abortive attempt to make it to the top of the Petronas Towers, we headed to a long-distance bus station and boarded a bus to Malacca. After […]
Malaysia I: KL and Ipoh
9 Feb: We landed in Kuala Lumpur in the early afternoon, and took a variety of public transport (with a good deal of walking) and eventually made it to our […]
Cambodia II: Phnom Penh
6 Feb: Today, we took a 5 hour long 15-pax van ride along Cambodia’s one main highway from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. The road is being constructed by the Chinese […]
Cambodia I: Siem Reap
3 Feb: There are bigger and more exciting airports in the world, but Siem Reap, Cambodia may win on being the most beautiful for its size. The airport itself is a […]
Myanmar (Burma III): Yangon
1 Feb: From Heho, we flew down to Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city and the location of all the foreign embassies and diplomatic missions, despite the fact that it is no longer the […]
Myanmar (Burma) II: Inle Lake
30 Jan: We packed up early and headed to the airport for the short flight to Heho. Heho is the gateway to Inle Lake, which is about 40 minutes away […]
