FSOT Preparation & Reading Project

As I am finishing up my second-to-last year of university, I am constantly aware of my impending need for full-time employment. I am considering many options – and maybe I’ll do a blog post about that eventually, but I wanted to highlight one of the career options that I am considering. Ever since I decided…

Monthly Recap: April 2017

Here’s what I got up to this month! Places I went  Beijing, China Huangshan, Anhui, China Lhasa, Shigatse, Everest Base Camp, Tibet, China Urumqi and Turpan, Xinjiang, China Best on the Blog Guilin & Yangshuo – this was the last the last blog post in my series from my travels during Spring Festival. Best on…

A Weekend in Huangshan

This past weekend I went to Huangshan with a couple of friends. We had an amazing time and really lucked out on the weather! On Friday evening, we took the last bus from Hangzhou to Huangshan park, which takes about 4 hours. We arrived about 9:30 and checked into the Kunlun hostel. We were very…

The Tale of Two Passports

I have two passports now! Here’s why… I got mu last passport (on the left) in early 2014 and now I have a new passport, which I got almost exactly three years later. This is because I filled the other one up, which was one of only two items on my bucket list. So at…

Monthly Recap: March 2017

Here’s what I got up to this month! Places I Went Shanghai, China Shaoxing, China Beijing, China Best on the Blog Bangkok, Thailand – this was the first blog post about my Spring Festival travels. Best on Instagram This was a sunset picture from Nanjing Road in Shanghai one one of my two trips to…

Monthly Recap: February 2017

I haven’t written much on this blog lately, and to be honest I probably won’t be updating very much in the next few weeks. As I said in my last monthly recap, it’s been a crazy time for me. February was no exception. But this time it was crazy in an almost exclusively good way….

Monthly Recap: December and January

These have been a crazy two months for me. I have been traveling, writing essays, taking exams, and celebrating the holidays. Here’s what I’ve been up to.Places I went Nanjing, ChinaTamil Nadu, India Bangkok, Koh Lan, and Koh Tao, Thailand Chengdu, China Best on the Blog2016 in Review – I collected all my favorite pictures from…

Monthly Recap: November

November has been a really good month! Keep reading to see what I got up to this month. Places I Went Shengzhou, China Shanghai, China Xi’an, China Best on the Blog A Taste of Shengzhou – this is the blog post I wrote about my trip to Shengzhou with a TV crew. I had a really…

Taipei

I spent last week in October exploring Taipei, so keep reading if you want to see what I got up to. On our first day, we got into Taipei in the afternoon. We stayed in an area called Ximen (西门), which turned out to be a really cool area. We were really surprised at how…

Monthly Recap: October

Here’s what I got up to in October. Places I Went Hangzhou, ChinaTaipei and Jiufen, Taiwan Best on the Blog How to Plan Your Perfect Trip Best on Instagram Taipei 101– Taken from Elephant Mountain in Taipei Books I ReadSixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home by Mallachy Tallack – I liked…