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…
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I’ve now been in Hangzhou for a couple of months and I’ve found some really cool places, so I thought I’d share what I’ve found here. 10. Impressions West Lake // 印象西湖 One evening, while walking around West Lake at night, we caught a glimpse of this show and decided we had to go. It’s…
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…
I have planned a lot of trips in the past couple of years. Pretty much every long weekend, random holiday, or major break from university has ended up in some sort of trip. I’ve gotten to travel all over Scotland and Europe in the past two years. I have also started planning a whole year…
I am starting to get everything settled here in China, so I thought I might share some helpful hints about getting settled in a new country. A lot of these things will be specific to China, but I can also share some things that overlap with getting settled in the UK. Culture Shock Feeling comfortable…
West Lake is probably Hangzhou’s most famous sight. it’s a pretty massive and beautiful lake in the middle of the city. The city is lush and green, but West Lake is somehow even more green. There are many places, where you can’t even tell you’re in the middle of a city of 8 million people…
I’ve been in China for just over 24 hours and I wanted to jot down my thoughts so far. I had a loooong journey from the US. I was in transit for over 24 hours and I only slept two or three hours over the course of those hours. While I was en route, I…
This past weekend my family and I went camping at Grayson Highlands State Park for the weekend. I took along some of my backpacking and travel gear that I was itching to try out. I’m a big fan of my new tent, which I hope to have many more adventures with. On Saturday we took…
After being home for the first time in nearly a year for 5 days, I quickly left again to go to Minnesota for six weeks. I got back to North Carolina and stayed home for about 24 hours before leaving for nearly two weeks of non-stop traveling. Luckily, this time I didn’t go too far from…
A lot has happened since I last wrote a blog post. It’s been a really great two months, but I thought it was about time I caught up on the blog about what I’ve been up to and upcoming adventures.After leaving Switzerland, which is where I last left off on this blog, I went back…