Harbin was the last stop during my 2,5 weeks trip to Northern East part of China. I started my winter adventure in Dalian – Dandong – North Korea – Shenyang – Changchun then finally – Harbin. The temp in Dalian and Dandong was still not exceeding -5°C even though there ...
Read More »WHEN I JOINED A LOCAL CHINESE TOUR TO THE PRETTIEST SNOW VILLAGE (XUE XIANG) IN CHINA
My trip to China’s prettiest Snow Village also called Xue Xiang or originally named Shuangfeng Forest Farm turns to be my most memorable one in China because that was such a funny experience to join a local Chinese tour all by myself when I did not even speak or understand ...
Read More »TRAVELING TO NORTH KOREA JUST BEFORE COVID-19!
I traveled to North Korea during Christmas 2019. Little did I know, just about 2,5 weeks after my leaving from North Korea, the country strictly closed their border from the outside world including China due to Covid-19. I can not imagined if the Covid-19 outbreak found a couple of weeks ...
Read More »THE MOST INTRIGUING SPOT IN NORTH KOREA : THE KUMSUSAN PALACE OF THE SUN
By the end of my visit to this palace, I knew I had to make a dedicated post as this was such a very special experience to me. I did not do thorough research on places to visit in North Korea, as the whole trip was arranged by the tour. ...
Read More »NEXT EXCITING DESTINATION : NORTH KOREA
I know it sounds terrifying but yup..! it has been decided that I am going to North Korea or DPRK (Democratic People Republic of Korea) – this is how the country likes to acknowledge themselves by the way. In North Korea, the people don’t call the country as North Korea ...
Read More »A BIRTHDAY TRIP TO SUMBA, NTT
After a few months full of gazillion works, pitches, and full calendar with no day without meetings. I texted my boss – “After this pitch, I want to take leave. Just for 2 days .. it’s my birthday trip” She was quiet for a moment but finally agreed to my request. ...
Read More »3 HIGHLIGHTED PLACES AROUND SHANGHAI – CHINA
So, this is my 3rd trip this year. Lucky me, this one was FREE! The company where I work, conducted a company outing and the destination was.. to Shanghai!! It was pretty exciting because I had not been to mainland China yet. I’d only been to Hong Kong and Macau ...
Read More »FINDING PEACE IN THE CITY OF LAKE, UDAIPUR-INDIA
My friend was really curious why did I want to allocate 2 nights in Udaipur and why did we even go to Udaipur instead of staying in Jaipur longer.I simply answer, I wanted to find peace and serenity. I heard its a peaceful city that has a bunch of lake ...
Read More »WE HAD FUN AMIDST ALL THE DRAMAS IN INDIA!
WHY INDIA?? Many people around got fuzzy. To a third world country citizen like me and my friends, India is certainly not a common favorite destination. Honestly the reason why I went to India was because the ticket was super cheap by Jet Airways. I got return ticket from Jakarta to New ...
Read More »MY FIRST SLEEPER TRAIN : CHIANG MAI TO BANGKOK
Last month, I had a work conference in Bangkok for a few couple of days. As an opportunist employee slash longing-for-getaway traveler (Just so you know, I haven’t been to anywhere this year and it makes me crazy!), I took a couple of days of leave before my conference date. ...
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