How to Move to a New Country
A title like that makes it sound so simple, but I can assure you, it’s anything but. Having moved country 3 times now, to France, Hong Kong, and Korea (4 times if you count returning to Hong Kong),…
Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Me reviewing a Marvel film? Unheard of! Haha, anyone who’s read this blog before likely knows that I’m a pretty big fan of the MCU films (though I’m not a comic book reader), and I always check out…
Shanghai Disneyland | China
This is my last post about my trip to Shanghai (see parts one and two), and it only features one day, but what a day it was! I’ve already been to Disneyland parks in both Florida and Hong…
Shanghai Highlights, Part 2 | China
The latter half of my Shanghai trip involved a bit more sightseeing on my own, as China doesn’t have all the same public holidays as Hong Kong, and Tasha had to go back to work. We organised those days…
Shanghai Highlights, Part 1 | China
Hooray for public holidays! We got lucky this month, as we had two holidays close together, so my work gave us the day between off as well, making it a long enough break for a short trip. I…
Travel Inspiration – Philippines
Around this time last year, I spent my Easter holidays visiting the Philippines, visiting the islands of Boracay and Palawan (El Nido specifically) for a few days each. I spent most of time island hopping and lounging on…
Top Ten Badass Female Fictional Characters
For too long, the roles of women in fiction were limited – they were wives or mothers, love interests or side characters, ‘virgins or whores’, and thus their roles were largely defined by men. As years gave passed…
Musings from a Mountaintop
Here, the world is different. Different to the world below, a world of buildings and traffic and technology. A world of noise and pollution, violence and chaos. Here, the world is quiet. The world is ancient and unchanged.…
Xian Highlights | China
One day, I had just one day to see as much of Xian as possible! Honestly, like most people, the Terracotta Army was my main reason for coming here, but since it wouldn’t take up all my time,…
Zhangjiajie Highlights | China
After my whistle-stop highlights tour of China’s capital, Beijing, it was time for me to head off to another part of the country, and this time, I was going rural, to Zhangjiajie. This was a little more nerve-racking,…
