Hideout in Manila
In order to resolve my visa issues, I had to escape the South Korea for a bit to regain my visa-free status as a US citizen. Getting out of the country was a little bit of a nuisance but not too much trouble since I…
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Week 44: Jet Week
Jet lag does suck. All the byproducts of my travel culminated in this one week and my sleep schedule was tattered. Thankfully, Jake also wanted to relax so we went to a 찜질방 a bit away from our place, Spa Garden 5 (super Korean name,…
Summer Jammin', Singapore Remix
Day 1… Actually f*** that, let’s just go through everything in a sprint. Red-eye via a cheap Singapore Airlines roundtrip with a spare seat and Academy Award-nominated new releases all ready to watch. You could say my flight in was pretty comfy. (Likewise for my…
Feeling Chiang Rai
Night 17 Dude, if you ever want to go on a date somewhere nice and quaint in Thailand, Chiang Rai is it. It reminded of those super quaint areas in SoCal lit with Christmas lights and a bunch of young artists singing some tunes next…
The Burmese Platter
You may have noticed unlike my other blogs, I barely talked about food in my Burmese posts. Well since it was my only consistent country stay, I decided it would be best to parse that portion of the adventure into its own blog post. Here…
A Respite in Ol' Siam
Day 9 Bangkok, my 5th city on this little journey, also became my pit stop city. Admittedly, I expected Bangkok to also be my least enjoyable spot on this trip because it’s pretty much a tourist hub and couldn’t really see how it would stand…
Kampuchea, A Kingdom
Day 5 Getting out of Vietnam early was rather easy and finding my bus posed no difficulty. As a side note, even though my bus ride was pretty fine and pretty clean, my Vietnamese seat mate said that one should try to get a Khai…
Sai-went
Day 3 I think everyone can relate to me on this—visas suck (insert expletive if you really hate visas). This is not to say Vietnam’s visa thing was hell on earth (I think Korea’s was far worse and burdensome), but that the actual act of…
Kuala Loaded
Night 0 Selamat datang! My entry into Malaysia moved very quickly. Since I’ll be using carry-on with a bunch of budget airlines for my trip through Southeast Asia (yes, AirAsia included), I am restricted to a 7 kg max. No problem. As a self-identified expert…
Week 35: Wedding Bells, Again!
To be honest, few things make me feel more adult than receiving a personal invitation as a guest to special events, particularly weddings. In my time in Korea, I have attended two (three if you count the one I accidentally crashed) already, both of which…