Born to Travel.
Entrance fee is the biggest obstacle in China to budget travelers. You have to make the decision based on how much you are willing to pay to see/do. It’s over 10 US$ most of the time, no matter what it is. Three pagodas, the symbol of Dali, Yunnan province, China are not the [...] Read more »
Pu’er tea is still a mystery to me. I like it and enjoy it, I truly do, but I still don’t know much about the process and the aging related factors. There’s no one to explain to me at the tea shop in China, and there’s not enough information to study in English. [...] Read more »
Gil: I would like you to read my novel and get your opinion. Ernest Hemingway: I hate it. Gil: You haven’t even read it yet. Ernest Hemingway: If it’s bad, I’ll hate it. If it’s good, then I’ll be envious and hate it even more. You don’t want the opinion of another writer. [...] Read more »
It’s Official: Runaway Juno is Flying to America, for the Second Time. “Complete your booking” the button read. So, I did. I clicked to book the one-way ticket to Washington D.C. Which means; Runaway Juno is going to America for the second time! For my last visit, I went to the [...] Read more »
One late night in Jianshui, we were looking for something to eat, doubting anything would open at this late hour. Then we stumbled upon this little night market with full of barbecue stalls. Chicken feet, pig feet, chicken butt… No, we weren’t in the mood for a heavy barbecue. “Mi-sheng?” We [...] Read more »
Two years ago, while I was sitting at a cubicle late at night, I thought of a perfect name for my website – Runaway Juno. I bought a domain and studied how to start the blog every night after 14 hours of working days, and sometimes at the cubicle. Two years later, here [...] Read more »
“Hello, hello, I have a guesthouse, take a look.” “Bungalow, good view.” “I have hot shower, cold drink.” A group of guesthouse owners are trying hard to get customers in their house as soon as the boat from Nong Kiew arrived. An hour of long boat ride made my butt sore, but [...] Read more »
Do you remember my little kiwi brothers who were sitting on my bookshelf? They are quite adventurous. I adopted them at a souvenir shop in Auckland, New Zealand and now they’re my travel buddies. Their curiosity meets my wanderlust; it made us good travel companions. A few months ago the Kiwi Brothers [...] Read more »
Yes, Laos, it wasn’t on my original plan. But, I had to reset my Chinese visa after 30 days, and Laos was the easiest and the best choice from Xishuangbanna, China. We crossed the border by a bus to Luang Namtha and settled in Luang Prabang for 12 days. People asked me [...] Read more »
When we decided to stay in Laos for few weeks, I got worried about getting malaria. I’m very easy target to mosquitos – to this day, I don’t know the reason. And just in time, there was a BBC article about how malaria is getting higher death rates around the world. Perfect. But, [...] Read more »