This is what you have to do in Hoi An, Vietnam — getting the tailor made clothes. There are more than 400 tailor shops around the town for everything: dress, skirts, shirts, bikinis, shoes, accessories and even jewelries. You can custom made whatever you want. I decided to explore the tailor made dress experience. And coincidently, […]
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What is your favourite Chinese food? Have you ever make it at home? Chinese food is widely known for cheap and easy takeout food more than home cooked meal. I do also like Chinese food and I enjoy cooking, but to this day I’ve never cook it at my kitchen. It’s one
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“Ahahahahahahaha-“ The immigration officer couldn’t stop laughing for five minutes whilst my eyes were full of tears. “I’m serious!” I claimed. “Don’t worry! Vietnamese are very friendly!” She said. “To Koreans?” I asked. “No, to everyone! Don’t worry! You’ll be fine!” She answered. “So, I won’t go to jail?” “No.” This is the answer I
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Dakgalbi 닭갈비 – means grilled chicken, literately. I posted a photo of Dakgalbi dinner from Korea a while ago, and Jenny mentioned that this was her favorite dish in Korea. We briefly talked about making it when I’m traveling to Vietnam. Few month later, here I am staying in Hanoi, Vietnam. We decided to make
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Hanoi is humid and hot. It is a food heaven for good eaters and it has good markets for shoppers. Mostly, it has full of characters. You’ll never get bored. Coming from China, Vietnamese characters gave me a different feeling. The Chinese character is not so exotic to me since I can read and write
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Yangtze River Cruise was officially my first luxury-scenic cruise experience. I’m not exactly ‘luxury’ type of a traveler, but I wanted to experience what I don’t normally do. Four days of the cruise was one of the highlights of my China trip, no doubt. Because of the scenery and because of the
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Wake up in the morning without a noisy alarm clock. One of the best changes from my previous routine. I love it. Make some tea. Preferably strong one; Pu’er green/ dark or black tea. Check my email from Gmail, and also I have an email application from Mac, which contains 5
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At a little hostel in Chinatown of Singapore, I met Jenny. She lived and taught English in Korea that year and started traveling around Asia. I was on a short break from school for two weeks. We celebrated Chinese New Year together, got over a not-very-fun hangover, spent some time in a small beach,
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Dai craftmanship: Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion Xishuangbanna is a whole different side of China. It is in between China and Southeast Asia: Thailand and Laos. Weather is tropical, and the majority of people are Dai nationality. They even use different language: Dai. I traveled in Xishuangbanna twice, on my way to and back from Laos. The second
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For me, the name Yangtze River is quite familiar. It was always mentioned in the textbook through out the school years; the longest river in Asia, the third longest river in the world and it was an important area for human life in Asia. Other than that, I didn’t know much about it, especially about
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