• Made some Taiwanese friends

    17th Aug 2019 by

    15th August 2019 Just a travel day today. Woke up at 9, packed my bag and ate breakfast. Headed off once Harry awoke at 11. We were travelling from Seoul to Daegu International airport. We chose to fly from daegu just as it was so much cheaper, even including the travel between Daegu and Seoul.… Read more

  • A day climbing Mount Namsan

    14th Aug 2019 by

    14th August 2019 Harry decided to try and find the shopping mall again as he had sourced some new info. So I was going to go on a hike as Harry wasnt keen anyway. I headed to Mount Namsan. It was an hours walk from the hostel so I packed a cheese sandwich, some water… Read more

  • Little trip into North Korea

    13th Aug 2019 by

    12th August 2019 Had a well needed break today to take my mind off of Australia as Harry wanted to do some shopping. Read a book recommended by Prakhar, The Alchemist, got about halfway through and it is very thought-provoking. Watched Morning Glory, which is a funny movie and was able to temporarily distract me… Read more

  • Guards at Gwanghwamun Gate is an event to watch

    11th Aug 2019 by

    11th August 2019Seoul Had a long sleep, woke up about 10am with Harry still passed out. Had a massive bowl of breakfast, showered etc, harry still snoring, so I decided to do a little jigsaw puzzle which annoyingly had pieces missing. Once Harry was up, we headed to the Gyeongbukdung palace which was beautiful. And… Read more

  • You could live off of testers in Seoul

    10th Aug 2019 by

    10th August 2019Seoul A well needed 9 hours sleep. Harry couldn’t sleep cuz he now has pink eye or something, so I walked to the supermarket to grab some food. Lotte mart is better than Costco at giving out testers. I tried almost everything and felt like I’d had an entire meal. Just some of… Read more

  • 3 hour bus journey from Daegu to Seoul

    10th Aug 2019 by

    9th August 2019 Daegu. Hungover. Ran out of toothpaste so I borrowed a spare one. Made an omelette again. Then we made our may to the bus terminal to catch a bus to Seoul. Annoyingly they only had one seat for economy. We decided to split the cost of one economy and one premium, and… Read more

  • Daegu. It’s like Japan, but cheaper.

    9th Aug 2019 by

    8th August 2019,Daegu, South Korea Finally we get up before 12pm! This morning, I made full use of the free eggs and made myself an omelette. The other guests in the hostel were nice, Mark and some Austrian guy, talked for a while about skiing which I now miss. Left for the herbal medicine market… Read more

  • UNLIMITED SUSHI IN TOKYO

    5th Aug 2019 by

    5th August 2019 Booked flights to leave Tokyo on the 7th August, flying to South Korea. Mostly due to the fact it’s the cheapest place to fly to after Japan. And also booked tickets from South Korea to Taiwan on the 16th. Harry and I felt our first earthquake today! Never felt one before and… Read more

  • Wow, Japan is really hot

    2nd Aug 2019 by

    2nd August 2019 Tokyo News report – 11 dead and 5,600 hospitalised due to heatwaves Harry and I decided to dedicate the entire day to a rest day, which was delightful. In the evening, we went to the shop in the evening for some beverage and found the sake, the all famous cheap Japanese rice… Read more

  • Chill days are good days

    30th Jul 2019 by

    Had a chill few days as Tokyo can get incredibly hot in the day. Yesterday, we visited the Government building as it’s free to go to the observatory on the 45th floor and on a clear day you can see Mount Fuji, unfortunately it was a bit too foggy. In the evening, Harry and I… Read more

  • Tokyoooooooo

    29th Jul 2019 by

    28th July 2019 Tokyo, Japan Was able to snag myself a free meal on the flight to Tokyo by simply asking the flight attendant if there were any spare preorders :). Always fun to start the morning well. The Narita Airport is huge, and luckily immigration officers didn’t ask for an onward ticket because I… Read more

  • Journey from Coron to Puerto

    27th Jul 2019 by

    Travel from Coron to Puerto Princessa. Had to say my goodbyes to Ari after what feels like a month of travelling together.  I got the 1200 ferry from Coron to El Nido, the ferry got in at 1700 on the 26th and my flight from Puerto to Manila wasnt until 1940 on the 27th. As… Read more

  • Lazy day in Coron

    27th Jul 2019 by

    25th JuneCoron, Last day here, really feel just like chilling today. My smart sim stopped working, despite adding another GB of data, so went on a drive to get some wifi, ended up being tempted into a butter and syrup waffle for 100 pesos at the Touchwood cafe. I was just about able to message… Read more

  • Is Marcilla beach the best beach on Busuanga Island?

    25th Jul 2019 by

    24th July 2019Marcilla, Coron Went to sleep about midnight after watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as Ari said the movie reminds her of me. Woke up after the comfiest nights sleep in a while, headed to the bakery to get 10 peanut and sugar coated soft pastry buns for 50 pesos, they were delicious. Met… Read more

  • Good or bad, hard to say

    23rd Jul 2019 by

    23rd July 2019 Coron, Second day of volunteering. Yesterday, I only spent about 2 hours working, and also spent barely anytime with anyone speaking english. As soon as more than one Filipino was in the kitchen they would speak Tagalog, which after a few hours made me miss home a lot. Speaking with my family,… Read more

  • Volunteering in Coron

    22nd Jul 2019 by

    22nd July 2019Coron Last night, me and Charlie went out, turns out he knows a lot of people around Coron from the work hes doing. Had a nice little road trip with 5 people and ended it was a shawarma, annoyingly the shawarma in the central plaza closed at 9pm and we got there 9:15,… Read more

  • Finding a free place to stay in Coron

    21st Jul 2019 by

    21st July 2019 Coron Just arrived in Coron with James and met another girl called Bronagh on the ferry ride from El Nido. As this is the first time exploring on my own I’ve decided to try a few things differently. I’ve messaged some people on couchsurfing, one guy asking for volunteers to do some… Read more

  • Nacpan to El Nido to Coron tomorrow 🙂

    20th Jul 2019 by

    20th July 2019 Nacpan Today is my last day in Nacpan and it’s been so much fun. The people I met in Where 2 Next have made the last few days unforgettable. Last night, the 7 of us bought some chicken, rice and some salad bits and used the bbq at the hostel to have… Read more

  • Overly friendly Filipinos

    13th Jul 2019 by

    14th July 2019, Kalibo Airport The previous night I’d gone to bed early as I had a flight to catch from Kalibo airport, and zero pre booked plans of getting there besides a little slip of paper given to me from the hostel. I was leaving Harry and Liv as the flight I was catching… Read more

  • Couchsurfing in the Phillipines

    11th Jul 2019 by

    July 10th 2019,Manila, Philippines   Harry, I landed in Manila and luckily I’d been able to sort us a place to stay for free using Couchsurfing. The man was called Tefeet and he was kind enough to meet us at the airport. Together we hopped on a jeepney, which was a new mode of transport… Read more

  • Bali Diary

    20th Jun 2019 by

    My first stop Bali(This is from 20th June until I left Bali, but I started writing this journal afterward Bali, so this is a throwback) Arrived in Denpasar, asked a guy sitting on a curb to give me a ride to the hostel where Harry, Emily, Katie, Liv, Josh and Rob were staying and he… Read more

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