February 2012
16 posts
2 tags
Feb 3rd
6 notes
6 tags
Feb 3rd
11 notes
6 tags
Feb 3rd
2 notes
4 tags
Feb 3rd
2 notes
8 tags
Feb 3rd
11 notes
5 tags
Feb 3rd
19 notes
5 tags
Feb 3rd
13 notes
4 tags
Feb 3rd
5 notes
5 tags
Feb 3rd
5 notes
3 tags
Feb 3rd
1 note
1 tag
Feb 3rd
2 notes
5 tags
Feb 3rd
6 notes
5 tags
Feb 3rd
2 notes
5 tags
Feb 3rd
10 notes
January 2012
68 posts
4 tags
Jan 31st
4 notes
9 tags
To any Western girl who ever needs an ego boost:
CHINA. You feel clumsy and stupid for not knowing the language or how to use chopsticks (just me?) but then so many people will smile and say “Hello!!” even though most of them don’t speak English. Even better - yesterday at the Terracotta Warriors I had three separate groups ask to take a photo with me. An old man wanted me in a photo with his adorable granddaughter, a guy...
Jan 31st
6 notes
6 tags
Jan 25th
8 notes
6 tags
Jan 25th
4 notes
6 tags
Jan 25th
30 notes
6 tags
Jan 25th
4 notes
5 tags
Jan 25th
10 notes
5 tags
Jan 25th
4 notes
5 tags
Jan 25th
12 notes
4 tags
Jan 25th
16 notes
On the plus side, the weather.
After Australian summer, then Shanghai winter, I have no recollection of how to dress for 22 degrees and sunny. Are stockings required?
Jan 18th
2 notes
Of course, half constructed at night means...
So now we are being serenaded by workers yelling and spitting.
Jan 18th
3 notes
7 tags
Arriving in Hong Kong airport, I was well and...
Everything was shiny! Western! I can speak English here! NO MORE GREAT FIREWALL! But Mong Kok? Mong Kok is terrifying. We get off the bus into a frenzy of neon lights and dirty street stalls and markets. For the first time we can’t find signs pointing to our hostel, but eventually walk into a little nook with two old elevators. A man tells us to go to floor 14. Our hostel in...
Jan 18th
7 notes
2 tags
I am currently in a hostel with my brother and...
Except the door to the ensuite with the shower and toilet is made of glass. CLEAR, SHINY GLASS. Good thing we’re headed to Hong Kong at 2pm (5pm AEST).
Jan 17th
1 note
Highlight of the trip so far:
Watching the waitresses and waiters crack up laughing at Liam’s hair once he pulled off his beanie.
Jan 15th
2 notes
4 tags
China Fun Times Pro-Tips:
Don’t leave your debit card in an ATM. Don’t trust your little brother to bring his own card to replace it, as he will leave it in Australia. Western Union is a godsend and Chinese New Year is a headache. Though a beautifully decorated one. For two days we thought that on the 3000RMB we managed to scrape together in cash, we were going to starve and be homeless and die, probably by...
Jan 14th
14 notes
1 tag
A gorgeous new friend and I got a cab this evening. The driver turned round, laughed, and gestured about an inch away from his nose. “Big noses!” Charming!
Jan 9th
13 notes
4 tags
I had a wonderful dream that I was at my parents'...
Is that sad? I hate you Great Firewall of China!
Jan 9th
19 notes
5 tags
Jan 8th
15 notes
7 tags
Jan 8th
6 notes
6 tags
Jan 7th
15 notes
8 tags
Jan 7th
6 tags
Jan 7th
7 tags
Jan 7th
19 notes
6 tags
Jan 7th
8 notes
8 tags
Jan 7th
5 notes
9 tags
Jan 7th
4 notes
8 tags
Jan 7th
3 notes
12 tags
Jan 7th
1 note
9 tags
Jan 7th
14 notes
7 tags
Jan 7th
17 notes
5 tags
Jan 6th
5 notes
7 tags
Jan 6th
25 notes
3 tags
Jan 6th
4 notes
3 tags
Jan 6th
2 notes
5 tags
Jan 6th