Adventures Around Asia

[...] Today it has officially been three years since I published my fist post on Adventures Around Asia. How crazy is that??!! As I spent the evening packing for my trip to Cambodia tomorrow, I [...]

[...] the box on the right-hand side! The post Ameson Year in China: A Review appeared first on Adventures Around Asia. [...]

[...] for helping to bring you this post The post I’m Going to Thailand! appeared first on Adventures Around Asia. [...]

[...] crowded? How did you cope? The post How to Avoid the Crowds in China appeared first on Adventures Around Asia. [...]

[...] fryer Stinky tofu was originally made by fermenting milk, vegetables and meat for a few months in brine, but [...]

[...] cuisine, but Tainan is the home of many Taiwanese delicacies. While I didn’t opt for more stinky tofu, I did partake in literally every famous local dish I could find. While in Tainan I stayed at [...]

[...] ’t understand you Japan. While Ximending has a few food stalls (that’s where I tried stinky tofu for the first time!), it’s littered with sit down restaurants, cafés and small “hole- [...]

[...] . He would never sleep in cheap hostels, trek through Tibet or try fried scorpions or stinky tofu. And you know what? That’s fine. But, I know that I do need a person who will stay in [...]

[...] primary school. I originally watched “Please Vote for Me” in my undergraduate Chinese Culture through Film class. The whole class was roaring with laughter throughout the film, especially [...]

[...] . When we finally arrived, we noticed that all of the other performances were centered around Chinese culture. They were singing Chinese songs, dancing Chinese dances, speaking in Chinese, and wearing [...]

[...] I feel totally safe walking alone on my own. While there is deep inherent sexism in Chinese culture, it’s not violent like it is in America. Feel free to disagree, but in my honest [...]

[...] into categories, pulling from different themes each time I write a post. I’ve got posts on Chinese culture, travel advice, politics, personal stories, travel gear reviews, etc. I actually have a [...]

You’ve just arrived in a new country. The plane touches down and everyone goes to switch on their phones. That’s when you realize: “Oh wait! I c [...]

I’ve noticed that many people tend to be worried about visiting China without speaking Chinese. Unlike Thailand where everyone speaks English, China [...]

My longterm readers all know I have a love-hate relationship with Lonely Planet. It’s the guidebook that best reflects my need for budget adventures [...]

Feminism is the buzzword of 2014. Celebrities are “coming out” as feminists, rape culture is all over the news, and the gender pay gap is a huge t [...]

[...] we spend hours every day practicing, the Christmas show is very popular with the Chinese students. The auditorium isn’t very large, so students had to get tickets. The tickets were [...]

[...] native speakers. I’m excited for the opportunity to be able to befriend some of the Chinese students, so that I can practice my Chinese with them outside of class. It’ll be a great way [...]

[...] . I’m not kidding! It’s not just the high schoolers that do these eye exercises, Chinese students start doing them in kindergarten. Chinese people believe it’s good for your eyes, [...]

[...] a lot of articles on why it is safe for solo female travelers in India, and one of my favorite bloggers, Hippie in Heels, lives in Goa. But to be honest, I just don’t know if I want to put [...]

[...] good posts. I spend so much time reading other people’s blogs. I like to follow all of my favorite bloggers on Facebook so their new posts show up in my newsfeed. I also have a Bloglovin account, [...]

[...] the TBEX (Travel Blog Exchange) conference in Bangkok next year, and thirdly, a few of my favorite bloggers are traveling through Thailand at the moment and their posts are filling me with wanderlust. [...]

After spending a brief evening in Shanghai, I embarked on a 24 hour overnight train to Zhangjiajie, Hunan: home of the “Avatar Mountains”. If you� [...]

Welcome to my latest series: China Culture Shock! Part of the reason I was interested in moving to China in the first place was to explore a culture [...]