This past year has already been filled with a lot of travel adventures. I’ve been lucky enough to not only visit, but also live in two different countries- Japan and Hong Kong, as well as just traveling to nearby countries such as Macao. It may have been my first year setting food abroad but I definitely got some good […]
Author Archives: Beth Leung
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As a recent college grad, a lot of people have asked me why I chose to go abroad. Some couldn’t even seem to fathom the idea of why I’d want to live elsewhere instead of starting my career and life in the States. But really, at 22 why would I want to jumpstart spending the next 40 […]
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Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from my trip to Dotonbori in Osaka, Japan. Dotonbori is usually at the top of the list for anyone traveling through Osaka. As a single street, running alongside the Dotonbori Canal, this area was once notorious as a red light […]
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Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from my time exploring Shinsekai in Osaka, Japan. The most clean ghetto you’ll ever see, yet many Osakans are scared to even step foot in Shinsekai. When I mentioned the fact that I had visited, many of my local friends were […]
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Want to high five a red panda? Sail across the world? Eat crazy foods? Well, here is a list of the top 130 things I would like to see and do around the world–my travel bucket list of sorts. So see what makes the cut. 130 is pretty ambitious, but I’m an ambitious person and it’s […]
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Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from my day in paradise in Koh Hae, Thailand. There are plenty of beautiful koh, meaning island in Thai, throughout all of Thailand, and particularly in southern Thailand. Although Phuket itself is an island, we wanted to explore some of the […]
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The two biggest Halloween events in Hong Kong would have to be Disneyland’s Haunted Halloween and Ocean Park’s Halloween Bash. Held at the two best theme parks in Hong Kong, they are each other’s biggest competition. The following is my review on both. > You May Also Like: Check 700+ Hotels in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s […]
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Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo comes from downtown Chicago, Illinois on the Magnificent Mile. While not a lot of people ever make it to Chicago in their travels, those who do can’t seem to get enough of it. And who can blame them, Chicago is quite the […]
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Mooncakes are everywhere. In Hong Kong, you can’t walk more than a few feet without seeing a shop that sells them or an advertisement enticing you to buy them. As soon as the Dragon Boat Festival ends, the mooncakes start to appear. Many people during the Mid-Autumn Festival these traditional pastries are enjoyed. It is customary to give boxes […]
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Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo was taken at one of my favorite shrines, Fushimi Inari Taisha. There are said to be over 32,000 shrines dedicated to Inari throughout Japan- that’s over 1/3rd of Japan’s total shrine count! The head shrine is Fushimi Inari in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Inari is […]