Author Archives: Beth Leung

LUXE CITY GUIDES: A REVIEW

LUXE CITY GUIDES: A REVIEW

HELLO GORGEOUS. LUXE City Guides have sold over 1.4 million copies of their snappy guides, covering 33 destinations around the world. Aimed at value-loving or tight-on-time travelers, these guides provide short, sassy reviews and highly selective entries. Each guide is highly curated and includes only the best of each location– so if there’s only 2 good […]

KICKING MY ‘LAZY TRAVELER’ HABITS

KICKING MY ‘LAZY TRAVELER’ HABITS

Afew weeks ago, Audrey of That Backpacker wrote an article about something that really hit home for me– being a lazy traveler. She complained how she had been living in Chaing Mai, Thailand for almost a whole month, yet she had barely gone to explore past her apartment. This lazy traveler syndrome seems to affect a lot of travelers who […]

FOTO FRIDAY: COMMUNISM IN SHENZHEN, CHINA

FOTO FRIDAY: COMMUNISM IN SHENZHEN

Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen may be one of the fastest growing cities in China, but it’s also the youngest. At only 30 years old, Shenzhen was the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The city’s sole purpose was to make money […]

TRAVEL TUESDAYS: INTERVIEW WITH STEPHANIE OF TWENTY-SOMETHING TRAVEL

TRAVEL TUESDAYS: INTERVIEW WITH STEPHANIE OF TWENTY-SOMETHING TRAVEL

This week we would like to introduce Stephanie Yoder of Twenty-Something Travel. Stephanie is a girl who can’t sit still! Since graduating college in 2007 she has either been traveling or planning to travel. She’s lived on four continents and visited everywhere from the Great Wall of China to the Great Barrier Reef. She now writes and travels full […]

HAPPY NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH!

HAPPY NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH!

Did you know July has been National Ice Cream Month? Let me repeat that– National Ice Cream Month. A whole month, dedicated to ice cream! And as an avid lover of ice cream, you better believe I’ve been celebrating. Though honestly, finding ice cream in Hong Kong is no easy task. Of course you can go to […]

FOTO FRIDAY: BUDDHA TOOTH RELIC TEMPLE, SINGAPORE

FOTO FRIDAY: BUDDHA TOOTH RELIC TEMPLE

Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Singapore. One of my favorite parts of Singapore was getting to explore all the different religious temples and shrines. Since we were staying at a hotel in Chinatown, I of course had to check […]

S#!T MY HONG KONG STUDENTS SAY

S#!T MY HONG KONG STUDENTS SAY

If you’ve ever spent time talking to children, you know that they often say the darndest things. Now add in the fact that they’re still learning English and you’ve got yourself the potential for some hilarious conversations. Teaching English in Hong Kong hasn’t always been the easiest job. Hours are long and often stressful, but there’s […]

FOTO FRIDAY: OWAKUDANI, JAPAN

FOTO FRIDAY: OWAKUDANI

Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from Owakudani in Hakone, Japan. Owakudani was like no where I had ever seen before, and simply for the colors alone. From the murky ice-blue water of the hot springs to the putrid yellow-green sulfur leaking from the earth, inside […]