🏮 Introduction & Why Go Every guide I read before this trip said the same thing: don’t bother bringing cash or cards to Beijing. I didn’t fully believe it until I landed and tried anyway — WeChat Pay and Alipay turned out to be non-negotiable, not just good advice. Landing in Beijing confirmed everything I’d…
🌆 Introduction & Why Go I only booked Kuala Lumpur because AirAsia was running a cheap fare sale, and the city happened to sit close to half a dozen other countries I wanted to see. I treated it like a layover with a hotel attached, nothing more. Then I landed in February, stepped out into…
Introduction & Why Go I packed the wrong shoes. Three of us — all girlfriends, no partners, no itinerary panic — flew in during the first week of September, and by day two my feet were screaming at every cobblestone. I kept walking anyway, because Paris has a way of making you forget your blisters…
Introduction & Why Go Welcome to my complete Bangkok travel guide for 2026. I landed in June — the heat was manageable, honestly milder than I expected for Southeast Asia. What I hadn’t planned for was the rain — monsoon showers rolled in most afternoons, fast and heavy, then vanished within the hour. I’d tucked…
Introduction & Why Go I stepped off the slow boat in Luang Prabang just as the light turned gold over the Mekong, legs stiff from two days of sitting, skin sticky with river humidity. I was tired in that particular way you only get after a long overland crossing, yet somehow still wide awake with…
Introduction & Why Go Stepping out of Ezeiza Airport into the humid summer air of late January 2023, my first encounter with Buenos Aires felt like an invigorating cross between Madrid’s grandeur and Naples’ uninhibited grit. Two goals brought me to Argentina: wandering the broad, jacaranda-lined avenues of the capital, and catching a flight north…
