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Exploring Hong Kong
everything I saw and ate in Hong Kong
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7 days ago16 min read


Exploring Taipei
everything we saw and ate in Taiwan in 3 days
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Jan 229 min read


Flying EVA Air to Taipei
This was my first time flying EVA Air, let alone in business class on the return flight.
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Jan 205 min read


Suzhou, China - day trip
Day Trip to Suzhou - 苏州一日游 I've been to Shanghai many times, but until now, I had never been to Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province, before despite how close it is. I suggested taking a day trip since a train ride can be as short as twenty minutes. The Didi ride to the train stations takes longer, especially when it takes a while to get picked up by the driver sometimes. We booked our train tickets through the Railway 12306 app. It is also a mini app within the Alipay app, in the
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Jan 173 min read


Shanghai, China - visiting the motherland
everything we saw and ate in Shanghai Shanghai is probably my favorite city, only because it's where my family is. After several years of having not been back to the motherland, I visited this past year and the year prior to that. Now that some family members are getting older, I realize I should make it a priority to visit more often. We did some sightseeing, some new to me, some old favorites. Of course we ate a lot of food. Also, I introduced my family to my husband for th
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Jan 1614 min read


Flying Cathay Pacific Business Class to Hong Kong
A couple months ago, we flew Cathay Pacific from San Francisco to Hong Kong (SFO - HKG) round trip in business class and explored as many lounges and ate as much as we could. I booked these flights in November 2024 when there was wide open availability. Each leg cost 84k miles, 336k miles total for 2 people, round trip. The cash portion was $177.44 per leg, $709.76 total for 2 people, round trip. It was worth the redemption to lie down and wake up feeling refreshed when we re
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Jan 116 min read


Alaska Auroras
This is what we came for. At this point of the trip, I was in pretty high spirits. The glacier hike totally exceeded my expectations. I...
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Apr 6, 202211 min read


Alaska Adventures
Anchorage, Alaska This trip to Alaska was a special one. Well traveling is always special. However, this one is special because we...
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Apr 1, 20227 min read


Januaries
How is it February already? That means roughly 1/12 of the year is over. Tax season is upon us. Spring is near. Although with high winds...
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Feb 7, 20214 min read


Looking Back 2020
The year is not quite over, but it might as well be. I can't really imagine any further significant events taking place in the next few...
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Dec 4, 20204 min read
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