I had wanted to see Antarctica for a long time. Most of the time, people told me that sounds crazy. What is there to see? It sounds like it's just vast emptiness and miserably cold. The first time I mentioned it to Tim, he gave me a hard no. But I explained that there's a lot of cruises to Antarctica and they take tourists to see the wildlife and the beautiful tundra. Some people still thought it sounded insane. I pondered doing a solo Antarctic adventure. I really wanted to

When a dear friend invited me to a wedding to Delhi, I was excited to witness the event. My very next reaction was - this is my chance to see the Taj Mahal, something that has been on my list, but it always seemed so far away and requires such a long journey that I almost didn't think it was realistic that I could ever get there. Sights Three of us took a train from Delhi to Agra, which was about a 2.5 hour ride, and then a quick ride to our hotel. My friend, who grew up in

exploring Delhi A dear friend invited me to attend a wedding. Since I've heard a lot about how over-the-top and elaborate Indian weddings can be, I was definitely intrigued and wanted to witness one with my own eyes. While I've done solo travel before, I wasn't sure I was bold enough to do this solo trip on my own. I ended up going for it, with the mentality of 'If not now, then when?' and 'I'm not getting any younger.' and 'When would I ever do this again?' So I booked fligh

everything I saw and ate in Hong Kong

everything we saw and ate in Taiwan in 3 days

This was my first time flying EVA Air, let alone in business class on the return flight.

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

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

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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