I really need to start making it a point to write about my trips here. Okay, so since I last posted, Bali, East-Central Java and Krabi-Phuket happened. In Feb of this year, Genting happened and in April, China happened. I've been grabbing opportunities and making trips happen and it's been a pretty fruitful travel year compared to 2012.
The best part about all this is knowing that my dad is letting me go. He's releasing the kite strings and letting my fly awayyy (quite literally haha). I am finally able to do trips on my own and I don't have to lie about them or hide it from them or [insert rebellious act haha]. I know to some people my age this is no biggy because their parents are more relaxed but for me it feels like a coming of age of sorts...like a milestone. Like I finally earned the "Ready to experience the world on her own" badge from my dad. Haha.
I shall keep this post short and end of with some photos from this year's trips. Maybe I'll post more about them in the future...maybe....
Genting - Malaysia
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| 3.38km cable car ride |
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| In the clouds |
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Sunset from Genting
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| Pagoda at Chin Swee Caves Temple |
Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan - China
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| Feng Huang Cheng (Phoenix Town), Hunan |
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| Generals Lining Up, Zhangjiajie, Hunan |
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| Karst formations of Zhangjiajie, Hunan |
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| En route to Yichang |
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| On the Yangtze River |
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| 175m water level marker. I felt a sense of loss many times while travelling up the Yangtze. After reading River Town (by Peter Hessler), it was hard not to think of what once was and how so much history is now under water. |
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| Imagining how awe inspiring it would have been if the water level were at its original depth |
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| "Curse of the Golden Flower" was filmed here. Photo was taken from under the Tian Long Bridge, a natural bridge formation. |
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| Marveling at the grandeur of this place with my dad |
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| On a prairie up in the mountains. Fairy Mountain, Wulong County. |
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| A rainbow around the sun! |
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| View from our hotel - Wu River through Wulong County |
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| The old overlooking the new. China in a constant state of development. |
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| The family porter |
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| Quality Balinese food at Bumbu Bali Restaurant |
East-Central Java, Indonesia
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| Mount Bromo, Tengger Caldera |
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| Borobodur |
Krabi - Phuket, Thailand
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| Islands in the Andaman Sea |
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| Climbing some rocks at Railay! |
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