CHINA
Country Overview:
“Love the food, hate the government”
I arrived in China in May 2013 and left August 2020. I taught English for awhile, did my master’s of politics & foreign policy at Tsinghua University, worked for a year at China Today, and then two years at Xinhua News Agency. I spent most of my time in Beijing, but also traveled to Shanghai, Wuhan, Inner Mongolia, Shenzhen, Panjin, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Qingdao, Xi’an, Sanya, Macau, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Trip Itinerary
Philippines
- Manila
- Angeles
- Batangas
- Sabang
- Caticlan
- Boracay
- Iloilo
- Cebu
- Boljoon
- Oslob
- Samboan
Here's how it was done. Flew into Manila, went up to Angeles for 2 days, then back to Manila by bus. From there we bussed it down to Batangas (basically a commuter city) because boats left from there to Sabang. Sayang was awesome, which we had stayed there longer. Then we took a ferry to Cataclan, and then caught a small boat to Boracay. Returned to Cataclan by boat then took a bus to Iloilo. Next day we took an overnight ferry to Cebu, stayed a night, then caught a bus to Boljoon. Really secluded little area, great hostel, not much else. Motorbiked to Oslob to swim with whale sharks and then further down to Samboan to check out the waterfalls. Bus back up to Cebu and flew out of there to Singapore.
Singapore
- Singapore
Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur
Indonesia - Bali Island
- Kuta
- Gili T
- Ubud
Shoutout goes to Garuda Airlines for having exceptional service and nice facilities for an economy class flight. It also might have helped that there were only 15 other people on the plane.
I also swam with whale sharks in Philippines so I'll work on rendering those videos and posting them shortly