I write this post after reentering normalcy--well, as normal as life can be in Shanghai. The weather, though cold, has been surprisingly clear of pollution in the last few days, which gives me high hopes of a good spring here. Anyway, why back to normalcy? We just had our winter break, which is about three weeks for teachers, almost 5 weeks for students (lucky ducks). What did I do during that time? Everything.
Not skydive or bungee jump. No extreme anything, except country hop solo through southeast Asia. In 17 days, I stepped foot in 7 countries, 8 airports, stood in 10 customs lines, slept in 4 different hostels and took all of the following modes of transportation: private car, airplane, metered taxi, tuk-tuk, motorcycle taxi, longboat, ferry, canal boat, train, and a skytrain.
It was both an amazing and exhausting journey, full of new experiences, new friends, and a love for new places. Over the next few posts I want to share some of my experiences, highlighting what it is like to travel as solo female (hence calling these series of posts the lone wolf series) and reviewing some of the places I stayed, and so forth. Yes, there will be pictures (and one of those pictures will include me petting a real, totally high, tiger).
I'm really excited to share these things with you because it is a truly unique and fabulous experience to travel alone and do significant country hopping in a compressed period of time. I hope that you enjoy the lone wolf series, it's going to be the best thing you read for at least the next 56 hours.
Here's the first of many pictures, enjoy:
Large backpack: Cabin Max Backpack, available on Amazon.
Small backpack: Honestly, it's a fake Diesel bag from the Han City fake market here in Shanghai.
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