Ta Phrom & Bayon Temple
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Two of my favorite temples. Ta Phrom is famous because of the ‘Tomb Raider’ movie. When we entered south gate of Ta Phrom, we keep taking pictures on any tree hoping it’s the ‘tomb raider tree’. Those are just one of the trees on Ta Phrom area 🙁

Kbal Spean
Siem Reap, Cambodia

This place is really far from the temples at the Angkor complex. It took us almost an hour by car. I fell asleep on the way. Our driver show us photos of the river and stone carvings and we eventually said yes (had to add few more dollars) because he said we will hike! I felt sorry for my sprained ankle.

We found a waiting tuktuk outside our hotel. I told the driver to bring us to Pickadaily – the place I saw in lakorn and searched in Instagram lol.

I think the driver did not understand the place so I shoved him the address in thai characters. Haha! He said he will bring us to where we want to go except for Pickadaily because it is far. He gave us alternative places to go and even insisted on visiting three Wats (temples). He is asking for 500 Baht which I told him straight NO.

*This backpacking/cross-country Indochina trip is posted in different entries and
can be read through the backpacking category. I’ll be happy to share our itinerary 😋*

Day 1️⃣ of our backpacking trip. Transit in SG 🇸🇬

Daehangno
Hyehwa, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

University street! 🏫 I have so many memories here~ So many universities and school on this area and I often see tons of students 💡, couples and theater-goers hang out here! To name a few, Dongduk Womens 👭 and old SNU is located here. Other school I remember is Sangmyung. What I like here are the play posters! 🎫 I can get so many ideas especially their style of fonts, colors 🖍 and pictures used.(oops im talking about design already 🙊)

Naksan Park
Hyehwa, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

The original plan is to visit 🌳 Marrioner Park, then 🖼 Ihwa Mural Village and lastly, 🌾 Naksan Park. We took the wrong way after asking a student with my konglish and we head straight to Naksan Park.

To get to Naksan Park:
1️⃣ Take subway going to Hyehwa Station (Line 4, Exit 2)
2️⃣ Proceed to Marrioner Park, and go further back (towards an alley upslope)
3️⃣ Find Naksan-gil or Naksan road.

Petite France
Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Visited Petite France in 2013 and it is a new tourist spot back then~ We went after roaming Nami Island. My friends and I chased the city tour bus going further north. What’s funny was, the next city tour bus will arrive 15 minutes later if we miss it. 😆 So we had no time to lose, 😭 I ran dragging myself and my heavy backpack! 😓 Glad there are seats for us! Back row haha! 😅

Ewha Womans University (E-dae)
Sinchon, Seoul, South Korea

This uni is a must-visit because of its scenic landscape especially during 🍂 autumn. The colours of trees and leaves 🍃 are pretty that even outside campus, huge trees aligned 🌳🌳🌳 on sidewalk looks enchanted. Also, located nearby is ‘Fashion Street’ with pretty themed cafes, food stalls 🍩 and stores that sells cheap trendy clothing 👕 and accessories! 👛

The architecture 🏤 of buildings looks western with big adobe rocks and arches. Campus is openly huge, you can walk around and enjoy quiet time to study 📒. It’s best to go during autumn/fall so it won’t be hot ☀️ and sweaty 💦 during summer.

Myeongdong, my favourite place in Seoul! Take a child to a toy store: that’s is the feeling of Myeongdong for me! It’s a playground~ You definitely can’t leave this place empty handed.