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A student travel blog that talks about a medical student that's madly inlove with his backpack and the food around the world. That's why this website is here.

I am Aaron from Miri, Malaysia but now residing in Melbourne, Australia. I first caught the travel bug back in 2015, when I went to Thailand for the first time. Since then, I know my heart is made to travel. However, travelling as a student has a lot of limitations. Financial, holiday dates, workload, you name it. This website is not only a travel blog for my own reflection, it also features travel tips, ways to save money, travel inspiration, destination ideas, travel inspirations, budgeting tips, itinerary planning, all aim to ease your planning for your next dream trip. See, if I can make travelling affordable for a student like me myself, I have faith in you too!

26/07/2024

Now some rustic Greek food!

During our stay in Greece, my Greek diet consists of +++ seafood and a healthy daily dose of Lukumades.

Take me back to Greece.

17/07/2024

Third time's a charm.

The first post was cropped inappropriately.

The second post was grainy.

Let's see how this one turns out.

11/06/2020

Hola beautiful people! How's it going? So I have recently created a YouTube channel which mainly talks about travels, food and languages!

My last video is all about cost of living in Paris. I knew that Paris is expensive but I just didn't know how expensive it was! This video aims to give a full breakdown of the cost of living in Paris!

But it's not only that, if you are planning to travel to Paris (after restrictions are lifted and travelling is a bit more relaxed), this video will give you a quick overview of how much things are gonna cost in Paris!

I hope that you enjoy this video just like how I enjoy making it.

Please like and subscribe. It would mean a lot to me! Thank you!

Watch this at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKnB-D_EL7U

19/03/2020

Misadventure #6⠀
This time, it happened in the country that I loved the most - Iran. ⠀
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After a few weeks of travelling in the country in Iran, I was total in love with the country. The food, the people, the hospitality, the culture, the monuments... Everything was perfect.⠀
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Before heading to Shiraz, which is one of the highlights of my trip, I wanted to meet up with some locals. I posted on Couchsurfing about my trip to Shiraz.⠀
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Almost immediately, I received many, many requests to meet up with my mum and me. ⠀
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As our visit to Shiraz was short, I decided to choose who was the most interesting to hang out with. One of the couchsurfers decided to invite us to her house to stay and eat. ⠀
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We have already booked a hotel room so we declined the offer to stay with her but said it'd be great to have lunch together. ⠀
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She said her mum is a great cook. We bought some specialities from Yazd to give it to their family and some sweets. ⠀
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Went back to our hotel to wait for her at 12:30pm as told. She said she will arrive at 1:30pm. We waited till 1:30pm and she told us that she will be another hour late. At this rate I was telling my mum let's just go eat something else as there were many fantastic restaurants nearby. ⠀
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Well, mum wanted to be polite and didn't wanna show up being full. She normally has lunch at 12pm. At that point, she was very hungry. I was like enough of this BS we are going somewhere else.⠀
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So I called her and said we won't be joining for lunch. We apologised. She hung up.⠀
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And then she messaged us and insulted us by saying that we were freeloaders. That we weren't worth it. And other very, VERY mean racist comments.⠀
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Well, we could have gone out for a meal together (which was the original plan) and we were gonna pay for it. After all, we just wanted to meet Iranians in Shiraz. ⠀
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She was the one who offered to cook for us instead! ⠀
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And then she proceeded and said, "well, why didn't you offer to pay when I said my mum will cook for you?" ⠀
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The audacity.⠀
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Don't get me wrong - I had the most wonderful time in Iran. It takes a lot to say that Iran is my favourite country for travelling. Wishing the best for Iran right now.

09/03/2020

So here comes my 5th misadventure.⠀
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I am a budget traveller. I think every single cell of my body shouts that. Flying with budget airlines, staying in hostels, eating cheap... these things are almost second nature to me when I travel.⠀
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As I am a cheapo, I flew with AirAsia from Melbourne to Cambodia, with a pretty long layover in Kuala Lumpur - the flight ticket was almost free, so the long layover was easily justified.⠀
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However, my body was in shambles when I arrived in Phnom Penh. It was an exhausting flight so I wanted to get to my accommodation asap. ⠀
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I normally pre-book 1-2 nights of accommodation before arriving just in case I get questioned at immigration about where I'd stay. ⠀
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I prebooked my accommodation in a rush as I forgot to do it. I didn't really check the reviews, but I just saw that it has a rating of more than 8/10 and it was just 5 USD. It was called Happy Hostel.⠀
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It was not a happy hostel.⠀
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I arrived at a dimly lit establishment. I checked in and went straight to my room. ⠀
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It was a dorm with 8 people. I was placed on a lower bunk, and I was genuinely scared for my life: the bed is so fragile I was so scared that it'd break and the guy on my top bunk would be the last person I saw in my life. ⠀
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I went to have a shower so that I could wash all my sorrows away, only to add more sorrows to my sorrow. The shower head was broken, the tiles were broken (and there were sharp edges lying on the floor), the light was broken, the tap was broken, my heart was also broken.⠀
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That was the quickest shower I had in my life, like 30 seconds. I couldn't stand the hair on the floor so I had to use the hydropower from the shower to push it away - that was so hard because there was no showerhead.⠀
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I think you sorta have a good idea of how bad that hostel was.⠀
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As a traveller who has stayed in many, MANY hostels, IT WAS THE WORST HOSTEL THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN TO. ⠀
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I left the next day and apologised to my mental health and my body for the filth that I had brought into my life. ⠀
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PS: that's me in Angkor Wat, what you don't see is a tired soul dragging a soulless body under a 40C sun.

20/01/2020

My experience of staying with monks in an Eastern Orthodox Monastery in Bulgaria:

The short answer is: It was a tranquiliser to my pace of life.

The long answer is: By the time I reach Bulgaria, I was travelling for around 2 months + already. I was slightly tired because my senses were constantly bombarded with new information. New food, new culture, new tradition, new alcohol, new alcohol, new alcohol.

After I learnt that I could stay with the monks in Rila Monastery, I decided to ditch my hiking plan in Bulgaria and see how this goes.

I was 1 of the 2 tourists that arrived that day. And the other person turns out to be the greatest encounters that I have had during my Europe trip.

He is Bulgarian but has relocated to London. He tries to take time off each year to make this pilgrimage to Rila Monastery.

I asked why. He said it's because it calms his heart down, and w**d out all the unimportant things in his life during his weeklong stay here so he can have a slower pace in life, focus on the things he truly loves, even though that might mean that he will have FOMO in the things that he w**ded out.

He also said many other things but that was the main thing I got from him. W**d out the unimportant things in life.

19/01/2020

Still wondering how would my future beach house look like. The orange, the yellow or the red?

Since Sydney is always a weekend trip for me, I always take advantage of the super cheap fare on Sunday by taking the ferries to wherever I want to. That means 2.80$ and I get to take these ferry trips and be in awe of the amazing coastal scenery from the sea!

If you are in Sydney on a Sunday, make sure you exploit the $2.80 by going on as many trips as you like! Bus, trams, trains, ferries... all included! The only thing is just the wait might be long.

18/01/2020

Last I went to The Grounds, Kevin Bacon the pig is not there anymore!! T.T

But still, visiting the Grounds of Alexandria is one of my Sydney routines. No matter how touristy it is.

Yes, I am a tourist. But some places are called "ATTRACTIONS" for a reason. It's beautiful!

Maybe fighting through the crowds is not your thing (well is it anyone's things really) but you have to come to see it at least once!

"The Grounds of Alexandria is a landmark cafe, restaurant & bar, garden, bakery & patisserie, coffee roastery, animal farm, florist, markets and more."

13/01/2020

Hitched a ride from Queenstown to Wanaka. The German guy who took me said he was gonna do this hike in Wanaka but he has got no one to do it with.

The only reason that I'd stop at Wanaka is also because of Roy's Peak.

So I think it's fate. And also his kindness to pick me up.

We met more and more people along the way. A 7-hour hike became slightly longer because I am a chatterbox (I mean duh I am an extrovert gotta absorb my energy from somewhere!)

Super proud when I finally reach the top. Like the top top.

You can see from one of the pictures, there are actually 2 tiny humans and the remaining route that was left for them (picture taken when we were coming down).

If you come to Wanaka, highly recommend Roy's Peak. Just pack enough food, water and a lot of tears.

12/01/2020

So I hitchhiked in New Zealand.

There's this time when I couldn't get a ride back from Glenorchy to Queenstown, I decided to just walk to the nearest national park from Glenorchy and started hiking.

I arrived at Whakaari Conservation area and thought that it's an absolute gorge (just like all the other mountains in NZ). So I decided to go for a spontaneous hike.

I have 2 muesli bars, 1 bottle of water and no clear plan in mind. I don't even have a proper route map. The guy who was coming out from the hike told me it's just 1-way really.

But he never told me how long the hike was.

Let's just say that I ended the day with 2 legs that couldn't lift off the floor and a camera full of gorgeous photos, and still managed to hitchhike back to Queenstown after sunset! Oh and a stupid mountain goat which appeared out of nowhere and started chasing me. Lucky it gave up after less than 1 minute or so. Gosh, I legit thought that New Zealand was where I will see my final mountains!

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