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My Travel Highlights of 2019: A Year of U.S. Cities!

America's oldest park & the world's busiest airport? Check! In 2019, I spent time in 9 cities across the #USA. Thankful for experiences that allowed me to explore & grow. Here are my #travel highlights of 2019! What are some of yours?

Not to start off with a cliché, but — it defeats me how quickly 2019’s passed by. Just yesterday I was summing up my travel highlights of 2018, which included incredible experiences in cities such as Tokyo and Melbourne. Then 2019 came through, and I spent time in 9 different cities across the United States, 5 of which I was visiting for the first time. And not to mention sinking my toes onto the…

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My Travel Highlights of 2019: A Year of U.S. Cities!

My Travel Highlights of 2019: A Year of U.S. Cities!

Not to start off with a cliché, but — it defeats me how quickly 2019’s passed by. Just yesterday I was summing up my travel highlights of 2018, which included incredible experiences in cities such as Tokyo and Melbourne. Then 2019 came through, and I spent time in 9 different cities across the United States, 5 of which I was visiting for the first time. And not to mention sinking my toes onto the…

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5 Places to Find Interesting Art in Singapore

5 Places to Find Interesting Art in Singapore

Singapore is known for how efficient, clean and organised it is, but there are a myriad of places you can find inspiring, bizarre, cheeky — and even rebellious, art.

1. Haw Par Villa

At the top of my list will always be Haw Par Villa, a hidden gem of a theme park depicting thousands of scenes from Chinese legends and folklore. From micro to life-sized figures, there’s not one story…

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9 things I Wish I Knew Coming in as an International Student

9 things I Wish I Knew Coming in as an International Student

I’ve had multiple people asking when I go back to school, but I’ve actively made the choice not to check just yet because to do so would be to admit that this is, in fact, the start of my last and final year as an undergraduate student at NYU. And admitting this comes with a myriad of emotions that I’m really, really not ready to deal with. 

However, mirroring this is the fact that my younger…

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Everything You Need To Know About Spring Break in Cancún, Mexico!

Everything You Need To Know About Spring Break in Cancún, Mexico!

Telling people where I was planning to spend my Spring break solicited a number of reactions from different people, including an “oh god, no” from my Uncle and alternately, multitudes of “YESSS that’s gonna be sooo wild” from my college friends. For context (if you don’t already know), Cancún is one of, if not the most popular Spring break destination for college students across the United States.

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How To Travel on Your Student Budget

Want to travel but constantly feel like your bank account doesn't agree? Here are some ways you can Travel on Your Student Budget! #student #travel #blog

So the number one question I often get, more than anything else, is how I manage to travel so much while I’m a student. These questions are usually based on the misconception that travelling is expensive, but the truth is – it doesn’t have to be the case, at all.

Granted, there are other factors in my life that have enabled me to travel (living in Kenya and Singapore while pursuing my 4-year…

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With the 2020 Summer Olympics coming up soon, we’re about to hear a lot more about the island country that is Japan. But even still, I think it’s one of those places you’ve heard a lot about already.

Japan is featured so much in history, and in the present, as a political & economic powerhouse, as a site of technological advancements (robot restaurants, for one!); as a coloniser and agitator, as the setting of some of the most devastating natural disasters as well as one of the biggest human tragedies (this is in reference to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On this trip we managed to visit the city of Hiroshima. A blog post on this experience will be coming soon). It’s also influenced a lot of the arts, music, culinary, and even sports scene. Essentially, Japan has made its mark on a lot of the things in the world today.

Propelled by its rich and complicated history, and stunning population of 126 million people, it’s a force of a nation. There was so much to unpack within it. Eight days in total was barely enough to do so, but my family and I eagerly awaited the trip.

Our first stop: the country’s capital, Tokyo!

Pictured above is the Tokyo Tower. Its primary use is not as a tourist attraction, but as a TV/radio broadcasting antenna – which perhaps explains why it’s not necessarily as attractive as Tokyo’s other landmark tower, the Skytree. Still, it’s an iconic building standing at 333m high. This makes it taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, of which it somewhat resembles.

From the moment we landed in Tokyo, we used the metro right off the bat. The system was fairly easy to use and we got a bit too used to it such that at some point, we had to remind ourselves to maybe walk, or take a cab, to see what outside was like! In addition, Tokyo has a large amount of English signs, translated menus, and many locals speak English, so communication was not difficult. Google Translate was useful in some cases though, such as when the restaurant’s receipts would come in Japanese orthography and we needed to confirm that the bill was correct.

Our FIRST High: 634 Metres Up!

The Tokyo Skytree is Tokyo’s tallest (and the world’s second-tallest) structure at 634 metres high. In addition to serving as a broadcasting tower, it has several restaurants and an observation deck.

Fun fact –

The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, as well as the largest metropolitan economy in the world.

The sun was gorgeously pouring onto the buildings and so we got a stunning 360° view of the city!

Our SECOND High: 800 Metres Up!

Of the ‘Fuji 5 Lakes’, Lake Kawaguchi is the second biggest one.

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  So yes, you heard right – we spent a day visiting the legendary Mount Fuji and its neighbouring town Hakone, which is some two hours away from Tokyo. We used Japanican.com to book the trip, which offered a package including a local guide, transportation (from and back to Tokyo), lunch, as well as activities such as a boat ride on the lake and a cable car ride.

Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t on our side and when we got there – Mt. Fuji was under masses and masses of clouds! Nevertheless, there were views upon views upon views – it was difficult to get disappointed.

It’s [apparently] somewhere behind these clouds. We’ll never know.

Taken while on the cable car!

The tour company was diligent throughout and we appreciated the guide’s willingness to amend the itinerary and accommodate for any issues. Most of the circumstances that affected the tour – weather, traffic – were out of their control.

Our THIRD High: 2400 Metres Up! :O

We went from seeing (well, partly seeing) Mt. Fuji from afar to actually being on the mountain. It wasn’t a long bus ride. Now, we were at Fujinomiya 5th Station which stands at about 7800ft and is one of the four starting points to climb to the top of the mountain. (It only takes only 5-6 hours to reach summit from this point).

And no – we didn’t climb to the top! Despite it being climbing season (the mountain is only open for climbing at a specific time of year) we hadn’t prepared to do so. But I mean – we were already 60% of the way up so that should count for something. Haha.

The change in temperature and flora was definitely noticeable as we were much higher than before. It felt like we’d gone from a mild summer day to a chilly autumn one. Also, the mist was even heavier than it had been earlier in the day, so there really was no way we were going to actually see the top of the mountain.

At 3,776m high, Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.

A lot of people on the mountain seemed to be eating this black ice-cream so I had to give it a go! It turned out to have no distinct taste – it was probably also vanilla-flavoured, coloured black by bamboo charcoal.

While in Tokyo, we also managed to:

Take quiet walks through the Imperial Palace & the East Gardens…

The Emperor of Japan lives in the Imperial Palace, first built during the Edo Period in Japan.

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Gardens in summer are so lush and green and I’m here for it. 🌱 #travel #japan

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…walk through dozens of people to see the Sensō-ji Temple…

To get here we walked through Nakamise-dori street which spans 250 metres and is filled with shops and food and the hustle and bustle of tourist Tokyo. Sensō-ji is Tokyo’s oldest Buddhist temple, and within the vicinity is also a Shinto pagoda (the first image below). These are the major religions of Japan – over 50% of the population are Shinto and about 35% are Buddhist.

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…try out some local Japanese cuisine…

…browse through some of the local shops as well as in the malls…

…and we even managed to catch a firework display on our last night there! 

We have no idea what the occasion was (or if there was any occasion at all), but it was an awesome way to end our time there. 

  (These other activities were not so high anymore, but maybe we were high on euphoria?!)

While we were sad to leave Tokyo, we were super excited for the next leg of our trip. Next stop: Osaka!

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New Blog Post Up! Reminiscing over the time I had some black ice-cream halfway up Mt Fuji in Japan... With the 2020 Summer Olympics coming up soon, we're about to hear a lot more about the island country that is Japan.

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In 2013, some friends and I went on a school trip to Warsaw, Poland. Part of our itinerary included a guided tour of Auschwitz Concentration Camp: one of the largest known mass murder sites in human history.

It is reported that between 1.1-1.3 million people were killed on these grounds alone and, in the greater context of the Holocaust, 6 million people – 90% of whom were Jews, while also including Roma, Slavs, ethnic Poles, Soviet citizens, gay men, and people of colour – were systematically murdered under Nazi Germany.

Today, Camp Auschwitz is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main method of extermination during the Holocaust were gassing operations, but many prisoners were also victims of cruel medical experimentation, tortures, shootings, disease, fatigue and starvation. Now, the grounds serve as a “vivid testimony to the murderous nature of the anti-Semitic and racist Nazi policy that brought about the annihilation of over one million people.” Most of the camp’s original structures are still in place today, and in it are displays of dozens of accounts, photographs, documents and material objects such as the jewelry, shoes and human hair of the Auschwitz prisoners.

It has now been 74 years since the camp’s liberation.

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Block 19 was the the convalescent recovery building of the camp’s hospital.

Note: Most of the gas chambers were destroyed, although as part of the tour they directed us into one of the smaller, remaining ones. Understandably, we were not allowed to take pictures inside.

Zyklon B Cans: Zyklon B, or Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) was the ‘quickest gassing method‘ and thus used to poison the prisoners once they were inside the gas chambers.

(Photography taken by yours truly. Note that some are photos of photos).

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Today, the 27th of January, is marked as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Part of the reason that I wanted to do a photo-series on my visit to Auschwitz was because I’m not sure that I’m fully equipped to talk about it, but I’m also of mind that photographs have a transcendental way of communicating the weight and depth of things that words sometimes can’t do. Regardless, it was something I wanted to share on this blog because we continue to live in a time where divisive and hateful rhetoric, in any and all forms, continues to be used to harm marginalised communities.

While travelling can sometimes appear to be (and sometimes feel like) a glamourous adventure, it is oftentimes that the historical events that took place on the land are not quite as glamourous. And while it can be heavy and daunting to acknowledge a place’s past, it is often important and necessary to do so. The fibre of every individual, town, city, country and even each continent is intertwined in an inseparable way with its history, shaping the way things are and the way things will be.

The hope is to learn from it all, to remember and honour its victims, and to understand how to better move forward – not only as society, but even on the level of the individual.

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After visiting Sydney and Canberra the previous year, the itch to return to Australia was permanent and strong (and admittedly, still present). The many, many times I had heard “oh, so you liked Sydney? No. Try Melbourne.” were quick to convince, especially when a bout of it came from some good high school friends who are living and studying there.

The Yarra River is brown not because of dirt, but clay. However, it might be interesting to note that before Europeans colonised Australia, it was clear in colour…

Broke but Enthusiastic (Lol)

One’s experience in a foreign place is always shaped by who you’re with. You could be alone, you could be going with people who have never been; you could be visiting locals or – as in this particular case – you could be visiting non-local residents.

Whatever the situation, your company affects the lens through which you view the city. For me, the lens I saw Melbourne through was perhaps my favourite one: the all too familiar university students on a budget lens.

University students are best at making their own fun (and I’m not just talking about the college parties – although these were quite fun in Melbourne!). When you’re a student and haven’t got much money at your disposal, little side lanes and hidden coffee shops suddenly become that much more interesting. You find new and lowkey ways of connecting to a place.

By The Yarra River again!

Uber, Uber Everywhere

Melbourne has been ranked the most liveable city in the world for seven years in a row – a feat that nearly all the Melburnian Uber drivers felt the need to reiterate. It might be interesting to mention that in this particular week, Uber had just launched its Pool service in the city and so there was a promotional 3 free UberPool rides. Granted, we took advantage of it (imagine 3-5 friends, that was like 15 free rides between us).

But while Uber was helpful that week, the tram system was also efficient and easy to use – almost too easy, as you can get away with not paying for the ride. Even still, the tram is actually also free within the CBD and the Docklands (a heavily debated albeit convenient system), which meant that it was easy to move around without spending a cent. (I’m sure you’re starting to get why it’s one of the most liveable cities!)

Drinking Mulled Wine at Ponyfish Island, a cute café floating under a bridge on the river

I Survived The Edge!

As seen in my previous post about viewing cities from above, the Eureka Skydeck offered a holistic view of Melbourne from 285 metres up. The building has an experience called ‘the edge’, a glass cube which extends out of the building so that you’re looking at Melbourne through the glass floor! Part of the experiences is that, once you’re suspended over the city, the glass ‘pretends’ to break. (It was lowkey scary even though you can tell it’s fake). We got a cool rubber wristband declaring that ‘I survived the edge‘ so I guess it worked out.

The City’s Architecture

Melburnian architecture seems to draw from all sorts of influences from French Renaissance to Neoclassical. In additional to more traditional European architecture, there were little pockets of interesting shapes and colour on buildings.

Flinders Street Station

Federation Square

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Royal Exhibition Building

China Town

Wall of Fame

If you’ve been following my Instagram for a while, you’re bound to know how much I adore Street Art – it’s one of the most democratic forms of artistic expression and as a result is perhaps the most honest reflection of the spirit and times of a place. Melbourne had street art all over.

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So so much art I’m livingggg 😍😍😍 #travel #australia

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Hosier Lane, one of Melbourne’s most famous side streets, was especially remarkable. It was perhaps a 5-minute walk through streets of art on the walls. Interesting fact is that the street artists continue to paint on and over the walls such that no two days are the same!

  Sight-Seeing and Learning

Because I went during Australia’s winter, it was a relatively stress-free time to check out things like the Sea Life Aquarium and the Melbourne Museum. The National Gallery of Victoria comes in heavily recommended, although we didn’t get the chance to pay it a visit.

The Melbourne Museum had your typical dinosaur bones and stuffed animals, but also the artworks and rich, diverse histories of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. As I’d mentioned in my post on Sydney/Canberra, the stories of these the oldest civilisation in history have been overwritten by decades of genocide and continued discrimination, and so the museum offered a chance to learn more about the different groups and their lives in Australia both in the past and also today.

In addition to the sight-seeing, part of the experience was to also see how my friends typically live as they study. Their semester was still going on, so I got to visit their university buildings and see their accommodation. University life across different countries can be so similar, yet so different.

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Polynesian sails painted by Pacific Islanders artists living in #Melbourne 🎨

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  The Artist’s Soul

Overall, it’s not difficult to see how exciting and vibrant Melbourne is as a city. The reason I say it’s really for the artist’s soul is because anyone who believes themselves to be a creator – of music, of dance, of paintings, of stories – will no doubt be inspired by walking the streets of this city.

Visiting friends who mean the world to me also made my stay there super, super special, and there are so many memories I’ve been able to revisit in my mind – from sneaking in and out of university dorms to downloading random apps to ‘win’ free bubble tea to my getting scolded on the tram (for paying the fare when I could’ve gotten away without doing so).

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To unforgettable moments with unforgettable friends. Love you guys. 🇦🇺🕺🏽💃🏾 #travel #Melbourne

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Despite my being there for one week, Melbourne quickly became a favourite city of mine. It didn’t seem to take itself too seriously, allowing equally spaces of green and places to boast memorable buildings. But it’s the art and activity is what captured my heart the most: I wouldn’t mind living in Melbourne. I guess it makes a lot of sense why it’s been crowned the most liveable city in the world for seven years then – those Uber drivers knew what they were on about.

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New Post Up!! Melbourne is for the Artist's Soul... After visiting Sydney and Canberra the previous year, the itch to return to Australia was permanent and strong (and admittedly, still present).

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In my mind, the title of the “classic” European capital has always sat with the likes of Paris or Rome or London or Berlin or Amsterdam, but, if I’m honest, Lisbon never really featured in my mind.

I understand how this is unfair of me, but I’m sure you can allow that I point a finger at popular Western media. I mean – if I asked you to name a film that was set in, say London or Paris, I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to name a few. But, Lisbon? Off the top of my head, only Love Actually (2003) comes to mind: there’s a brief scene at the end (spoiler!) where Colin Firth’s character walks down a hill and enters a restaurant (“walks down a hill and enters a restaurant” may well describe how I spent most of my time in Lisbon, btw) to propose to a Portuguese woman he’s in love with.

The entire scene was shot in Lisbon, but there wasn’t some sort of helicopter shot of the city’s skyline, or any glimpse of the iconic statues or buildings unique to the city. Any movie set in Paris, I assure you, will start with a teeming shot of the Eiffel Tower in the distance. This meant that, the moment we got our travel arrangements together, I was curious and excited – I had no idea what to expect of this new capital city.

Hills and Colour

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Such a different kind of capital city. So many hills lolol but I love all the colour and warmth. 🚃💛 #lisbon #travel

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I quickly learned that what to expect, in Lisbon, are hills and colour – lots of hills and lots of colour. (Maybe it’s colourful in order to distract you from the amount of hill climbing you have to do?) Many cab drivers mentioned that it’s a little bit like the European version of San Francisco, especially with the trams that run through the narrow streets.

The city’s architectural style is distinct, with influences all the way from the Roman Period through to the Moorish Period and, most presently, the 18th century Pombaline style which was heavily employed when rebuilding the city after the 1755 earthquake.

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Portugal is also known for its Azulejo Tiles. There’s a gorgeous tile museum that explores this rich and intricate history, but we didn’t have the opportunity to visit it. I’d still heavily recommend it, though. But whether you make it to the museum or not, you’ll still see all these unique tiles in various buildings from the grandest churches and palaces to normal houses, schools, restaurants and bars.

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Setting Records: Old Bookstores and Famous Lifts

We explored the area around the Santa Justa Lift, which is an iron structure apparently known to be the most famous elevator in the world.

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Santa Justa Lift, #Lisbon. 🇵🇹

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Also, Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, so it’s no surprise that it’s home to the oldest running bookstore ever, Bertrand Chiado. We were a little disappointed to discover that it wasn’t much different from any normal bookstore – but we enjoyed it nonetheless (and even respected that they kept it authentic: if the record of ‘the oldest bookstore in the world’ were set by England or the USA or wherever, would they have made it a huge cash cow?)

The Westernmost Point of Mainland Europe

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Look what God made! 🗺 – Sintra, #Portugal 🇵🇹

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We spent a day in Sintra, a holidaytown in the West of Lisbon. A day is barely enough to see all that Sintra has to offer – for instance, there is Pena Palace, famous for its gorgeous red and yellow colours, the Castle of the Moors, and the Westernmost point of mainland Europe, Cabo da Roca.

We arrived to Sintra by train and had to sort out our transportation around the area: either by bus, or by private taxi. A lot of drivers approached us immediately we arrived, piping over one another that their package deals was better. After finding out the bus prices barely competed with the taxi ones, we opted to go with a driver who was willing to negotiate his price down even more. He happily became our tour guide (and photographer) around the town.

While we visited the Moorish Castle and spotted Pena Palace during the drive, we chose to spend most of our time at Cabo da Roca. We were not disappointed! Watching the shores of the Atlantic ocean swimming against the rocky cliffs was a surreal experience.

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New blog post coming upppp!!!! And it’s about one of my fave places I’ve been to this year…👀👀 #travel #blogger

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From Bairro Alto to Belém

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some of my most fave people in the world 💕💕💕💕/ #portugal

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Logistically, most things were within walking distance of each other once we were in the centre of town, but we also used tuk tuks and Ubers to move around. The train system was easy to work around, which we used to go to the beach and to Sintra. Despite our limited Portuguese, communication wasn’t an issue, and this was strengthened by the fact that we also have a Spanish speaker in our group (the languages are similar).

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We stayed in a small hostel that charged only €10 per night. Our food spending was limited in order to pay for other things such as transport, although Lisbon is an affordable/cheap city anyway.

Furthermore, even though our visit fell between Sunday and Wednesday, we were still able to have a taste of the city’s vibrant night scene ranging from high-end lounges to sweaty clubs and local bars. The ‘place to be’ was Bairro Alto, which was rows and columns of different bars and dance floors – each place had signs promising better offers than the last. Latin Pop ruled the speakers, which was pretty lit.

We found the locals to be friendly and, in some cases, curious – black tourists are still a novelty to some people! Nevertheless, we enjoyed talking and interacting with them, whether it was in a tuk tuk ride, within the hostels, or at bars. We explored different kinds of restaurants, but the ‘must try’ food when in Portugal are pastéis de nata, Portuguese egg custard tarts. (The challenge is maybe knowing which shops are selling the tourist-y ones and which ones are the real ones – a question easily answered by asking the locals!) I unfortunately couldn’t give the tarts a try (allergies), although it seemed that some of my friends liked them.

  A Different Kind of Capital

Capital cities all over the world have interesting and very different origin stories. Places like Washington D.C. and Canberra, for instance, were created for the sole and specific purpose of being a legislative centre; whereas cities like London and Nairobi operate as a country’s hub for everything from transport to arts to research.

Lisbon had its own thing going on. It’s packed with so much history and has managed to keep itself calm and light. A large reason for this may be that it’s a small city – population is merely 500,000 people, which is perhaps why it was easy to slide into the fabric of the city.

In Lisbon, there was something new to discover at every corner. It is pleasant to simply walk around Lisbon and absorb its warmth and authenticity.

Also, who you’re with really does make a place even more special.

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In Pictures: Seven Cities From Above

1. Paris, France Taken from the Eiffel Tower 276 m / 905 ft 

2. Singapore, Singapore Taken from Marina Bay Sands 206 m / 679 ft

3. Osaka, Japan Taken from Swissotel Nankai 23rd floor 

4. Berlin, Germany Taken from the Fernsehturm (the Berlin TV Tower) 368 m / 1,207 ft

5. Nairobi, Kenya Taken from the KICC  104 m / 344 ft

6. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Taken from the Eureka Skydeck 2…

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I love this girl, so. damn. much. 

She's beautiful, both inside and out <3

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Cow

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Crane

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