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Travel Diaries: Wonder-Land

To continue with the theme of traveling from my previous posts, I thought I’d make a post about self-discovery. While traveling is very much an exploration of the wonders of the world, I’d say it is equally an exploration of your inner world. Something about being in a foreign place where no one knows you makes you let go of any expectation that you may have had for yourself, and that you think others may have for you. That is one feeling I love very much. It feels as if you are reconnecting with the very core of who you are and acting in alignment with yourself authentically.  For the longest time I have always pondered upon the question of “who am I?” and “what makes someone who they are?” and have been frustrated countless times because each time I ask myself those questions I can’t quite come to a conclusion. A recent conversation on Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle had sort of unexpectedly shed light on this topic. The physics principle basically states that you cannot measu...

Travel Diaries: A slice of China

Gathering around the dining table with my parents and reminiscing on the flavors of our childhood had me feeling some type of way. I’m naturally a bit of a foodie, now add in the food scene of China and you get a girl with a whole lot of cravings. For food and for travel.

Travel Diaries: Mexico City, Mexico

Hola! Many of the people who know me know that I am a sucker for traveling. Since a young age, I had been fascinated by the prospect of seeing the world and experiencing different cultures. It's cliche, I know, but to this day that fascination follows me. Even after so long I cannot fathom what it is that intrigues me so much about traveling.

Carley vs Japan

Hello, Ohaiyou-gozaimasu!! Remember when I went to Japan (like an eternity ago) and remember when I said I'd be posting more about it (like an eternity ago as well)? Well, yes hello, I am finally following through with it now!!! I'm not even going to say a lot, let's just let the pictures do the talking. After all, a picture speaks a thousand words, right? Sunrise at 5 in the morning  Our first meal in Japan - Udon noodles Tokyo Disneyland! Kinkakuji aka The Golden Temple Inside the Umeda Sky Building  Dotonbouri at night  Kiyomizu-dera temple  Kyoto Train Station (you can see the Kyoto Tower in this photo!) Harajuku Tried Matcha icecream for the first time!! Shinjuku Garden (look at that symme-tree though ;D )  There are so many more photos I have of random things and places but I hope these will suffice. Japan was such an amazing and different experience and I am keen to be ...