Disclaimer: I am so comparatively ignorant about this subject in comparison to the absolute avalanche of information there is out there on the coronavirus. Please take this post for what it is: a well-intentioned but probably misinformed rambling from this rando living in Hong Kong. Also, I voted last week from abroad, which I'm excited about, but also depressed because the 2020 primaries look …
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Day Trip to Lamma Island: The Perfect Way to Relax When Visiting Hong Kong
When I’m not traveling (which, contrary to what my Instagram says, is very, very, often), I like to be in bed. Although I am the proud owner of a white table from IKEA with one wobbly leg and the temporary inheritor of an itchy two-seater sofa, under which I’ve carefully laid the rug that looked the least like it came straight from a college grad’s first apartment, the habits that I’ve established …
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Lily Wunders 2019: My Year in Review in Travel and Blogging
In 2018, I flew out of Hong Kong for international trips 9 times. A year later, in 2019, both my style of travel (I affectionately call it “super light touch”) and everything else in my life caught up with me. I traveled less, but also wrote more. I launched my travel blog in October. I created a presence on two new social media platforms. I turned 26. 2019 Travels: Macau, France, New …
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I’m From Boston. Here Are My Top Things to Do in Boston.
The worst thing you can do if you're from Massachusetts is say you're from Boston if you're not. If you're friends with someone who is actually from Boston, they'll draw up a map for you. It's instinctual. It's like scratching when you have an itch. You just do it. You're not from Boston if you're from Springfield, OK? But I digress. In the travel world, where living like a local …
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Is It Safe to Travel to Hong Kong Now, as the City is Rocked by Protests? A Perspective from Hong Kong
Billowing smoke. Multicolored umbrellas held aloft. Subway stations set on fire. Defiant messages spray-painted on glass windows. FREE HONG KONG HK IS NOT CHINA FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, STAND WITH HONG KONG PRESIDENT TRUMP, PLEASE LIBERATE HONG KONG Hong Kong, a former British colony that was returned to Chinese control in 1997, is having its largest political reckoning in …
Visiting Hobbiton Movie Set in New Zealand Wasn’t That Amazing. And That’s Okay.
It's funny the way we willingly indict ourselves into having totally manufactured and packaged experiences. No, I hear you cry. I only look for travel experiences where locals are frozen in time and signs of civilization and technological progress are non-existent. Nary a mobile phone to be found. Off the beaten track, is what I say! And to that I say: that's all well and good, but there are …
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Riquexo and Minchee: Meeting the Godmother of Macanese Food
There she was – the Godmother. Of Macanese cuisine, that is. Only, we didn’t know it. Hair dyed light brown and permed into a stylish pouf on her head, a pair of enormous glasses perched on her nose, and eyes roving over a Portuguese-language newspaper. Pearl jewelry hung from her neck. Laminated photos of Macau peppered the walls – all of them in varying shades of ochre and blue, …
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