The first meal of the day to break your fast from the night. I don’t give much thought to breakfast. It’s actually a meal I typically skip or I eat something small like a fruit and have some tea. I don’t typically enjoy so many breakfast food like cereal, eggs, bacon, hash browns etc. it…
Tag: travel
What to wear to an Indian wedding?
I went to a South Indian Tamil wedding in Mumbai in 2020. It was 3.5 days long. My friend, the bride wore 7 dresses in 3 days! I don’t know how she managed it, because those dresses are time consuming to put on. Luckily for me, I’m just a lady guest, but I still need…
Vietnam Visitor Visa
So as US citizen you need a visitor visa to enter Vietnam. My cousin was able to bypass it somehow and got a visa exception. I think he was able to submit some paperwork proving he is of Vietnamese origin (which requires the birth certificate of his parents). I was unable to put in the…
What does being Vietnamese American mean to me?
I decided to take a holiday to Vietnam because my cousin was going at the same time. I didn’t think much of it, except that I’m going to go somewhere relaxing and warm. I’m of Vietnamese origin but being born and raised in California, my cultural identity was tied to being a proud American. As…
Writing about travel during the COVID pandemic feels wrong.
I’ve been reluctant to post anything related to travel on this travel blog for almost a year since March 2020, when the COVID pandemic hit the world the hardest. My last biggest trip was coming back from Mumbai, India, then a couple of weekends after it was spent in wine county at Valle de Guadalupe…
Dreaming of white snow shredding every winter
My passion for snowboarding started ever since I played a lot of skateboarding and snowboarding video games in my childhood when I was about 10 years old. I didn’t start skateboarding until I was in college, though I wasn’t very good. My first snowboarding session was when a co-worker invited me to go to with…
My 1 year recap living in Silicon Valley
It’s almost my one year anniversary of moving to the bay area, getting out of small town Santa Barbara where everything moves too slow while you’re watching the coastline. That’s one thing I really missed about SB, nothing was ever stressful and you can take long walks on the beach to feel at peace. Life…
The Windy City
So that one time in May 2017, I almost moved to Chicago. I was lured by their delicious deep dish, bursting city center, and Lake Michigan.
2014, what a year
So it’s January 2015, a lot of things happened last year and it was… amazing! I was looking through my photos, and I was just wow, did that really happen to me? So here’s a year in review I went to Death Valley twice once in March and another time in November Went to San…
Bison, Waterfalls, hotspings, and stinky sulfur
Sums up my short 2 day trip to Yellowstone National Park… (and a short day trip to the Grand Tetons) My friend was in Montana for business during this month, and she asked me whether or not if I wanted to join her to stop by Yellow Stone National Park. Life’s too short to think…
Darkaqua Chronicles 