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Dec 31, 2017
Before we start, here is the Google Photos album of the cruise! My tips for the cruise: Bring water and hide it in your bag. According to Eric, you are not allowed to bring your own water bottles on the boat, but they will not check your bags, so do...
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Dec 29, 2017
Before we start, here is the Google photos album of this trip! Next, here are some tips for Hanoi: Look up the weather before you travel to northern Vietnam. I went here in mid December and it was around 5-20 degrees throughout the day. If you like fish, eat at...
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Dec 25, 2017
Before we start, here is the Google Photos album for this trip! Next up are some tips for the trip: Taxi from airport costs 170,000 Dong (ca 6 EUR). Get this fixed price instead of going with grab or taxameter, as you in this case will have to pay twice...
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Dec 25, 2017
Before we begin, here is the Google Photos album that I made for this trip. Alright, I had never done a solo trip before, and Ho Chi Minh city was the first city on my list in Vietnam. I spent a short one and a half days here and will...
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Dec 21, 2017
If you want to see the pictures of this trip, take a look at this Google Photos album that I created for this trip! I am now sitting on the flight back to Singapore. It is Thursday 21st of December, and tomorrow I will come back home to Sweden. Four...
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Dec 8, 2017
So tonight is my almost last night here in Singapore. It is 23:17 at this writing moment, and tomorrow I am leaving for Chiang Mai together with a new travel partner Kristian the Tyrant (he is danish, I could not resist…) and Leo the man of Råge and boyfriend of...
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Dec 1, 2017
So, apparently I have gotten complaints for not: Not updating my blog often enough. Not putting enough tea pictures up on the blog. (Hrm, hrm… Matte…) Anyways, to please you (Matte), I will now do both (setting aside precious time that should be spent on being productive with meh studier,...
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Nov 23, 2017
Last weekend, I, Lukas the austrian, Eric the kiwi and Hatim the Pakistani Canadian did a jungle survival trip on Borneo. We stayed at hostels in Kota Kinabalu and over two days, one night we took a guided jungle tour located a 2 hours car-drive away. In Eric’s words, it...
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Nov 22, 2017
Okay, it has been way too long before I last updated this blog, so here we go… As always, here are some tips for the trip: Stay at The Onion Hostel. It is a very nice hostel with quite nice personnel. Beware of roaming charges through your SIM card provider....
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Nov 7, 2017
Happy birthday to me! I am now 23 years old!
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Nov 6, 2017
I wonder if this will be my new favorite snack… It has so much potential!!
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Nov 1, 2017
Okay, I have now taken a bit of a break from writing, as I am swamped with school work here at NTU. Tomorrow I will head off to Bangkok with Sara, Lukas and Erik, and I will of course write about this trip more when I get back and have...
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Oct 22, 2017
Before we start, here is a list of tips for Lombok: If you want to surf, do it in Kuta. Sengigi is not good for surfing, as we found out. Kuta has many good surfing spots; I went to Gerupuk bay which has a lot of great waves, although a...
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Oct 17, 2017
So a few weeks ago, I found this song, that has quickly become one of my favorite. It has got all I want in a song; chill beats, guitar, up-beat solos and that very nice tropical vibe to it!
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Oct 16, 2017
We took the ferry over to Gilli Trawangan after having carried Markus’ big trolley over the sand roads for 10 minutes on Gilli Air. Once on Trawangan, we could notice a big difference in infrastructure. The roads were mainly rigid asphalt/stone and not made out of sand. There were alot...
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Oct 12, 2017
Starting where we left off, we took a horse and carriage back to the hostel, Old Villages, for 100,000 Rupiah (ca 6 eur). It was indeed an old village, if you consider its design with houses with straw roofs. It had fresh rooms with air conditioning, along with nice breakfast...
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Oct 11, 2017
I will, as in my previous blog post, first list the budget we had for this trip. Then I will move on to telling the story. The budget: * Flight: 236 EUR * Ferries: 61 EUR * Hotels/hostels: 10-15 EUR/night * 10 nights = 100-150 EUR * Food: 5 EUR/meal...
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Oct 10, 2017
I am back from my recess week in Indonesia now, and I will try to write down most of it within these coming few days. I have been trying to think of a way to describe my travels over there, but have come to the conclusion that it is very...
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Sep 27, 2017
It has taken some time, but now I am back to writing for you again. Wanting to get off to a quick start, I will immediately provide you with our Google Photos album on our trip. Take a look at it now and come back later, or save it until...
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Sep 19, 2017
Third day. Finally waking up naturally and not skipping sleep for some adventure. We made ourselves ready facing a new day and quickly headed to The missing socks laundry café, after the American Griffin had recommended us their breakfast. We were happy he had given us this advice, as their...
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Sep 19, 2017
Alright, time to pick up the story where we last ended. I have taken enough time with writing this post already, and as previously noted, I even managed to travel to Hong Kong before I finished the story about Cambodia. Turns out travelling every weekend can be hectic, which is...
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Sep 14, 2017
Turns out, the weeks get pretty hectic when you travel every weekend. I wanted to write about Angkor Wat before I left, but unfortunately I have had other things to do. Planning trips almost takes more time than studying, and above that, I have to fix a position for my...
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Sep 12, 2017
Waking up. 8 am. Tired, but mildly energized. Packing some things in my bag. Taking a shower. Elevator down. Eating breakfast at the food court. Elevator up. Brushing teeth. Packing things. Taking extra cash last minute. Elevator down. Grab with friends to Changi Airport. Checking in. Waiting for ‘friends’ to...
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Sep 11, 2017
Back in my room here in Singapore now. It has been a long week, with school and trip and trip planning. I am exhausted, but feel very grateful for the weekend we spent in Cambodia. To be honest, it was one of the best ones I have ever had in...
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Sep 5, 2017
So this weekend, I went to Melaka, Malaysia with Eric the New Zeelander, Vassilis the Greek/German and Liam the Irish dude. We started off Friday morning by taking the bus near Marina Bay at 10 am. The weather was great, and this was to be my second country to visit...
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Aug 26, 2017
So today I went to Boon Lay to get a haircut. Apparently I have not had one in two months, so it was really necessary to get rid of some hair. We have a Korean haircutter on Campus, but apparently he is not good at all, so I went with...
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Aug 25, 2017
So after the zoo, we went to a party at the Sentosa island. we rode by bus from NTU to Sentosa, and from the buses, we walked ca 1 km to the beach right outside the place where the party was going to be held. The sea water was warm,...
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Aug 25, 2017
So today we went to the zoo, which was a quite large one. There were alot of new species for me to see here; especially monkeys, as I have not seen many different kinds of species of these before. Turns out they had alot of them, and not only that;...
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Aug 24, 2017
So today, me, Eric Liu, Lukas Wasserthal and Markus Fa went to the birdpark. Apparently, there are 4 major zoo parks/events you can go to here in Singapore. Firstly, there is the birdpark, which we went to today. Secondly, there is the Zoo, to which we’ll be going tomorrow. Thirdly,...
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Aug 21, 2017
Alright, so yesterday got kind of weird. My fever started Saturday afternoon and it steadily increased, despite me taking quite alot of paracetamol, which is a fever reducing medicine. I went with a uber car to Toyu medic center, which had gotten a good reputation online, and was one of...
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Aug 20, 2017
So yesterday we had this University event called NTU fest. It was basically an event hosted by the school in the sports center. They had put up a big stage on one of the ends of the football field, where they had some really good live bands playing - ranging...
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Aug 19, 2017
So I have been a bit bad at writing on this blog these couple of days, since it’s a lot to deal with social life and course registration. Anyways, I am down to having Fridays free, with one class on Thursdays. I will now try to also get Thursdays free....
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Aug 18, 2017
I thought I would make a quick update now before I head out for lunch with a friend downstairs. Listen to this song I provide below. Heard it a couple of minutes ago, and really found a liking for it.
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Aug 15, 2017
So… I played basketball instead of swimming, and it turns out that 900 kr special fabric golf shorts don’t hold when falling on the ground. Guess they only focused on getting them as thin as possible… :(
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Aug 14, 2017
First day of school and food poisoning Today the first day of school started, and it began with breakfast at canteen 2, where they supposedly has the best breakfast with waffles among other things. Turns out they didn’t, and I just got the typical 2 sandwiches with coffee and 2...
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Aug 12, 2017
Okay, so here’s a link to my photo album on Google Photos
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Aug 12, 2017
Okay, so this is probably going to be a pretty short post, as it’s pretty late now, and I need to go to sleep very soon. Anyways, today 5 things happened, basically: I registered at the Global Lounge, so that I get my student card, which is a combined visa,...
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Aug 10, 2017
Today was a very hectic day. Lots of things going on, and very little sleep, despite the jetlag. First of all, flying for 8 hours in a middle seat is very uncomfortable; especially when you try to sleep. I talked quite alot with a russian IB student, though, who seemed...
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Aug 10, 2017
I am now sitting on the flight, 10 000 meters in the air. The flight actually has wifi, but I used up the free charge of 10mb in 3 minutes. Woops! Anyways, if you’re interested in travelling cheap with good service, Qatar Airways is great. I’m very pleased with the...
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Aug 9, 2017
I’m sitting here in the kitchen on the night before I leave. My flight leaves at 9.00 this morning, and I’m taking a Taxi at 6:00 from Stockholm to Arlanda, which means I’ll approximately have about 2 hours to kill at the airport before boarding the plane. Just like these...