Back to mid-January, me and my friends went to Bangkok for 4 days to spend time together, relax and of course, FOOD! It's really nice to escape the cold in Hong Kong for a while and get some sunshine in Thailand.

DAY ONE
We arrive Bangkok around 1pm and we Uber to our hotel. We stayed in Urbana Sathorn Bangkok, right in the centre of Bangkok, about 45 minutes away from DMK airport. After checking-in and putting our stuff down, we headed to Siam, the most busy area in Bangkok, to walk around and look for food. We tried Mango Tango and ordered mango sticky rice and other mango dessert. We also bumped into a random market, called Street Art Market. They got music, food and different products. We tried coconut ice cream, which surprisingly good!

At night, we had a 2-hours Thai massage at Healthland and then dinner in Asiatique night market.

DAY TWO
We had a solid 9 hours sleep after a long day yesterday, so we started our first full day pretty late with some last minutes planning (as always). We bought a one-day boat pass (THB180) that can bring as along Chao Phraya River at Sathorn Pier. The first stop we headed was The Maharaj Pier to check out the Grand Palace and The Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Make sure you don't wear short or skirt when visit the Grand Palace, my friends got kicked out because of wearing shorts, but don't worry there're Thai fisherman pants to buy right outside the entrance lol!

We then take the boat to Wat Arun, a beautiful white temple, but we didn't pay to enter lol.

DAY THREE
Another full day in Bangkok, we decided to book a taxi for one day to bring us to Damnoen Saduak floating market and Mae Klong Railway Market. It took around 1.5 hours from Bangkok CBD to our first destination. Floating market is really fun and a must-do in Thailand, but we didn't buy anything in the market. After that, we visited Mae Klong Railway Market and had lunch there. Railway market is known as one of the world class attraction. Marketers along the railway will close their shop within few minutes before the train pass by, and then open again right after the train left.
The driver dropped us at a subway station as we wanted to visit JJ Green Market. We just spent around an hour to get dinner and walk around. We ended up enjoy the last night at Siam Design Hotel with night view and a drink.

DAY FOUR
Last few hours in Bangkok, we took a quick Uber ride to Pratunam to try the famous chicken rice!
Then, we did a last minute Big-C run and bought a lot of snacks and noodle. After packing everything, we hopped on to a taxi and rushed to the airport to catch our flight back to Hong Kong.

4 days is definitely not enough for Bangkok and I am sure I'll be back for the cheap food and market! I spent around HKD1000 on food and transport, HKD2300 for flight and hotel. If you wanna know more what I did in Bangkok, check out my vlog:
SEE YOU,
cherry xoxo

Hi Internet, I am back with another travel post! I've been gone because I went on a road trip for more than 2 weeks and I just graduated last week! Being officially unemployed means I have time to update the blog lol. So in this post, I will show where I went and the route of our road trip from Brisbane to Melbourne! Let's go!

DAY ONE
We started our journey in the early morning and drove 2 hours to Byron Bay. People there are generally look cool and hippy! We visited the lighthouse and walked around the coastal area, which is also the most Eastern part of Australia.
After that, we went to a brunch place called Folk, which I believe is a vegan place and the dishes are really photo pleasing.
We spent our first night in Coffs Harbour and had a German dinner next to our hostel.
Edelweiss Bavarian
Address: 168 Pacific Hwy, North Boambee Valley NSW 2450

DAY TWO
We spent the day exploring Coffs Harbour and walk around the beach. It was a lot of walking and sun...we decided to dinner in a Mexican restaurant near the beach. Friday night in Coffs Harbour is really chill and slightly busier. That night we drove another 4.5 hours and reach Morisset for our second accommodation.

DAY THREE
It's about 50 minutes drive from Morisset to Newcastle. We visited the Newcastle town, art museum and the Memorial Walk. The view of the walk is beautiful, although the sun is burning...At night we decided to cook our own dinner, a BBQ burger friendsgiving night! So we just chill, ice-cream and watch a movie to end our night.

DAY FOUR
We checked out Morisset Baptist Church in the morning, then went to see wild life kangaroo in Morisset Park.
Then we drove about 2 hours to Sydney! The traffic there were crazy and busy...we spent the afternoon explore the city, Darling Harbour, Korean Town...and more food! I had to go back to Aqua S. the sea salt ice cream is the best!

DAY FIVE
Second day in Sydney, we checked out Ku-ring-gai National Park and my friend swam in the lake. Then we decided to brunch near the city and we had a really nice brunch in Celsius Coffee Co. The shop is tiny, but it's next to a jetty that you can enjoy the sea view while eating. Even though it's a weekday, we still waited for 20 minutes.
After brunch, we went to Milsons Point for the Harbour Bridge and Opera House view! You can see both iconic architecture here, without the crowd, which is highly recommended!
Then we decided to go Bondi Beach! Although it's my second time here, it's my first time going into the water. It's freezing...but fun! Don't miss out the iconic iceberg view, for instagram lol.

DAY SIX
Another day exploring Sydney, we went to the Blue Mountains, in particular, the Wentworth Falls part. We hiked around 2 hours and had lunch on a cave-ish rock. We also visited the Jenolan Cave which is about an hour away from the falls.

DAY SEVEN
Before leaving Sydney, we checked out the Royal National Park and hoping to see the wedding cake rock. However, the rock was blocked and forbidden to go near because the fault is extremely weak. But he view on the way is really beautiful, but sunny...
Then we drove 3 hours to Canberra! I was quite excited to check out the Parliament House and the capital city. Canberra is a really quiet city, but the city still got good amount of restaurants and shops. After dinner, we drove to Cooma for the accommodation.

DAY EIGHT
The next day, we visited Kosciuszko National Park where we can still see some snow on the mountain. The express chairlift brought us to the starting point of the walk and we spend around 2 hours in the walk, but we don't have enough time to walk all the way to the top...be aware that the chairlift will close at 4:30pm. The Mount Kosciuszko summit walk is the highest peak in Australia with beautiful scenery and melting snow! (There're lots of flies along the walk, so be prepared and wear light colour)
We spent our night in Lake Entrance, after a week in NSW, finally entered Victoria!

DAY NINE-ELEVEN
We set off to Melbourne in the morning. The weather was horrible, cold and rainy...driving in rain is not fun. We returned the car in Melbourne city and meet other friends for dinner. We had a really delicious Greek dinner at Stalactites.
The remaining days in Melbourne was cold, cold and cold. We totally under-dressed...we checked out Lune Croissant, Chadstone Shopping Mall, Prahran Market and more food.
Road trip is definitely a must-do in life! Even though we spent so many time in the car, it was fun to chit chat and play music, and explore Australia in a different way! It's for sure much tiring than a flight, so make sure you drive safe and awake!! Here's the route we went through:

Check out my road trip vlog:
SEE YOU,
cherry xoxo

Tassie is cool, but really cold! Back in September, I went to Tasmania with my friends for a week. It was a life-changing trip, as there so many bucket list checked. If you wanna know more what I did and places I went, keep on reading!

DAY ONE
We arrived on a Saturday morning, and right after we put down our stuff in the hostel, we went to check out Salamaca Market, which is walking distance from the city. This market is really well-known, one of the biggest market in Australia. There are food, art crafts, bakery, skin care products...we spent almost 2 hours walking around the market. Even it was raining and cold, there're still a lot of people. The market only opens on Saturday, so if you wanna visit the market, make sure you plan a Saturday in Hobart.
Salamanca Market
Every Saturday (0830-1500)
Address: Salamanca Pl, Hobart TAS 7001
Website: https://www.salamancamarket.com.au/Home

DAY TWO
We slept pretty early on the first night because today we need to catch the tour at 7:30am. After a 2 hours drive towards the west coast, we arrive Mount Field and Fanklin-Gordan Wild River National Park to hike around and see the waterfalls.
DAY THREE
We continue our journey in the west coast in Strahan. We hop-on to a cruise which bring us around Gordon River and Sarah Island. Sarah Island was a former British penal settlement, that isolate convict and avoid them to escape. The whole cruise tour is around 5 hours, include lunch and island guide. After that, our tour guide brought us to a random beach near Strahan. It was so amazing to see tons of bubble on the beach (even though it's toxic).
At that night, we went out at 8pm to see the stars. We are so lucky and able to see the milky way and tons of stars, just on the street.
DAY FOUR
Today is the highlight of the trip - Cradle Mountain! We spent 3+ hours to walk around Dove Lake. The weather wasn't that clear and good at the beginning, but we finally able to see the whole snow mountain at the end. I think the weather was perfect for hiking, not too sunny, little bit of rain, and still able to see some snow on the ground! And really vibrant rainbow when the rain drizzle.
DAY FIVE
We stopped in Launceston the night before, and this morning we visited Cataract Gorge. It is a popular hike place because it really close to the city. The scenery was amazing and we can even see peacock walking around.
Then we drove towards east, to visit Bay of Fires and have lunch over there. The rock there are bright orange, and the people thought it's on fire, that's why it's called Bay of Fires.
We then went to see Tassie animals in East Coast Natureworld. We got to see Tassie Devils, Wombat, birds and of course, kangaroo.
At night, we decided to catch the aurora, since the index was quite high. We went to a cliff, facing the south, which was able to see a bit of aurora. The camera did catch the greenish light behind the mountain. It wasn't perfect, but it's so cool to able to see aurora in person!
DAY SIX
Last day in the east coast, we visited Wineglass Bay. There're two route - beginner and challenging, most of the guys took the hard way and the girls walked the easy one. It was about a 45 minutes walk to the lookout. If you took the challenging one, will take 3 hours to return, but you'll get a better view. Since we finish much earlier than the others, we also visit Honeymoon Bay, which is a really cute curved bay. We then had lunch there, and met up the others to head back to Hobart.
DAY SEVEN
The last full day in Tassie is a trip to Port Arthur. Port Arthur is a former penal settlement, and is now a open historical museum. The whole area felt like Europe. I can't imagine it was a prison in the past...The ticket includes a 20 minutes boat ride and free guide. I recommend not to follow the guide, just walk around by yourself is much time-saving and fun.
The last night we had dinner in Hobart city. This dessert place was crowded and look really nice!
Honey Badger Dessert Cafe
Address: 7 Salamanca Pl, Hobart
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hbdessertcafe

The next day we had a early flight back to Brisbane and that wraps up our Tassie trip. It was definitely a life-changing trip! Tasmania is really gorgeous, definitely wanna return to visit places that I missed out this time. If you don't drive, highly recommend to join a local tour, 5-6 days tour that bring you around the island. Flexibility is much lower, but at least someone drive for you and plan for you, if you're too lazy to plan and book everything haha.

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SEE YOU,
cherry xoxo