It felt weird not being home for Christmas for the first time, but I had a little piece of Jamaica here with me. Mommy and Daddy Hall travelled 36 hours to visit!
I’m kinda lost for words, so I thought I’d use a few of the 1500 pictures we took to help 🙂 (Thank you NUS for the November exams and allowing me to have a holiday, instead of having to study for January exams)
First stop: Bangkok, Thailand
Thai lady praying in a temple
The most peaceful temple I’ve been to. We just sat and listened to little bells blowing in the wind.
Fried insects in Chinatown
Exploring more of Chinatown. For the entire holiday, locals would look from Daddy, to Mommy, to me, trying to understand us as a mixed race family.
Daddy’s Añjali Mudrā pose on point
Second stop: Chiang Mai, Thailand
Overnight train
Happiest girl at a Thai cooking class, after not being able to cook for four months
Queen Sirikit Botanic Gardens
Early morning sunrise on the hillside
Meo Tribal Village
Ventured up to a quiet, non-touristic temple after seeing this huge gold monk peaking out of the trees
Little fishes swimming in between my toes
Third stop: Cambodia (my personal fav 🙂 )
Evening sun on Prae Roup temple
Two little girls riding a motorbike, no biggy
Daddy being Daddy
Regretting that I climbed up the steepest stairs I’ve ever seen in my life
Mommy not amused by the tourist harassment on Pub Street
Artsy picture by yours truly
After seeing so many gold temples, the Angkor Wat temples were refreshingly beautiful, blending in so well with nature
Weeeeeeeeeeee
Big up TeeTee for all the tuk tuk rides
Floating village
Breakfast break among the ruins
Breezy (and wet) boat ride to the floating village
Last stop: Malacca, Malaysia
Drinking coconut water outside a bar that was playing Bob Marley all afternoon. Not the typical 21st birthday, but I loved it 🙂