Seoul, Korea airbnb.com/jemma this listing Happy freakin new year y’all! For the past, well, year, I’ve been nonstop traveling and working and studying (yes it is still a thing you guys) and now that it’s the new year I figure its time to kickstart my travel guides again because even though I’ve been posting aContinue reading #1993| Bachelorette Pad Dreams – Airbnb in Seoul
. Ah, Paris. They say that third time’s a charm, but in truth every visit I’ve made to Paris has been a unique experience that remains memorable in its own special way. In July, one of my closest girlfriends and I took an overnight bus from London to Paris – and it being her firstContinue reading #1978 | Jemma for Airbnb: Living under the Eiffel
So! I get a lot of questions on how I find the places I stay in when traveling, and how they’re so damn instagrammable. Probably an accurate reflection of the new gen traveller’s priorities, but regardless.. I thought it was about time I put together a post on the things I look out for whileContinue reading #1974 | Guide to: Picking the perfect Airbnb listing
London, England. airbnb.com/jemmaAll photos taken on the Nikon D750 on a 35mm lens. Call it kismet: in July, Xiaoqi and I stayed with one of the best airbnb hosts in the world. We did London in two legs – before Bath/Paris, and after Bath/Paris. Both apartments were lovely in their own right, but in ourContinue reading #1966 | How to make friends all over the world: The Airbnb Edition
Osaka, Japan. airbnb.com/jemma All photos taken with the Nikon D5500The stuff my childhood was made of: Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Laputa, My Neighbour Totoro, and so on.. there’s something about Studio Ghibli’s charm that endured all the way through till adulthood. A friend of mine wrote her thesis on how Miyazaki specialises in creatingContinue reading #1963 | Jemma x Airbnb Osaka: All your Ghibli Dreams come true..
Osaka, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500One of the things I love about my relationship with Airbnb is how game they are for unconventional methods of collaboration. When they heard that I was headed to Japan again, they threw me a little challenge: doing a day in Osaka for 50SGD. That’s less thanContinue reading #1954 | The Airbnb x Jemma’s Broke Student’s Guide Challenge – A day in Osaka for $50.
Kyoto, Japan. All photos taken with the Nikon D5500Right before coming to Kyoto I picked up Memoirs of a Geisha from a book sale, which I promptly devoured within a night. There’s just something about historical novels that enchant me – long time readers will be familiar with Philippa Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl, anotherContinue reading #1948| Jemma for Airbnb: Keeping with the Kyotians
Phuket, Thailand. Pictures taken on the Nikon D5500Hey guys! So, with the flood of Europe posts I’ve been doing, I thought it’d be good to look somewhere a little nearer today for those of you who aren’t doing grad trips anytime soon, but who want to do a short getaway to a nearby island forContinue reading #1929| The Broke Student’s Guide to: Budget Beach Bummin
Hey guys, First up I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for the overwhelming response to my last post. It was incredible – I got emails, askfms, and private messages from people I haven’t heard from in forever. It seems that these issues affect people more deeply than I realised. A coupleContinue reading #1925| How I edit my Instagram Pictures
All photos taken on the Nikon Df on a 35mm lens.Bangkok, Thailand.Sawadee, y’all! Here I am with my Thong Lor area guide, as promised. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go familiarise yourself with my previous literature on the subject here and here. Go on, I’ll wait. Done? Great. We can properlyContinue reading #1920 | Bangkok: Thong Lor Area Guide