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.
Hey guys, A lot of you have been asking me for more general trip-planning advice because grad-trip season is upcoming. So! Here I am being all guidebookey again. When planning your trips to Europe (or anywhere, really), there are a few fixed costs you have to look out for, especially when you’re on a budget.Continue reading #1923 | The Broke Student’s Guide to: Accommodation in Europe
Hey Guys, I’ve been receiving questions on my exchange semester logistics ever since publishing my Around The World in 212 Days guide, so I thought i’d follow up with a Germany-speific post for those of you interested in applying for an exchange semester in Germany. I remember having a huuuge administrative headache when I wasContinue reading #1864| Guide to: Applying for a German Exchange Semester
Showering in a sink over a traumatic 25 hour stay in Stansted Airport is something I kinda feel proud of in a survivor-level-ten kind of way, but it wasn’t exactly something I ever intended to repeat. Of course, I didn’t take into account the fact that I stupidly assumed that an overnight train would haveContinue reading #1862 | I have showered in way too many sinks // The Sleeper Train Survivor Guide
I’ve heard so much about couchsurfing but I’ve never had the opportunity to do it because 1. there’s nowhere to couchsurf to in singapore, 2. it’s cheap enough to get a hotel in most southeast asian countries without blinking twice and 3. Asians are just more conservative I guess. But I’ve always wanted to tryContinue reading #1854| Couchsurfing Baby
I’ve been getting a lot of questions on ask.fm on what exactly it is I’m doing now and how it is I’m traveling so much, so I thought I’d just compile them into an info post for those of you who’ve been asking 🙂 I’ll also include information on applying for this exchange program andContinue reading #1851| Around the world in 212 days
Between the wonderful, wonderful, week that was London and the beautiful accident that was Munich, there’s still the ordeal that was a 25 hour transit in Stansted Airport. I’ve resisted properly blogging about it for awhile because it was a ridiculously traumatic experience, but then again I once said I’d never (!!!) succumb to foursquareContinue reading #1832| SURVIVOR 101: NIGHTMARE AIRPORT TRANSITS