I don't want to leave.

It's been such a good week. The beach is beautiful and the most important I have met some amazing new friends. I feel so sad to be leaving. But acutally it's also good I'm leaving, I don't think my liver can handle another night of drinking. The chang beer and the buckets are too good.

Last night I met my fate! Usual night of chilling out with everyone outside and drinking and I start talking to a guy who just got here in Phuket and he tells me he lives close to me in London, then he also worked in Scribbler the summer before I started working in Oct, whatttttt. I never meet anyone in London that has any connection to me what so ever and on the otherside of the world I meet someone that does, what is happening! That night was my last night in Phuket, had to say goodbye to my roommates, the girls and the hostel. :(

On to the next adventure! Ko Phi Phi.

Another Airport, Another Adventure

Back in Hong Kong Airport, it's starting to feel like my home there.

Finally finished all my work in time and got some extra money for the trip and all packed, money ready, woooooooooooooo. First stop: some well needed sun in Phuket!

Lake Kawaguchi (Hotel Konanso)

My dad decided to treat us to a posh and expensive hotel. It is the nicest hotel I have ever been in, in my life and thank god because it served the nicest food too!

The hotel was called Hotel Konanso and it's a hot springs hotel so more Onsen!
The onsens over looks Mt.Fuji so that's also why it's so expensive.

A photo from the website and my photos below, pretty similar!

Unfortunately the weather did not get better :( and Mt.Fuji was not seen from the onsen, well not the top of it anyways. So here's me and the beautiful pattern on the carpet!

The food deserves another blog post!

Day 2 in Japan

Today have been a very full day.
Went to a town dedicated to deer called Nara, fed them, got chased by a lot of them for food and saw a beautiful temple.

Had a really good tofu lunch and went to ninja village in Koka.

Right now I'm at Nagoya and will be exploring the town tomorrow but I can smell the food from the hotel and I'm hungry!

Day 1 in kyoto

So far it's been beautiful. Although the weather is getting cold now, might even be getting ill... Not good.

The toilets are crazy here and soooo clean. The seats are heated, there's some kind of bum washing thing going on that I'm way too scared to press on. Every place I have been to has one, which just seems like an awful way to waste energy.

Starting to notice everything is over complicated, even a coffee machine that needs to press a million buttons before I can have one.

The temples so far is the most peaceful place so far. It's a bit weird when there's one in the middle of the kaos.
Will do a separate post on the temples.

I love matcha green tea, always been a fave of mine so ofc im having them like crazy, anything to do with it, I'm buying and trying.
Here's me with matcha green tea ice cream :) and a photo of the crazy toilets here.

In Hong Kong now!

So much to update on. Will be onwards to Japan in a few days.

Feeling so weird to be back in Hong Kong.
It's 25 degrees, weather is not so sunny. Sat on a plane for 12 hrs yesterday and feeling like I lost a day because right now it's 1 in the afternoon. Ergh.

Feeling like the odd one out already. People are wearing knit and I'm in sandals and a tank top. Nice one Melissa.

Not much going on so far except that I saw my cats, dad and step mum. Just gonna chill and eat some Chinese food till Japan.  Missing all my friends already but seeing one tomorrow and going for Korean food, yay!

Dad isn't so keen on me heading to east Asia by myself, honestly what could possibly go wrong. Some nice stranger from the hostel will protect me, ha.

Here's a photo of my cat.