Throw back 2017!

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 Back in 2014 (3.5years ago)... how time flies and I'll be reaching my final destination in a couple of months time.

Day 1107-1207: Taiwan Map

Day 1127-1207: Finale, Taiwan

I was told this is what locals eat for breakfast

Day 1120-1126: Taitung to Puli, Taiwan

Guess what plant this is?

Day 1107-1119: Taipei to Taitung, Taiwan

Arriving at Taipei port after a night on the ferry

Taiwan was never on my list but I've heard so much about how nice the people here are and the moment I found out there was ferry (I don't fly) coming this way, I jumped on the idea of coming here.... so here I am!

 Helloooo Taiwan!!!!

The supertall skyscrapper, Taipei 101 at the far end

Day 1078-1106: Shanghai to PingTan, China

 Cruising into Shanghai after floating on the sea for 2 nights

Hello China, I'm back again!

Shanghai

Interviewed by Malaysia's The Star Newspaper

Appearing on my home country's newspaper is something I've never imagined but thanks to friends who made this possible. Very honoured to be part of The Star newspaper's ''Women do Wonders'' campaign and hope many wo(men) can get something out of this article.

Read the full article here!

Day 889-1077: Japan Route

Day 1061-1077: To Kobe, Japan

 A typical morning routine... enjoying sun rise

Day 1042-1060: Tokyo to Geisei, Japan

Tokyo

Gokokuji temple...

Day 1031-1041: To Tokyo, Japan

A fair outside this temple caught my attention...

Do you know what this is? The stick that this man is holding? 

This is what we use to clean out our earwax

Day 1019-1030: Kyoto to Nagoya, Japan

Kyoto

Fushimi Inari Taisha

Day 1010-1018: To Kyoto, Japan

Day 1000-1009: To Tottori, Japan

Arriving at Izumo in the wee hours

Old Izumo Taisha station opened in 1912 till 1990. It is one of it kind as its completely traditional built without any influence of weatern architecture style

Throw back 2016!

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(Ps: March photos credit goes to friends from AllHandsVolunteers)

30 months on the road... 2016 is again another meaningful year. It may not be all rainbows and unicorns but at least this year I was injury free and Thorn is still doing great apart from 2 punctures and 1 tyre+rim replacement (hey Schwalbe you've failed again). We've also crossed the 20,000km mark in China and happily celebrated it over a cup of coffee at the petrol station in Chaka. Even till now I still find it amazing that I have come this far on a bicycle crossing 24 countries and counting. I'm still being showered with lots of love and spoilt by all the kind souls out there who has reached out to me. Then of course I'm not bionic, I do feel weary at times. There were moments of anger (like when a Kyrgyz boy rubbing himself hard to get erected as he wants a fuck), frustrations (like when people wipe off all my efforts by saying your parents must be super rich to support this trip - its bloody self funded!!! or saying I'm so pathetic to be living a life like this), disappointments (like when I couldn't complete biking Kyrgyz on my return from winter break or people saying Thorn must be an electric bike) and silly dialogues wondering what on earth am I doing (like when I was in the middle of sand storm or fighting the desert heat). I will be lying if I say I'm feeling positive every single minute of this journey. I don't, I'm human too. But even if I can turn back time, I will not change any of these and without doubt, I will still choose to ride solo. I'm really blessed to be out here and grateful for all the good/bad experiences and to be able to reach out fearlessly to newer experiences. There wasn't a moment I wanna quit, just forward and onwards! Thank you all for your continuous support, I am still a very bad story teller in writing but will try my best to let my photos tell the stories with some of your added imaginations. Looking forward to 2017, I'm sure it'll be awesome and who knows it may be homecoming? Happy holidays and have a wonderful year ahead as I'm sure it gonna be full of great things that have never been. Lets get rolling and tailwind to all those who are on the road.

''Dreams don't work unless you do'' 

Merry Christmas 2016!

💖 Wishing all a very Merī-Kurisumasu 💖

Day 889-999: To Izumo, Japan

Collecting my knives that were confiscated before boarding... I have finally arrived in Fukuoka Japan. 

Rolling out of the terminal and realised I'm on the wrong side of the road. I'm so not used to riding on the left side after being on the right side all this while... its weird... really weird.

Day 806-888: South Korea Route

 Mainland

Jeju Island

Day 877-888: Jeju to Busan, S.Korea

Probably the work of nasty storm

 Jeju's horses, big head, thick neck and the ability to run on the rocky island without horseshoes

Day 862-876: Off to Jeju Island, S.Korea

Mysterious road? Well these are roads which gives you optical illusion that you are rolling uphill but in actual fact you are rolling downhill because of the high surroundings

Yongduam rock