Travel Memories Tuesday: The day I met Dumpling, Taipei, Taiwan

You may or may not know, rabbits are one of my favourite animals. One day when we finally give up apartment living I'm planning to buy some rabbits.

One weekend in Taipei we went to a festival with our friends Lisa and Aaris and one of the ladies their had her two bunnies. She let me hold one of them - his name was "Dumpling" and he was completely adorable!

Travel Memories Tuesday: Modern Toilet Restaurant, Taipei

Last week Rich showed me an article about the worlds weirdest restaurants - on the list was the "Modern Toilet Restaurant" in Taipei. When we spend three months in Taipei the Modern Toilet Restaurant was on the top of my list of placed to visit. In the restaurant the seats are shaped like toilets, all the meals are served in either toilets or other bathroom themed items, like a urinal or a soap dish. Rich decided to get the curry and it was served in a toilet. Good times.  As we were leaving, I posed with one of the restaurants characters/mascots - a pink poo. I love Asia so much!

Travel Memories Tuesday - Scooter Kitty, Taipei

Travel is my favourite thing and I'm lucky to have seen so much of the world already, however Rich and I are currently saving for an "epic" trip to Europe in 2014 which means I don't have any spare cash for holidays (as Europe is a LONG way from New Zealand, so I have to save a lot of money to make it there and we are also planning on spending at least a month there).

So I thought I'd do a post each week looking back on some travel adventures I have had to date - travel memories Tuesay!

Taipei in Taiwan - We lived here for around three months and there were scooters EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES. Whole families traveled on scooters and also pets traveled on scooters, I seen a guy with a German Shephard on a scooter once.

I snapped a picture of this kitty one day resting on a scooter as I couldn't help but wonder if he had been traveling on the scooter or that the seat just a warm place to sleep in the sun. In Taipei both seemed possible options.

Ask Trees - Part II

Hello World - sorry I have been AWOL for a while, its really been a week of some pretty big ups and downs. I didn't even do a Wednesday Wardrobe Challenge, which hardly ever happens.

I decided it was time to answer another "Ask Trees" this question is from the amazeballs Helga Von Trollop:

What's your fave place you've traveled to so far, and what is your ultimate destination?!

If you've read my blog for a while, you will know that I do LOVE to travel and see the world. This can be a little bit difficult when you do live at the bottom world like I do. But when it comes to my favorite destination to date, there is really not questions, it has to be my second home - South Korea!

Rich and I lived in Korea for a whole year in 2009-2010 and it was pretty much the best time EVER! I love Korea! The food is delicious, the people are amazing and friendly and there's so much history and beauty. I also meet rad people from all over the world - best time EVER!!

Coming in a second place would have to be Japan - Rich and I have done one trip to Japan and I would love to go back sometime in the next few years. We visited Tokyo and Kyoto - you have to love Tokyo - because its pure madness. But I loved Kyoto even more - so much beauty, history and there was the monkeys as well. Everything is better with monkeys!

Whilst South Korea and Japan are my top two travel destinations ever - I have to admit, I've never visited a country I didn't enjoy. Here's a few more photos of the overseas adventures I've had.

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

 Shanghai, China

 Melbourne, Australia

 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  Phuket, Thailand

 Singapore

Taipei, Taiwan (we lived here for about 3 months)

Vietnam

Hong Kong

Macau

Sydney/Blue Mountains, Australia

Vanuatu

Phew! That's a lot of places!  

As for part two of Helga's question - what's my ultimate destination - well I don't know if I have an ultimate destination, but my current wishlist of places to visit looks a little like this: San Francisco, New York, Tasmania, Santiago, Bhutan, Havana, Hiroshima, Osaka, Iceland, Indonesia, Iceland, Cambodia, Mexico, Myanmar(Burma), Zanzibar, Berlin, Moscow, Stewart Island, Uluru, Tanna Island (Vanuatu), Beijing, Edinburgh, Prague, Ho Chi Min City, Langkawi.

I know its a pretty LONG list - but I'm a bit closer to visiting two places on this list. Exciting news, this week I bought tickets for the USA - I'll be there for three weeks in May 2013! It's very exciting! 

I'll be visiting both New York and San Francisco and many place in between. I'll be spending time with blog friends and friends I met whilst living in South Korea. I can't wait - exciting travel times ahead.