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Possibly the most useless, yolo holiday of my life in which we hung around Bali for 5 days eating, getting massages and not really doing anything other than maybe one mini adventure out to Uluwatu on the first day I arrived, ahaha.

I really enjoyed the cheap food in large spacious cafes. Our daily $1 mee goreng across the road and the massages at the same hole in the wall cookery every. single. time. just 5 minutes from our hostel. If you told me to check, I would say I spent 80% of my time in Bali in the same 1 kilometre square block, mostly so paralysed by the fear of the impending explosion of Mount Agung (it finally exploded in December 2018, it was September when we went) that we spent our last day there sitting in a nearby cafe (of all places) drinking Sangria till we were tipsy - the things we do :'D

Yet by some miracle, we have pictures to show for the trip. So yep. There was my only holiday of 2017 but some people don't get to travel at all, so I count my blessings and am super grateful for how the current year is going!

Had a really fruitful trip to Bangkok with Janine last month - I think this is my fourth time ever in the city but there's always something to do and every vacation is a little different! This was by far the most chill in the sense that I only brought my camera out on the last day for our cafe trip, which I promise you is rare for me because I drag it every where with me normally, haha. It was kinda liberating to not have to take picture of everything, but of course I finally took it out with me because we were going to... Rocket Coffeebar!

So I swear I hardly see J9 in the day time other than shopping and cutting hair back in Singapore cause we are night bugs - but miraculously we managed to drag ourselves out of bed early-ish (around 11am) because we were worried it would be crowded. In actuality, it stayed pretty empty the whole time we were there - so no worries if you are coming in for a late lunch.

After the last few days of stuffing ourselves with mango sticky rice, coconut ice cream and tom yam seafood soup, it was quite refreshing to have a super clean, healthy, nordic breakfast. I had the Maiden's Breakfast Plate (370 Baht, or SGD14.60~), and I added on some wild mushrooms cause it didn't look super filling; and Janine had the Rocket Benedict (290 Baht, or SGD11.40~) which came with chorizo on a light brioche bun. Kinda envious because her eggs were hot - but I was trying to pick something different for once, kay. Fun fact: all the food on their brunch menu is gluten free! I'm not particular about my diet but just FYI if you're into that stuff.

Lastly, there are actually a few branches of Rocket Coffeebar in Bangkok, so make sure you come to the right one - which is at Sukhumvit Soi 49! Almost went to the one at Sathorn S12 which is not as pretty, true story.

Janine let me run around and have my fun taking photos of the place cause I'd been wanting to come here for quite a while (the space is sooo pretty, I mean you can see from the photos), so yay, another cafe off the bucket list!

Rocket Coffeebar S49
1/F, Grease building, Piman 49
Sukhumvit Soi 49
Bangkok, Thailand
Opening Hours: 7am – 9pm

I'm heading off to BKK for yet another girly trip, so I figured it's about time I (finally) do up my last post for Vietnam, a trip of which I am super fond of. All the important sights around Mui Ne can be seen in just 4 hours - our hotel had tours for USD35.00, but we found one in town for just USD15.00, and apparently you can bargain even more!

The White Sand Dunes
The reason why everyone comes to Mui Ne! It felt like I was back in Morocco, but so much more affordable, haha. I strongly recommend coming in the morning to catch the sunrise, even though though it meant waking up at 4am for a 5am pick up, and another bone-chilling 45minute ride in an open air jeep to the dunes (bring a jacket!) They do have afternoon tours, but we were advised against it because the sand gets very hot. There's something about cold sand in between your toes that made the trek up the dunes worth it.

Wearing The Fifth Label Modern Love Dress

The Red Sand Dunes
Much closer to the main tourist area of Mui Ne, I found the Red Sand Dunes are not as grand as the White Sand Dunes, and slightly dirtier to be honest - but the colour of the sand was stunning in contrast with the bright blue sky (I swear my photos didn't need any editing - it really just was that colour)!

Wearing Al Et Clar Denim Dress, Hat of Cain Fedora

Fishing Village
It was quite amazing to see the sheer amount of boats! The smell of the sea was quite overwhelming as well as the rubbish lining the streets, and sadly we didn't learn much about the background of this fishing village since our tour guide literally just dropped us there to take pictures (pick your tours wisely, folks!) Seafood in Mui Ne is super affordable, so it's still kinda cool to see where it comes from.

The Fairy Stream
The entrance to the Fairy Stream was looked like a nondescript longkang (drain) in the middle of a town and we were wondering why is this a tourist attraction? But after a short trek with the cool water running through our toes, it opened up to a country side with the most inspiring rock formations made of layer upon layer of bright, blinding orange. Super unexpected and super glad we didn't skip this (we almost did because of time)!

So there you have it! The end of our Vietnam journey! After baking in the sun all day, we even managed to make it back to our hotel by 10am for breakfast and lounged by the beach for the rest of the day. Mui Ne made me realise how much exotic sights Asia has to offer without having to travel too far away or break the bank, and I'm looking forward to exploring more of Vietnam in the super near future!