I had such an incredible time in the rice terrace and saw some incredible things. I had to dedicate a separate entry to put all the photos up to show how the beauty of this place.
Read MoreAsia Trip 017 - Dazhai Rice Terraces 大寨水稻田- 001
I MADE IT BACK TO THE USA! I am thoroughly enjoying the clean air, western style toilets, and law and order. Now that I have caught up on sleep and have put back on some weight, I am finally putting up all of the things from my time in China. This is highlighting my time in the rice terraces of Dazhai 大寨。
Read MoreAsia Trip 016 - Guilin 桂林- 001
I MADE IT BACK TO THE USA! I have been home for a week now and am thoroughly enjoying the clean air, western style toilets, and law and order. Now that I have caught up on sleep and have put back on some weight, I am finally putting up all of the things from my time in China. During my stay I was not able to use Squarespace, Google, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter. So now I am doing a dump of all of the cool places I visited and photos I’ve taken.
Read MoreAsia Trip 015 - Shenzhen 深圳, China 中国- 001
I MADE IT BACK TO THE USA! I have been home for a week now and am thoroughly enjoying the clean air, western style toilets, and law and order. Now that I have caught up on sleep and have put back on some weight, I am finally putting up all of the things from my time in China. During my stay I was not able to use Squarespace, Google, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter. So now I am doing a dump of all of the cool places I visited and photos I’ve taken.
Read MoreAsia Trip 014- Singapore - 001
I just spend the last two weeks in Northern Thailand awaiting my Chinese visa. During that waiting period, I decided to go to Pai and met some Singaporeans who educated me on all things Singapore and it’s fascinating. Over the course of our conversation I learned the below:
All Singapore male over the age of eighteen have to compulsory military service, almost exactly like Israel
Singapore is the shining beacon of capitalism in an almost exclusively Muslim territory
Malaysia is predominantly Muslim, they share a border with Singapore
This is significant because Malaysia is starting to become a haven for ISIS members, which makes the Malaysia-Singapore border very contentious. Making Singapore feel like they have to take even more precautions across the board.
Indonesia is the worlds largest Muslim country with about 12% of the worlds Muslim population
There is a huge wealth gap, think crazy rich asians vs. slumdog millionaire. It’s universe of difference.
There is a test kids take that determines what schools they can go to, what their career will be and a lot of other factors very early in life
Also they have quota on Indians that can be lawyers, apparently too many Indians are lawyers and they’re taking jobs away from others.