** Insert a classic conversation at your classic hostel common room ** Backpacker X :“What’s your name?” Me : ‘Veronica,’ I smile “Nice to meet you, Veronica! Who are you traveling with?” -‘Oh, it’s just me!’ “Just You? As in alone?” -‘Yep!’ *Silence* “Well, aren’t you a bit scared traveling alone?! ” .... …. .. Oh shoot you’re right! Let me call my mom, book a flight back home, grab 10 of my girlfriends and plan a 7-day all-inclusive organized tour to SE Asia (tour-guide inc

Ok, I usually complain about inflight “meals” more like dread them. But to my surprise, I was blown away with Eastern China Airlines! Man, it was better than our whitewashed Panda Express mix. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still airplane “food” (emphasis on the quotation marks)… But woah! China, way to make a first impression on your cuisine! Man, I enjoyed it so much I told the fight attendant to “give compliments to the chef!” she looked at me like I was crazy… I just blamed it