Hi! I'm Elyssa Mountain – come fulfill all of your wanderlust desires as I share my inspirational experiences, stunning photos, and helpful tips from around the globe
To preface this story, I had always considered the thought of going skydiving, but never had a strong desire to actually do it. People would ask: “would you ever go skydiving?!” and I’d respond with a vague answer around the fact that I didn’t really know and for the time being I had no plans […]
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Is it possible to fall in love with a city after only two days? I think so. The destination is Lisbon, Portugal – a large city in a small and friendly country neighboring Spain. I didn’t know much about Portugal before we went, but I found so many treasures in Lisbon – here’s what you […]
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As our time in Singapore started to draw to a close, we wanted to take the opportunity of free time after classes were over to do all of our favorite things one last time. It was a week of adventuring, to check off all the items that remained on our wishlists. It was a lot […]
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The main holiday that we missed at home was Thanksgiving. For the entire semester leading up to it, we tried to think of a way to celebrate so we weren’t too upset about not being with our families. My mom ended up doing some research because she felt bad that we couldn’t be home, and […]
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Hey there! Thanks for coming back! I promise there will be no more talk of illnesses in the rest of my posts. Only positive things!! In fact, when people ask me what was my favorite place to visit over the course of the semester, I am torn between Thailand and Hong Kong. Thailand because of […]
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Back to Malaysia! The gang and I decided to take a quick trip to Kuala Lumpur, which is a large city, so it was a very different vibe for me than Langkawi. Let’s just say I don’t have the fondest memories of KL…. Let me explain and you’ll understand why. The first night was actually […]
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Let’s just preface this trip by saying that for our entire semester in Southeast Asia, we were in the middle of monsoon season. We planned trips regardless of this fact, and hoped for the best. Up to this point, it didn’t pose much of a problem…. Then came Vietnam. After flying into Da Nang, we […]
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Wow, what an incredible thing to be able to say that my parents traveled halfway around the world to come and visit me in Singapore! It’s especially amazing because my mom hates flying – absolutely hates it. So a 15-hour flight didn’t really sound like her cup of tea. But she braved the journey anyways, […]
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Well it’s been awhile! But now, after I’ve taken an exam and submitted a paper for the day, I decided I should get back to my blog. And my mom has been asking about it and I started this for her, after all. So here I am, blasting some of my favorite rock music that […]
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Oh, you’re still here? Fantastic. Because now we’re really diving in to Southeast Asia and our first real adventure – Bali, Indonesia. Maybe you’ve heard about Indonesia and maybe you’ve heard about Bali, but I can tell you I had heard plenty about both and none of that prepared me for what I saw and […]
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