CURRENT MISSION

getting out of London and Seoul, pretending to be grown ups, traveling around Asia, enjoying ourselves immensely, learning and reflecting, taking pretty pictures, having as much fun as we possibly can and doing it as cheaply as possible!

ABOUT ME

Tiphaine is currently in London and Holly in Seoul, we're about to ditch our jobs amidst the current economic crisis and go traveling from March to May because, well, why not?!

Our intended route is: Seoul-Busan-Tokyo-Kobe-Tianjin-Beijing-Shanghai-Hong Kong-Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore-Jakarta-Bali-Singapore-London

We're both 23 year old second generation Londoners who grew up on the same street and have known each other all our lives so we may have some similarities! So we're hoping that that means we won't want to kill each other by the end of our trip...

We haven't really decided what we want to do with our lives yet, and that's okay. We're smart, creative, somewhat silly but mostly just enjoyable people, and while we're figuring out what to do we're going to have a good time, and maybe get into a little trouble...

We both enjoy traveling, experiencing new things, intelligent discussions, meeting new people and just having fun... and we've never really learned to go to sleep at night!

PHILOSOPHY

We were born, we are alive, we will die. Not original I grant you, but nonetheless true. So we really ought to try and enjoy ourselves while we can!

Interests

food, traveling, relaxing, music, anthropology, fanthropology, ethnography, writing, film, photography, swimming, scuba diving, exploring, philosophy, alcohol, dancing, being silly, lounging, games, beauty, reading, learning, languages, laughing, trivia, babbling, enthusiasm, fun, singing along terribly out of tune, love, debauchery, global citizenship, thinking, intelligent discussion, unique ideas, bad puns, caffeine, free things, long train journeys, cooking, journeying, cooking

• writing
• singing
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• politics
• trivia
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• poker
• music
• scuba diving
• swimming
• anthropology
• languages
• mathematics
• sociology
• snooker

Music, Movies, and Books

Fight Club, Shrek, Hard Day's Night, Through The Glass Ceiling, Cube, La voyage dans la lune, The Wizard of Oz, Cat Ballou, Transamerica

All music!!! Ska, punk, hiphop, dub, jazz, breaks, soul...

Foucualt's Pendulum, The Little Prince, American Gods, On The Road, St Mawr, Narnia books, Life of Pi, Time Traveler's Wife, Everything is Illuminated, Brave New World...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's probably impossible for either of us to pin down just one amazing thing, but I think that one of the most amazing things is the benefit of perspective. There will be times, especially when traveling, when you're tired, dirty, hungry and grumpy, but somehow when you look back at those events you won't remember any of that bullshit, you'll just look back at the amazing time that you spent and all the brilliant things you managed to accomplish.

Teach, Learn, Share

*Language skills (English, French, Gujarati and some Spanish/Portuguese)
*Teaching skills (English as a second language, Sociology/Politics/Anthropology/Philosophy, Maths & Sciences)
*Playing poker, blackjack, choi da dai and other card games, crosswords, scrabble, pool/snooker
*Thai cooking

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United Kingdom