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Seoul - such a cool city! I'm digging the different neighborhoods that I went to (Myongdong, Hundae, Itaewon, Sinchon), the traditional stuff, the awesome food, the friendly people, the shopping (Koreans really know their face masks- snails ftw!..), the efficient metro system, Bukhansan national park and Jjimjilbangs everywhere. What I loved the most about Seoul was it proximity to mountains. It was so easy to get away from the busy life in the city, and enjoy beautiful nature. We spent half a day hiking in Bukhansan, went straight to eat Korean all you can eat BBQ, then spent the evening at one of Jjimjilbangs in the city. Jjimjilbang is a bath/spa/massage/relax house, with saunas, hot tubs, and our also had different "health" rooms you could go into. These rooms contained oxygen, charcoal, jade, salt etc for the benefit of our body. It was an amazing week and I can't wait to go back to South Korea.

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My food adventures in Seoul, South Korea. The pictures doesn't even give justice to how great it was. Best was the BBQ place a local Korean guy took us to. Weirdest was the baby octopus sashimi we had in the Noryangjin fish market. The octopus was bought alive and chopped right before serving. So basically dead, but the nerves were still moving and made it kinda alive.. 🐙We found courage in our soju (Korean rice wine) bottles and tried - it was fresh and good, but a bit uncomfortable since the tentacles sucked on our tongues and were still moving in our mouths😜

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Delicious food for a foodie like me 😋

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Pretty Tianjin.

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Off to adventures in China and Asia for 6 months! 🇨🇳✈️🍜🍹⛱💃☀️🎎 Itinerary: China for three months (internship) & Singapore and south east Asia the rest of the time (chill&travel). ✌️

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More photos from Colombia😍

We spent one weekend in Pacho, about one and a half hour away from Bogota, far away and hidden inbetween the mountains. Santi’s friend Antonio had invited us to come for a weekend filled with Colombian fun.. 

..Which meant it included a lot of aguardiente, beer, boat and gunpowder!

Tejo is a typical Colombian game/sport, which includes gunpowder. You start by ordering a case of beer, then you are given a metal puc and you have to throw it at a wooden frame covered with clay (From some distance). The goal is to hit the triangular shaped envelopes that are within the clay area containing gunpowder, and when you hit them (its quite difficult to hit them), they explode and create a loud sound. 

I was very bad at it, and didn’t hit the clay area much.. (while Emil was good and always hit the clay). But when it came to the last game and it was about winning or loosing… I HIT IT(!) and it was so loud!

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Bye bye LA. Time to go back to Denmark!

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Vegas. Every adult’s favorite playground ✌️ With great restaurants, casinos, shops and clubs around every corner. Everyone would loved it here.

We stayed at Aria Resort and Casino (amazing hotel), and we had the most awesome view of the strip (first picture).

Unfortunately.. We didn’t win anything..

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Shopping in Beverly Hills and The grove, and meeting my childhood friend Ingvild😙

And our precious Mustang ❤️

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In LA we have basically only been shopping.. And we both know that when we get back to LA tomorrow we will go straight to more shopping haha. Apart from buying stuff, we have been to Hollywood boulevard, Venice beach and staples center. At staples center we saw LA clippers win against Brooklyn Nets👌 We have also been eating a lot of food.. Tried IHOP (international house of pancakes), Denny’s, Chipotle, Cheese cake factory and PF Chang (delicious Chinese food).

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Colombian food. Simply amazing. From delicious arepas (corn bread), to fried plantains (the banana looking vegetable/fruit that is not a banana), to Colombian steak. And not to mention all the delicious sauces you can get😍

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We spent one week in Bogota hanging with Santi and his friends, and we must say that we really loved it here. Bogota has been so different from the other places we have been to, both architectually and food wise. (Food post coming up) And it is actually one of the the nicest capital city that we have visited in South America. There is a smog lying over the city, but it makes the view from the Monserrate mountain even more amazing. The salt cathedral is a church build inside a salt mine, under a mountain, outside of Bogota. Its the biggest salt mine in the world and it is still being used. We also made a quick trip into the old town, and the old buildings there are from the colonial time and so beautiful. In front of some of them were signs saying “Je suis Charlie”, and its nice to know that it seems like the whole world is supporting France. 

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Cartagena- the Queen of the Caribbean. 

The Old City is surrounded by a 13km long colonial stonewall, with beautiful colonial houses, small charming alleyways, and exlusive boutiques. We felt so underdressed while staying there for a day, since people were super fancy - women wearing the most amazing dresses, and the men wearing the “miami suit” (all white linen shirts and pants).  

Around every corner, delicious fruits, freshly sqeezed juices and arepa with cheese could be bought. (Arepa: a corn based bread). We tried mango with salt, pepper and lime on top, and we loved it 😋

Cartagena is a really really beautiful city and it has so much charm over it. We really enjoyed our stay there, and especially with Santi as our guide 😎

However, next time we go to there (when we are rich), we defintely won’t bring our backpacking clothes.. but instead buy fancy, exlusive clothes from the boutique shops, wine and dine at fancy restaurants, and dance salsa all night long💃

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Last day on the beach before we go back to Bogota! The picture with the houses is where Santi's family and we were staying at, and it was so cosy, and only 5 minutes to the beach ✌️

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Lima to Bogota

When we booked the flight from Lima to Bogota, we did it with the Colombian version of Ryanair in Europe. Bad mistake. First of all, we forgot to print our boarding passes and had to pay 15 dollars each. Then because we are not Colombian citizens, 15 dollars more (& they only accept US dollars, nothing else). When we were supposed to be boarding the plane, they announced it would be 5 hours delayed.. Then, when we finally arrived Bogota, we had to wait for ages inside the plane because there were some problems with opening the door! To top it off, when we got out the plane and went to the luggage area, we had to wait for 2 hours with no info about where our luggage was.. So not really a good start in Colombia. Never taking Viva Colombia again 😒

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We arrived Bogota and had one night there before we headed to Santa Marta at the Caribbean ocean to meet Santiago and his family. (More about our flight to Bogota in next post). Santi’s family were all so welcoming and nice to us, and we spent the first day at the beach and checked out the surrounding areas. The next day we went to Cartagena and we loved the colonial old city with its beautiful buildings. In Santa Marta we went out with Santi’s friends and got introduced to aguardiente - a Colombian alcohol which taste like anis. (They drink it pure here.. But we liked it with cold water). We also went to Tayrona national park, but at the beach, so we could try out surfing in the Caribbean ocean. It was super difficult and so scary. The huge waves and the strong current were not friendly at all, but Emil still managed to surf 🏄

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After 4 exhausting days trekking to Machu Picchu, we had 1 week of relaxation, food and surfing in Lima 😍 We had Chicharron sandwiches and yummy juices at La Lucha almost every day (Peru’s best sandwich bar owned by Gaston) and ate at La Mar twice (also owned by Gaston, Peru’s best chef, 18th best restaurant in the world). There we got the most amazing ceviche that we have ever tried.. And just the thought of it makes my mouth watery! (Raw fish marinated in lime, chili, onions and ceviche sauce). Apart from eating we also went surfing in the Pacific Ocean. We don’t really have any photos of Lima apart from food pictures.. Since we didn’t dare to bring our cameras or phones out 😔 We heard it is a pretty criminal city, and our friend even got her phone stolen at the hostel. (RIP Nina’s phone).

All in all Lima was great, and now we can’t wait to see Colombia 🇨🇴