Travel Girl from Hong Kong

Going abroad by myself for the first time With blessings from family and friends 1 suitcase, 1 backpack, 1 courage A former colleague asked me what I expected from going on a working holiday. I thought it must be to get to know myself better, to face people and things alone, and to feel the sky of a foreign country. For me, who has never tried to travel alone, never had the opportunity to live in a hall, and was pampered like a princess every day, going abroad alone is not an easy task. In fact, I can’t figure out where I got the courage to do so. Just want to go 😂 After a 9-hour flight, I arrived at Melbourne, my first stop in Australia and the city where I stayed the longest. And my first home, Bear’s home,which I chose a Taiwanese landlord who had immigrated to Melbourne for many years. I am very grateful to the landlord for their hospitality and introduction.  At that time, I rented a bed in a 4-person girls’ dormitory with 2 other Taiwanese girls and 1 Hong Kong girl. There w...

Why choose Australia ? In my 24, I worked for 3 years after graduate,   my job was due to be completed. When I was thinking about my next job/direction in life, my ex-boyfriend suggested going on a working holiday. Although I was a little confused about this, I wanted to broaden my horizons. I also think this is a good direction. I have read a lot of articles about Hong Konger/Taiwanese taking working holidays in Australia, and most of them don’t have very good reviews of the work. However, the characteristics of working holidays have given me a boost. At work, some of them did illegal work and were paid low prices, some picked grapes until all ten fingers were injured, and some had to clean toilets... But they all brought out the same point: working holidays are their The best time ever . What I want is to see the world, and I want to be who I like. The process is more important than the result. this song also brings me a lot of courage ”24"   "After many years, you will...

Hello! This is Polly from Hong Kong. I am there to share my travel journey. At my 24, I went to Australia with the working holiday scheme. At my 29, I walked almost 800km on the Camino de Santiago in 35 days. Following the year, I started my 2nd working holiday scheme to New Zealand. The journey is still go on…which is the life travel scheme :D 2017.9 - 2018.9 : Australia（Melbourne, Adelaide, Uluru, Cairns, Tasmania) 2019.2 : Australia (Melbourne) 2019.3: Phillipines (Cebu) 2019.5 : Australia (Perth) 2019.11 : Australia (Naracroote, South Australia) 2022.7-9 : Camino De Santiago, Spain 2022.9-10: Portugal (Lisbon, Faro)→Spain (Seville, Barcelona)→France (Paris)→Belgium (Burges, Gent)→Netherlands (Amsterdam)→Germany (Hamburg)→The Czech Republic (Prague)→Poland (Krakow)→Hungary (Budapest)→Austra (Vienna)→Italy (Bassano del Grappa, Venice, Rome) →Vatican 2023.2-2024.2 : New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington, Queenstown, Christchurch)