Far Away From Home

You ask : With a day job, how can I travel and experience more?

As a day-job worker, I work in an office in general, and has to work extensively over-time occasionally, how could I sneak out?

It is not easy. My annual leaves are very limited. But since I really love travelling, there are still tricks to employ.

Try your neighborhood first

I have visited a few places over this year, but a few only - Beijing (北京), HangZhou (杭州), JiangXi (江西). Also playing in different places in and near Shanghai (上海), such as Yangcheng Lake (陽澄湖), ZhuJiaJiao(朱家角), and HuangShan(黃山). They are all close to Shanghai in some sense.

A weekend has two days

My trips were mostly done over the weekend, or plus a day more for HuangShan. It is exhausting, but you can also take a splurge.

Be efficient

I am only free in Beijing for a day and a night. But I made it to the SiMaTai (司馬台) section of Great Wall (萬里長城) and TianAnMen (天安門), and of course the food & beverage of WangFuJian (王府井) and HouHai (後海). I even have had theBeijing roast ducks! Yummy! Be efficient, and this goes the same for everything.

Go again

As you have guessed, one day and a night is not enough for Beijing. I didn’t make it into the Forbidden City (故宮) or see the raise of the China flag. Therefore, I will have to go to Beijing again.

Work during Travel

Seriously. We are in the Internet Age. Being based in Shanghai, I am now in Macau at my very own room connecting to my own desktop in office - working. Maybe you can find a job where you can work outside of office. Like Christine Gilbert said, travelling around the world does not mean quitting your job now. Of course, not all jobs work this way, but you can certainly try.

For some of us, we have only a few days to travel over the year. However, maybe the rest of you actually have a choice to sneak out.