Sarah Chen
Sarah is a travel writer with a passion for exploring hidden gems.
Guides by Sarah Chen
Bali 3-Day Itinerary: A Realistic Route for First-Timers
Bali 3-Day Itinerary: A Realistic Route for First-Timers...
Food & DrinkHoi An Food & Drink Guide: What to Eat and Where the Locals Actually Go
Hoi An Food & Drink Guide: What to Eat and Where the Locals Actually Go...
Activity GuidesHoi An Activities Guide: Ancient Town, Countryside, and Beach Escapes
Hoi An Activities Guide: Ancient Town, Countryside, and Beach Escapes...
Budget GuidesVietnam Solo Travel: A Practical Guide for Independent Travelers
The motorbike swerved past my left hip, close enough to feel the exhaust heat. I did not flinch. After three days in Hanoi, I had learned the rule: walk at a steady pace, make eye contact with drivers...
Culture & HistoryVenice Architecture Guide: Reading the City Through Its Stones
Venice is not a museum. It is a functioning city built on 118 islands, held together by 400 bridges, where buildings sink at uneven rates and the water level determines which doors you can use. The ar...
Wildlife & NatureSri Lanka: A Conservationist's Guide to Ethical Wildlife and Low-Impact Travel
Sri Lanka is smaller than Ireland but holds more biodiversity per square kilometer than almost anywhere else on Earth. This concentration creates both opportunity and pressure. The island's 21 million...
Culture & HistorySingapore Architecture Guide: From Colonial Shophouses to Sky Gardens
Singapore is an architectural photographer's laboratory. The city compresses two centuries of building styles into 283 square miles. You can photograph a Victorian neoclassical cathedral in the mornin...
Culture & HistorySiem Reap: Beyond Angkor Wat — Temples, Ruins, and the Real Cambodia
Most visitors fly into Siem Reap, check into a hotel with a pool, hire a tuk-tuk at 5 AM for sunrise at Angkor Wat, take the photo, and leave two days later thinking they've seen Cambodia. They haven'...
Culture & HistorySeoul: Reading the City Through Its Layers
The first thing you notice about Seoul is that it refuses a single skyline. Stand on the roof of the National Museum of Korea and look north: you'll see Gyeongbokgung Palace's curved tile roofs in the...
Culture & HistoryHow to Actually Ride San Francisco's Cable Cars Without the Tourist Headache
The Powell-Hyde line starts at Powell and Market, but the queue there can stretch forty minutes on weekends. Walk three blocks west to the second stop at Powell and Post. Same cars, same $8 fare, frac...