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  • TRAVEL
    • SOUTHEAST ASIA 🛕
      • 🇮🇩 INDONESIA🌋
      • 🇲🇾 MALAYSIA 🏙️
      • 🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES 🏝️
      • 🇸🇬 SINGAPORE 🦁
      • 🇹🇭 THAILAND 🐘
      • 🇻🇳 VIETNAM ☕
    • EAST ASIA 🏯
      • 🇭🇰 HONG KONG 🏮
      • 🇲🇴 MACAU 🥮
      • 🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA 🥢
      • 🇹🇼 TAIWAN 🧋
    • THROWBACK TRAVEL SERIES 💾
  • ABOUT ME 👋
  • PRIVACY POLICY 🔒
  • CONTACT ME 📬
  • A close-up view of a bright red Alishan Forest Railway locomotive and its cream-and-red passenger carriages stopped at the Fenqihu Station platform under a cloudy, misty sky.

    Fenqihu to Chiayi, Taiwan: The Mountain Train I’d Been Waiting for Years

  • Modern train station in Chiayi, Taiwan with sleek high-speed train on platform 5 under angular roof and white beams

    Day One in Chiayi, Taiwan: Lost, Dizzy, and Grateful

  • Scenic view from Mt. Manabu in Batangas with lush ridges and distant peak

    Mt. Manabu Day Hike in Batangas | Beginner-Friendly Freedom Climb

  • Mt. Batulao's mountain peaks framed by a leafless tree under a clear blue sky in Batangas

    Mt. Batulao, Twice Blessed: A Summer Revisit

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ABOUT ME

CJ Oliva

CJ Oliva

Adventure Seeker 🌍 | Storyteller 📖 | Solo Traveler 🎒 | Railway Enthusiast 🚇

Hello. I’m CJ. 👋

Thanks for stopping by!
Not sure how you landed here, but welcome to my world! 🌍🚶‍♀️✨

I’m a solo travel adventurer, coffee lover, railway enthusiast, storyteller, and ISFP at heart. ✨
Hope you stay a while.

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