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About Me: Traveling-Investor

As I am inspired by the likes of Ray Dalio and Jim Rogers, I decided to document some of the principles that guided me and my experiences that had led me to where I am today. I have always reserved a strong belief that sharing information or general advice should be FREE , rather than like the paid "tainted" investment advice that phony financial advisers offer. In my previous life, I had the luxury to work with financial advisers so I know how they generally behave and act. During the 1980s, as a son to new immigrants in Australia and had the privilege to be born and raised in this gifted country. My parents were poor upon arrival and had nothing. They met and got married, and then had me the following year. Throughout my years from age 0 to 5, I was not taught the English language as my parents spoke their own language and taught me just that and even today, they are still very poor in the English language. I started to enter kindergarten at the age of 5 and only then ...

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Boston, the capital city of the state of Massachusetts is on the east coast of  the United States (US). It is one of the oldest cities in the US, which played a historic and key role in America's revolution highlighted on its Freedom Trail (a must see trail when visiting the city). Here is a list of things to see while in Boston: Downtown Area: Freedom Trail Faneuil Hall Marketplace Boston Customs House Tower Boston Harbour Walk Acorn Street Boston Common, a public park opposite to the Boston Public Garden Boston Public Garden Boston Public Libray Copley Square Top of the Hub Restaurant in the Prudential Center, to get the highest views of all of Boston Chinatown Little Italy Cambridge Area : Cross the Longfellow Bridge Bunker Hill Monument Harvard Yard (or Harvard University) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Brookline Area : Lots of restaurants and shops around the Coolidge area Harvard Medical School

Prague, Czech Rep: 10 THINGS you really have to see!

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1. Wenceslav Square (to get here, go to Metro station: A/C Muzeum or A Mustek) It is the iconic main city square in the New Town of Prague. The square is named after St. Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia. 2. Old Town Square (close Metro station: A Staromestska) Old Town Square is one of the biggest congregation of tourists enjoying photography, chillspots to observe the surrounding architecture, or many eating al frescoes to choose from. Surrounding architectures includes: Rococo Kinsky Palace the Gothic Tyn Catheral and the Baroque St. Nicholas Church. 3. Charles Bridge (Metro station: A Staromestska) Commission by King Charles IV in 1357, Prague's most stunning bridge spans 16 arches and consists of 30 Baroque statues. Each day, painters, hot-dog vendors, and hordes of tourists are filled on this bridge which gets the best views of the Vltava River. 4. Prague Castle (Metro station: A Hradcanska) Prague Castle is one of the largest ancient castles i...

Where to go in Ubud, Bali

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1. Visit the famous Tegallalang Rice Terrace I was here twice in the famous rice fields (Sept 2016 & April 2017). @travellerswill 2. Go to the Gunung Kawi Temple in Sebatu -Tegallalang, northeast of the famous Tegallalang Rice Terrace. Gunung Kawi Sebatu (April 2017). @travellerswill 3. Go to the Blanco Museum , in Campuhan, Ubud. Parking is free but entry fee is 80,000 rupiah per person. For more info, see: www.blancobali.com 4. Shop at the Ubud Markets 5. Go do yoga in Ubud 6. Go the popular  Monkey Forrest 7. Go to the Tegenungan Waterfall Tegenungan (April 2017). @travellerswill 8. Hike up Mt Batur for the sunrise View of Mt Batur from a distance (April 2017). @travellerswill

Chiang Mai Foodies (Thailand)

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For specific locations of where these amazing dishes are found, click the link to for the exact location of the restaurants:   https://goo.gl/maps/ 5EAsM6AkcMC2 Honestly, when you get to Chiang Mai you must have a Kao Soy Chicken dish. Essentially, its a mild curry based dish with a chicken drumstick and some fried noodles with some green vegetables in it. The dish is only common in the northern part of Thailand around Chiang Mai. I highly recommend it. Kao Soy Chicken The next dish you must have is the Hainan Chicken dish. Hainan Chicken is a famous dish originated from Hainan Province in China and its a very common dish in southern China esp. in Guangdong and Hong Kong. It is also relatively common in Singapore and Malaysia amongst Chinese descendants esp. most are originated from the Southern Chinese provinces. I stumbled across this place in central Chiang Mai and the ethnic Chinese descendants from Thailand have a slightly different variation of the Hainan Chicken ...