About Sam Lee Travel
Welcome
Hello there! My name is Sam—the owner of this Sam Lee Travel blog.
By 17, I started co-leading trips around Malaysia and Thailand with my parents.
Those early trips showed me what efficient travel planning actually looks like, from keeping people moving to handling real life hiccups on the road.
Can you spot me?
Hint: I was wearing a yellow-and-black long sleeves top 😉
Currently based between Singapore and Malaysia, I have travelled across 8 Asian countries, exploring bustling cities, lovely towns, and pristine islands to fulfil my never-ending wanderlust!
I like travelling to off beaten track places too, to a point that I received so many raised eyebrows and concerns from my family members and friends whenever I shared with them my next not-that-glam travel destination.
I bet most of you guys have not heard of Harau Valley in Indonesia’s West Sumatra, right?
You are welcome. 😉
Therefore, I am dedicating this travel blog to serve my precious readers (that’s you, by the way!) by sharing:
- Comprehensive travel guides in Asian countries, especially Japan and Singapore
- List of stunning off beaten track places that you can include besides the tourist-flocked cities
- Practical travel tips and unique local customs of the visiting country that you can definitely rely on
- Money-saving hacks so that you can save some to splurge during the local food hunting trip
- Affordable, high-quality travel gears that provide exceptional comfort throughout your travel journey
- Real stories, including what went wrong and what I would do differently
- The courage that you need to step out of your comfort zone/country, explore what this beautiful world can offer, and broaden your horizon and perspective
In other words, it is time to take out your half-rotten passport book from some corner of your wardrobe and treat it as your new loyal travel sidekick!
Sam Lee Travel blog is friendly to both group and solo travellers—so feel free to consume all the specially crafted detailed posts in this blog to your heart’s content and share them with your travel buddies for your next travel adventure!
(Coming from someone who has been to popular islands like Krabi, Phuket, and Koh Samui!)
I hope this small travel blog of mine will incite the curiosity in you and be a beacon of strength for you to head out and start exploring the world.
And even when an unfavourable incident happens along the way, you will pick yourself up, pat on your back, and keep moving forward because you have the whole travel community rallying behind you (I will be your biggest supporter!) while you are leaving your footsteps around the world!
Adventure is out there,
Sam 🌏
“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.”
– Roman Payne
FEATURED ON
I have been featured on many credible travel sites, sharing useful tips and real personal travel experience so you can make the most out your trips:
- On BBC
- On Women Wandering Beyond
- On Go Far Grow Close
- On Travel Drafts
- On Disha Discovers
- On Travelling King
SOME OF THE PLACES IN ASIA THAT I HAVE BEEN TO
Truth To Share
Here are some of my unprecedented, nerve-wracking, and unforgettable travel experiences that I collected throughout the years:
- I slipped & fell & almost rolled down the mountain when I was almost nearing the summit of Mt Inari at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto ⛰️
- I literally had to force my legs to move while motorbikes flew past from every direction on the busy roads of Hanoi (iykyk) 😵💫
- I was once chased by a baby goat (for no apparent reason) in Harau Valley, Indonesia when I was having a stroll along the river 🐐
- I hugged the toilet bowl and vomited for the whole night due to food poisoning while my travel mates were having their time enjoying Thai massage in Krabi, Thailand 🚽
- I clung onto my dear life (or rather the bed rails) for 6 hours when the bus driver sped on the dimly lit road at night en route to Siem Reap from Phnom Penh, Cambodia 🚌
- One of the craziest trips that I have done is having a 7-day impromptu Singapore-Malaysia-Thailand food road trip 🚗
- You can find the world’s best som tam (Thai papaya salad) in Koh Lipe, Thailand—hands down! 🥗
- I wore the same pants for 10 days while I was in Taiwan because I would rather spend my money on street food than getting a clean, new pants. #foodieforlife 💰
Do you have any embarrassing or one-of-a-kind travel moments as well? 🤪 Share those precious experiences with me; I would really love to hear that! 😁
