
My backpack checklist
When I first started backpacking in 2024, it started when I went on a hike at Mount Merbabu. Two days, one night camping. I was not sure whether I’m gonna…

Hello there. It’s been more than a month since I updated this blog. I was experiencing some life-changing stuff like graduating and such. Now I’m back in my lovely country, Indonesia and will probably stay here for a while.
I’m also been thinking whether to continue my blog or not. I’ve considered this blog like my baby. Although the progress is goddamn slow (I’m not like those bloggers that thrive within couple months), it’s still growing extremely slow. As slow as the sloth in Zootopia or even slower. Sometimes it can be fun to have a platform where you can share stuff that you’re passionate with, but at some point, if the stuff that you share is not being seen or “heard” enough, I personally think that it’s pointless to exist. Because honestly, my motivation comes from the people who view and genuinely comment on my blog. I know it’s kinda sorrow but it’s the ugly truth.

I’m also been questioning what kind of travel blogger, photographer am I, my editing style (lol I don’t even have lightroom yet). I’m not based in Europe anymore and that definitely will change the “niche” of my blog and so on. People say my blog post is too long, some say it’s too short, too many pictures, too little pictures. So here I am, thinking whether to continue this baby or not *insert thinking emoji*. But since I paid for annual price of this domain (www.michellefranclee.com), I’ll continue this till the end of 2017 and see about it later on.

In the meantime, here’s the cities that I’ve been visiting and will be posting about (travel related ofc). Some of the cities already have bit of post and you can see in the menu.
Wishing you a great day and great summer ?


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