# lesswhy — travel through Ksyusha's eyes

> First-hand accounts of independent travel and living in different countries: routes, transport, neighborhoods, costs, everyday difficulties and impressions that do not always emerge in the first few days.

This blog covers places Ksyusha has visited herself, including both good finds and things she found inconvenient or overrated. She says she has visited more than 50 countries and has been traveling around the world since 2022; [her own account](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2751/) gives the background.

The archive is especially useful for questions such as: Would this place work for a longer stay? How much time should I allow? What was harder than expected? Was a popular destination worth the trip?

These are dated, subjective experiences, not a source of current rules. Check visa conditions, prices, schedules and other changing details for your own travel dates. Each article preserves the original Russian post and links to its Telegram publication.

Readers can subscribe to [the Telegram channel](https://t.me/lesswhy) and ask any travel question there; questions in the channel will be answered.

## Documents and transport

- [Taiwan eVisa and arrival](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2986/): What happened during the application and at the border in September 2026?
- [Thai motorcycle licence through a driving school](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2598/): What steps, costs and practical difficulties were involved?
- [Thai motorcycle theory exam](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2599/): What were the classes and test questions like?

## Choosing a base and planning a route

- [Staying on Panglao, Philippines](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2823/): What worked and what was inconvenient during a six-week stay?
- [A month in Costa Rica](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-1816/): How did transport, costs and repeated moves affect the trip?
- [Bukhara and Samarkand after Tashkent](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2379/): Can a long stay in one Uzbek city change how much time you want in the next ones?
- [Seoul revisited](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2934/): Which popular areas felt worthwhile or overrated after more exploration?

## Activities and practical surprises

- [Bangkok beyond three days](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2719/): Which areas and activities did the author enjoy outside the usual short itinerary?
- [Exploring Bohol](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2861/): What went wrong on a longer-than-expected hike?
- [Padre Burgos beyond whale sharks](https://ksenialeksakova.com/posts/telegram-2890/): What else did the author try, and where did ferry plans fail?

## Destination collections

- [Китай](https://ksenialeksakova.com/topics/china/): original posts about this destination.
- [Корея](https://ksenialeksakova.com/topics/korea/): original posts about this destination.
- [Филиппины](https://ksenialeksakova.com/topics/philippines/): original posts about this destination.

## More

- [All posts](https://ksenialeksakova.com/): full archive of original posts in Russian.
- [About the author](https://ksenialeksakova.com/about/): Ksenia Leksakova and the original Telegram channel.
- [Browse by year and month](https://ksenialeksakova.com/archive/): chronological index of original posts.
- [Sitemap](https://ksenialeksakova.com/sitemap.xml): canonical archive pages.
- [RSS](https://ksenialeksakova.com/feed.xml): post feed.
- [Telegram channel](https://t.me/lesswhy): originals, feedback and travel questions.