Cinthia Atayde

Meet Cinthia as she takes you to China and Thailand:

Shenzhen is my favorite city in the world. It is always looking toward the future and, every time I return, I discover something new. It was also my first gateway into China, so it holds a very special place for me.

South Korea and Tibet are on my bucket list, two destinations that call to me deeply for their culture and millennia-old history. In China I admire the safety and the level of technology that makes everyday life so much more practical, while from Thailand I keep the warmth of its people, its gastronomy full of character and its spiritual essence.

For me, traveling is learning to feel at home anywhere in the world. As the Chinese proverb 四海为家 says, “the four seas are my home,” an idea that completely defines the way I see travel.

I enjoy staying active with the gym and Muay Thai, and I am drawn to purposeful travel, street food and the chance to live each destination like a local. I love exploring Asia, I adore airports, and I am trilingual: I speak Mandarin, English and Spanish. My culinary weaknesses say a lot about me: aguachile in Mexico, 火锅 (hot pot) in China and ต้มยำ (tom yum) in Thailand.

— Cin, China & Thailand Journey Curator