What happens if one doesn't have the means to travel luxuriously?

Be prepared to get on board the 'iron butt' travel bus then.

For those unfamiliar with the colloquial Chinese term, it was first used in reference to ultra long-haul bus journeys.

In recent times, however, it has become an exaggerated expression which describes people's endurance for budget long-distance travels.

Douyin user Xinxin recently went viral for her content where she documented her gap year going on "more than 10 holidays" across 42 cities at home and abroad, spending just 20,000 yuan (S$3,666) in total on transport.

It has now also earned her the reputation as an 'iron butt' traveller, with the corresponding hashtag of her story trending on Weibo.

According to Beijing Daily, the 25-year-old Chinese student had taken the gap year in 2023, journeying around the world across 42 cities, which included those in her homeland as well as overseas.

Incredibly, her travel expenses amounted to less than $3,700 for her multiple journeys which took her to Russia, Thailand as well as Bali, Indonesia.

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