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It’s hard to believe it’s only been a week since we were in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, wondering at the dancing gibbons and searching for the elusive white elephant in the rare, still-thick jungles. It seems a dream that just a couple days ago we were in Bangkok, City of Cities, our faces red [ READ MORE ]
So there we were in Luang Prabang, full of bliss after a day of too many massages and swimming beneath waterfalls when David suddenly says, “You know I’m wondering if our Laos visas really were for two months or just one.” Me: I’m sorry? David: Yea, I think the visa was good for two months but once you enter [ READ MORE ]
Tomorrow afternoon we board a bus leaving Vientiane for a little town called Vang Vieng farther up North. The night before we pack up and move on to another town is always a little bittersweet for us. We have to say goodbye to the guesthouse or little bungalow we had been staying in [ READ MORE ]
For all that is to be said about Phnom Penh, the beautiful and the desperate, it’s certainly no place for two home-sick Americans to spend the holidays. We had planned oo cn running away to Saigon but I got too caught up in researching work and volunteer opportunities to leave the city straight [ READ MORE ]
We left Phnom Penh on a 6 hour bus journey through the Southern Cardamom Mountains to get to the tiny coastal city of Krong Koh Kong. The town lies just 10 kilometers from the Thai border at the mouth of the Kah Bpow river, which empties in to the Gulf of Thailand. It’s an interesting [ READ MORE ]
We woke at 4 a.m. and dressed quickly to meet our hired driver and guide who were waiting for us downstairs. It was still chilly out, which was a nice break from the Siem Reap heat that swallows everything up all day. The drive wasn’t too long, but it would have been wise [ READ MORE ]
About 3 hours Northwest of Chang Mai lies the old trading post Pai. It’s rather small with about 2,000 year-round inhabitants living there. Because it’s way up in the mountains it’s warm during the day and slightly chilly at night making for excellent sleeping. It’s become a popular place for backpackers hanging [ READ MORE ]
I think Chang Mai, for better and certainly for worse, was one of the most interesting experiences we have had since arriving in Thailand. One we won’t soon forget… We arrived in this Northern Capital of the Chang Mai province after a 17 hour disaster house train ride (see below) from Ayuttaya The city [ READ MORE ]
Many people have asked us, “If you two are traveling together and this blog is for the BOTH of you, then why is Kevin the only one who does any of the blog work?” Well, that’s simply not true. I actually only write the posts themselves and because it records what post is written by who [ READ MORE ]
In Northern Thailand, especially the Chang Mai Province, it’s a really popular activity for western tourists to hire a guide and trek through the mountainous regions to visit Hill Tribes. We booked our trek the day after we arrived in Chang Mai and then left a day after. Everyone and their brother offers hill tribe [ READ MORE ]
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