September 26th, 2019 Today we got up early (not sleeping well in the terrible room) and went down for the free breakfast. It was surprisingly decent. The hotel receptionist cooked us scrambled eggs, toast and a cup of coffee. The owner or manager of the place sat down and talked to us during breakfast. His…
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Day 231- Travel to Kathmandu, Nepal
September 25th, 2019 Our day started at 4am when we checked out of our hostel and got a Grab to the Chiang Mai airport. Our first flight was to Bangkok where we landed in the domestic airport and took a free shuttle across town to the international airport for our flight to Nepal. We had…
Reflections of the Past Three Months
I can’t believe we have spent three months in Southeast Asia! WOW. Our time here has been a bit surreal. I feel like we have learned, experienced, tasted, sweated, and adventured so much. We have done things I had never dreamed of, or even knew about. We missed things I thought for sure would have…
Day 230 – Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand
September 24th, 2019 Today is our last full day in Thailand and this part of Asia! We go to Nepal tomorrow, home to some of the world’s tallest mountains. As it turns out today we decided to prepare for this by visiting Thailand’s highest peak. Our friend Tiara found a free yoga class in the…
Day 229 – Chiang Mai, Thailand
September 23rd, 2019 Today Brendan and I tried something totally new. We signed up for a free, one-day meditation retreat and introduction to Buddhism. Some of our slow boat friends did it the week before and recommended it. I knew this was something really outside of Brendan’s realm, so I was proud of him to…
Day 228 – Back to Chiang Mai, Thailand
September 22nd, 2019 Today we started our morning early and went up to the ‘Big White Buddha’ that overlooks Pai. Since it was so early no one else was there and it was a peaceful lookout up a bunch of stairs. After that we went back and packed our stuff from the hotel where we…
Day 227 – Pai, Thailand
September 21st, 2019 Today was our last full day in Pai. We had a real Zen day that ended with a little muddy adventure. Yesterday was our last time with our slow boat group. Today, everyone had dispersed except us and our friend Tiara from Singapore. We extended our motorbike rental for one more day…
Day 226 – Pai, Thailand
September 20th, 2019 Today was a bit of a rainy morning. We had plans to get motorbikes and explore with our slow boat group. We didn’t start until the afternoon when the skies cleared and ended up giving us a nice day. We had our original slow boat group minus Greg plus one extra and…
Day 225 – Pai, Thailand
September 19th, 2019 Today we signed up for a cooking class with two of our slow boat friends. I have been wanting to do a cooking class since we started in Asia but it is so strange because it is like the only activity that isn’t priced proportionately here. Everything is pretty cheap in Asia…
Day 224 – Pai, Thailand
September 18th, 2019 We had a fun day exploring in the jungle. Since we messed up on the location of the big waterfall hike yesterday, we decided to do it today. Once again, we packed our backpack and set out with our friends, Greg and Anna. We met Anna in Vietnam and ran into her…