September 17th, 2019 Today we texted our new friend Greg, who we met on the slow boat from Laos and had already been here for a couple days. He said his plan for the day was to go on a hike to a waterfall. We thought that sounded good so tagged along. It was supposed…
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Day 222 – Pai, Thailand
September 16th, 2019 By today the group of six from the slow boat had pretty much dispersed, but we will all end up in Pai together. I am sure it is not the last time we will see our new friends. Brendan and I had a late morning and just chilled at the hostel until…
Day 221- Chiang Mai, Thailand
September 15th, 2019 Today was awesome! Four of us from the slow boat group went to an elephant sanctuary where we got to feed, bathe, play and interact with elephants. It was so cool! They are such amazing creatures. Many elephants are mistreated, worked to death, and abused to be ‘trained’ to do things like…
Day 220 – Chiang Rai, Thailand
September 14th, 2019 Today, after we got up we had the hostel’s free breakfast with the new friends we took the slow boat with. We rented three scooters and the six of us went out to explore some temples in the area. We first went to the iconic “white temple” in Chiang Rai. It was…
Days 218-219, Two Day Boat Ride on the Legendary Mekong River, Laos
September 12th-13th, 2019 We got up early and had our last free breakfast at the hotel we had stayed at for four nights in Luang Prabang. Brendan and I always got the same thing every morning – an omelet (but these omelets don’t have cheese unfortunately) and a mango smoothie. The omelet also came with…
Day 217 – Luang Prabang, Laos
September 11th, 2019 Today was another nice, relaxed day in Luang Prabang. I spent a lot of the day trying to get my computer fixed which decided it no longer wanted to connect to the internet. I spent a long time on the phone with my Mom troubleshooting and taking it around to different WiFi’s…
Day 216 – Luang Prabang, Laos
September 10th, 2019 After the free breakfast we went out to find a motorbike rental for the day. There are some waterfalls in the area we wanted to check out as well as do some shopping to get ready for our 2 day boat ride to Thailand on a boat that apparently does not have…
Day 215 – Luang Prabang, Laos
September 9th, 2019 First impression of Laos… LOVE IT! It was a little expensive to come here as B and I paid almost $100 for our visas at the border ($50 each). It is supposed to be $35 a person but they add random fees and I think basically charge you whatever they think they…
Day 214 – Vietnam to Laos & Final Thoughts on Vietnam
September 8th, 2019 We ended up on a 26 hour bus ride to get to Luang Prabang, Laos from Sapa, Vietnam. This became our second longest bus ride of the trip. It was my intention to break this journey up and stay a day in a border town once we crossed into Laos. However, there…
Day 213- Sapa, Vietnam
September 7th, 2019 Today we had to explore more of Sapa before we got on an overnight sleeper bus that would take us to the Laos border. We had our nice big buffet breakfast that was included with our stay at the hotel. We waited until we had to check out at 11:30am before we…