Oh Luang Prabang!

Spent five days in the middle of northern Laos at Luang Prabang. I went to a great Lao cooking class, hung out with some wonderful people, and saw the most beautiful waterfalls I’ve ever seen. The fish biting my feet scared me though. Sorry for the delay in posts, the Internet hasn’t been strong enough…

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The Gibbon Experience

My sole reason for coming to Huay Xai, Laos was the Gibbon Experience. I shelled out $300 big ones, going well over budget for the first time, to hike into the jungle, zip line to tree houses, and hopefully see some Gibbons. My choice to splurge, was easily the best choice I’ve made on my…

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Holy Loas!

Distances on maps can be deceiving. What looks like 3 hours away could turn out to be, you know, like 12 hours. The journey to Huay Xai, Laos was 12 hours long. Starting in Pai, Thailand we drove to Chiang Mai and arrived at Chiang Khong around 12 hours later. We spent the night and…

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Pai in the Sky

Went to the bellingham version of thailand. Over hippy, over white, and over hyped. It was still very beautiful and stuck high in general north western mountains. I happened to arrive at the end of a festival, and caught a parade. Today I rented motor bikes (only $4/24hr including gas) and visited all the major…

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A summary of sorts

The intensity of traveling amazes me. Before I left for my trip everyone had words of wisdom for me. Most people were concerned for my safety as a solo female traveler (I have yet to feel unsafe), or the potential for loneliness (see below), but I was not prepared for the amount of activity and…

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Spicy villa

I spent a week working on a “farm” building bungalows and the likes. I didn’t really like the owner or the other wwoofer with me, but the scenery was stunning. On our way to the farm we did a small hike to a beautiful waterfall and then spent the night at the owners mother’s house….

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Chiang mai

I had a three day stop over in chiang mai before going to work on the farm for wwoof. I had a great time playing with tigers and making new friends

Nakhon Sawan

Sorry for the back log of posts. These past weeks have been a crazy whirl wind. I am also trying to find a balance between taking pictures, and simply enjoying the experience;progress is slow. I went to Nakhon Sawan for 2 days to visit a family friend. It was such a great surprise. I was…

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Bangkok

Old city meets new city, water meets the land, bangkok is beautiful

Wat Bang Fra

A couple of nights ago I woke up very early to watch the Seahawks play the Broncos. Right around half time two of my fellow members of the hostel woke up and invited me to go to a temple, where they were going to get a tattoo. This particular tattoo experiences involved traveling 2 hours…

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Familiar face in a new place

I arrived in Bangkok on the night of the 18th. I was able to catch the sky tram to my hostel, and some nice locals even walked me to the door of my hostel. I then spent the next day and a half recouping from jet lag and getting used to the heat. My hostel…

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