Category Archives: Thailand
Paradise is a cheeseburger in Chiang Rai
It took 8 hours to get from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai. When our bus finally rolled into town, I was…..concerned? There was nothing charming about what we were looking at. This was third world country stuff. We were in Guatemala all over again. We knew this would be our last stop in Thailand since our 2 month visa was about to expire and maybe that was clouding our judgement since we had seen some amazing things in this country but with all that being said, guess what? We loved Chiang Rai.
Thailand – Part 4
The line to get off of Koh Tao and onto a boat that would take us to the mainland and then onward to Bangkok was a mile long. It’s controlled chaos. Tourists are freaking out, thinking they’ll miss their boat and so they start doing stupid things like trying to cut the line. The locals are trying to keep everyone calm, but you could tell they were used to this mess. It was so very hot and it didn’t help that you’ve got your bags to carry with you. When the line started moving, we eventually got to a bend in the line where we would find cover from the afternoon sun and a girl tried to cut in front of us. I didn’t mean to yell at her, I promise, but…well she got the idea and headed towards the back of the line. Once we got on the boat it started raining on us, but it was a nice relief from standing in the hot sun for a couple of hours.
Thailand Part 3
Koh Pha Ngan is known around the world for it’s famous full moon parties, but from what we read about them it’s become such a shit show now that we were glad we were not going to be there during the full moon. We were there however for the half moon party which is much more tame and our speed.
Thailand Part 1
If New Zealand and Nepal were on Mandy’s list of places we absolutely could not miss on this trip, Thailand was mine. I’ve been wanting to see this place since I first started reading other bloggers’ posts about it, years ago when we started planning this trip. There was something magical about it. A devoutly buddhist population with a reputation of being the most friendly in Southeast Asia, delicious food you won’t find anywhere else, and, of course, the parties. Full Moon, Half Moon…just because it’s a Tuesday….there’s always something going on in Thailand. I wanted to experience as much of it as I could and that’s why we got our 60 day visas here. We’d use about 53 of those days before we left and it was everything I had hoped it would be and so, so much more.
Our Elephant Adventure
A little detour from our trip in New Zealand…we’re currently in Thailand and we crossed another thing off of our bucket list…We went to an elephant sanctuary while we were in Chiang Mai and it was amazing! Here’s a video we put together.
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