Kamala, Thailand, Asia I had an awesome night’s sleep at the resort last night. The beds are wicked comfortable and the A/C is set to a perfect temperature to sleep in. I was pretty happy. Then we went to breakfast in the Blue Sea restaurant. This is, by far, the best breakfast I’ve had in Asia. It’s like being at a Denny’s or IHOP, mixed with a P.F. Changs. It has all the normal American breakfast stuff (pancakes, French toast,…
Kamala, Thailand, Asia I got up this morning at about 8am and got to watch the Sox playing the Royals. Lynne and I packed up our backpacks and grabbed some breakfast downstairs before getting a taxi at 10:30am. We got to the airport within about ten minutes and it was one of the fastest check-ins I’ve ever been through. There was no wait at all, and we were checked in with almost two hours to wait before we took off….
Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia I woke up this morning after a pretty bad night’s sleep. I got up in the middle of the night and found a massive spider (body about one inch diameter; with the legs about five inches) hanging on the outside of the mosquito net on the bed. I’m not a huge fan of spiders, so this didn’t really sit too well with me. I didn’t see any purpose in trying to move it, because the room…
Mae Taeng, Thailand, Asia We got up this morning and left our big backpacks at reception in Chiang Mai and grabbed some breakfast at the hostel. We got picked up for our trip at about 8:45am and met the other people on our tour. The rest of the group consisted of Glenn (American solo traveler), Christy and Laura (American friends), Jo (American solo traveler), and Mark and Valeska (Swiss couple). The drive up to the park was about an hour…
Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia We arrived in Chiang Mai at about 6:30am, and both of us were exhausted! Neither one of us could get comfortable enough to sleep on the bus, so spent most of the night tossing and turning in our seats. We got a tuk-tuk to Chiang Mai International Youth Hostel and were greeted by the owner Peter about ten minutes after we got there. Unfortunately we weren’t able to check in right away because a room wasn’t…
Bangkok, Thailand, Asia Today I finally got to see the Emerald Buddha! I got to cross off #48 on my top 100 list, which was the 47th thing I’ve seen. I’m making good progress! We got up at about 9am and started some laundry and grabbed some breakfast downstairs. We had to decide what we were going to do after Chiang Mai, and we decided on a nice resort in Phuket for a week. You can get some awesome deals…
Bangkok, Thailand, Asia We started today out with another breakfast at our hostel and then started planning what our next steps would be. We realized that tonight is our last night booked in this hostel and we should figure out where we want to go next. We decided that we’re going to go up to Chiang Mai, and then go down to the islands after that, so we needed to book our bus. We waited for the tour woman to…
Bangkok, Thailand, Asia Lynne and I got up at about 10am and grabbed breakfast at the hostel. We caught the BTS over to Central Pier, and from there got a water taxi upriver to Tha Tien. This is where we thought we could see the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, but we saw a sign that said Wat Pho was closer. We weren’t sure what that was, but I had heard the name before, so we decided to take a…
Bangkok, Thailand, Asia I didn’t get up to much in Bangkok today, because I was afraid I would see something cool, but then would have to go back to see it again when Lynne got here. I chilled at the hostel for most of the morning and then headed to a local shopping center with my roommate Taylor. We grabbed some lunch while we were out, and then went back to the hostel to chill. I decided that today would…
Bangkok, Thailand, Asia I was woken up at 7am by the staff at Happy Coconuts Hostel this morning, and told that my check out time was in 15 minutes. It turns out that I found the only hostel in the world that does not have a normal “Check In” and “Check Out” time protocol. Instead, they operate on a 24 hour room rental, so because they were “nice enough” to let me check in at 7:15am, they were making me…