A little over a week ago, we arrived in Bangkok with a bit of unfortunate timing. Within an hour of our arrival, a bomb went off at the Erawan Shine in central Bangkok. When traveling to distant places around the globe, there’s always a chance of encountering dangerous or unfortunate circumstances. We knew this going into the trip but never really expected something like this to happen so close to where we were traveling. Unsure of what to do next, we decided to lay low for a bit, following the news and Continue reading
Author: Adam Kimble
Chiang Mai: Our Home Away from Home
Chiang Mai has been one of our favorite stops along the journey thus far. The food is delicious and inexpensive, the people are friendly, there are temples at every turn, and it’s a beautifully colorful place! But more than that, Continue reading
Spicy Villa Eco-Lodges: Getting Spicy in the Jungle
Samart: “Make sure your swimmers are out of your bags.”
Adam and Karen: “What did he say? Swimmers? Are we going swimming?”
Samart: “Tubing. Tubing.”
This conversation is without a doubt one of the most unexpected moments we’ve had thus far in Thailand. One of our goals for this journey was Continue reading
Interesting Things You Might Not Know About the World
Throughout nearly seven months of travel in 11 different countries, we’ve been exposed to a number of unique traits specific to various cities, countries and entire continents. Some of them have already been written about in our blog, but others over time became commonplace to us and we neglected to mention them. As such, we wanted to share some of these fun facts/observations with you. Continue reading
Life of Pai
One day after our arrival in Chiang Mai, Thailand, we hopped on a minibus and drove up into the mountains to a quaint little hippie-village known as Pai. The road is curvy (762 curves to be exact- which we know because they sold shirts that say it!) and not for those who have a weak stomach. But if you can power through that portion of the journey, Continue reading