After nine months of travel, it finally happened to us. We were beginning to think that without Sofi to provide endless airport adventures, we were destined to have pain-free travel for the remainder of our trip. But alas, there we were at the baggage claim in Manila, Philippines, without our luggage. Our bags had been left in Vietnam and we had taken the very last flight coming from Ho Chi Minh to Manila. Just perfect, right? Continue reading
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Rough Start, Strong Finish in Bangkok
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
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