Tag: thailand

  • Spice and Splendor: A Sojourn in Chiang Mai

    Spice and Splendor: A Sojourn in Chiang Mai

    After leaving Koh Lanta, we flew from the Krabi airport to a completely new area of Thailand for both of us: the northern city of Chiang Mai. I have always heard amazing things about Chiang Mai, but didn’t have the chance to visit during my last trip – I didn’t have enough time. Once we…

  • Bangkok and Koh Lanta: Temples, Street Food, and Island Serenity

    Bangkok and Koh Lanta: Temples, Street Food, and Island Serenity

    Before heading back to Canada, George and I decided we wanted to take on one final adventure before returning to our normal lives. Last week, we packed up all our belongings, put them in storage in Perth, and then headed to our first stop on our international tour: Thailand! Our main destination for our final…

  • Magical Morning at Machu Picchu

    Magical Morning at Machu Picchu

    In case you didn’t read my last post, we had quite the adventure getting up to Machu Picchu, but we made it! It was overwhelming beautiful and magical. While we were waiting to get in it was quite cloudy and foggy, but cleared up quite quickly! Originally there was still come cloud cover but we…

  • South East Asia Women’s Packing List

    South East Asia Women’s Packing List

    One thing I noticed when I was preparing for my trip was that the internet could use a good quality women’s packing list for South East Asia. Here is a list of what I found helpful, and that you might find helpful too! ELECTRONICS Smart Phone I have an old iPhone (5s) which I thought…

  • Last Day in Thailand

    Last Day in Thailand

    Currently sitting in the airport, waiting for my flight to Hanoi. I’m actually meeting up with my friend Makayla and we’ll travel together for the rest of my trip!  I flew back to Bangkok yesterday – there was no direct way to get from the Thai islands to Vietnam so I figured I may as…

  • Scuba Diving on Koh Tao

    Scuba Diving on Koh Tao

    Haven’t posted about my last few days because it spent it taking a Scuba diving class on Koh Tao! I love Koh Tao, it’s my favourite island of the three I visited. There is just so much to do there, I could have stayed an extra week (and definitely will next time I come back)! …