Best Experiences: Anna The secluded, derelict beauty of the jungle temple Wat Pha Lat Splashing around the sticky falls at Nam Tok Bua Tong Having my feet washed in the heavenly, perfumed water in the courtyard of Zira Spa after 72 hrs of travel Best Experiences: Aaron Learning to cook laap muu with Arm, whoContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Highlights Reel”
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Chiang Mai: Day 7
It’s our final day in Chiang Mai and I can’t say I’m glad to be leaving. Don’t get me wrong; I’m excited for everything that comes next, but Chiang Mai has been a dream. Our guesthouse is lovely, literally every single meal we have eaten has been incredible, and everyone has been so nice andContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 7”
Chiang Mai: Day 6
Aaron and I are both starting to “need a vacation from our vacation.” I know; I hate me for saying it, too. But it’s been very go go go and there hasn’t been a ton of downtime. Not to mention the fact that I’m pretty sure I’m getting a stomach ulcer from all the spiceContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 6”
Chiang Mai: Day 5
Our exotic lunch, unsurprisingly, did not sit well with my stomach. I was already carsick from the incessant veers in the mountain pass, but now it was taking the full force of my will to hold it together. I stuck with the views from the front and took deep, centering breaths all the way toContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 5”
Chiang Mai: Day 4
After our visit to the jungle temple of Wat Pha Lat, it was time to go to the top of Doi Suthep and visit its main attraction: Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. We shared a rot daang with a friendly, young couple from Mexico City who were also on honeymoon, and compared notes about ourContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 4”
Chiang Mai: Day 3
My second rot daang negotiation went much more smoothly, thanks to googling the fair price and remembering to counter below where we wanted to end up. For those of you who are wondering why I, a westerner with money to spare, am haggling with these drivers and vendors: everything I have read have said itContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 3”
Chiang Mai: Day 2
Well, the jet lag is starting to get to me. By the time I was resting and finishing up my last post yesterday, I was not in a good place. I’m sleep-deprived, hungry at all the wrong hours, and just generally a grouch. I’m very lucky that I ended up with such a kind man,Continue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 2”
Chiang Mai: Day 1
We landed in Chiang Mai exhausted and fussy. After a brief spat about whether our taxi driver was trying to rip us off (he wasn’t and I’m an idiot who can’t convert currency), we were taken to our guesthouse. A gated wall surrounds the Awana House, so we got a bit of a reveal momentContinue reading “Chiang Mai: Day 1”
On the Unexpected
I knew it would happen eventually. No big trip could happen without (at least) one. It’s basically a law of nature: the unavoidable logistical nightmare. Sometimes it’s lost luggage, or a stolen bag with your passport in it. Sometimes you’re too sick to make your flight, or the hotel lost your reservation and is bookedContinue reading “On the Unexpected”
On Journeys
Joseph Campbell thought that every great story was, at its essence, a story of the Hero’s Journey. A protagonist receives a call to leave his ordinary world for a journey into a scary and wondrous land, his subconscious manifest. He finds friends and foes, tempers his character in the fires of inevitable tribulation, achieves hisContinue reading “On Journeys”
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