Andrea

We left Chiang Mai early in the morning. This was going to be a big bus day. The purpose of today was basically to go north enough so that we could cross into Loas tomorrow. But that did not mean that we did not do anything. For example, we went to Cabbages and Condoms, a public health outreach centre which wants to make sexual health as common as buying cabbages at the market. Or we went to visit Wat Rong Khyn, also known as the white temple. It is a contemporary unconventional Buddhi [...]

Day four already. This hotel was awesome. We got a full breakfast buffet. And I got my first taste of Thai Coffee. Man this will definitely become a life long obsession. They only put condensed milk into their coffee. Which is delicious, but sure its a billion calories. So we set off on our bus (which by the way was Finding Nemo themed) to this crazy temple on a mountain top. The bus ride is not for those who get bus sick. The roads to this temple are full of hair pin turns and you are [...]

  Today was a busy day in Bangkok. It is amazing how helpful it is to have a guide to help you around a city. We started off walking down our hotel street to the Ferry Docks. We had no idea we were so close to the public ferry. Also you had to go down a hidden side street, so not knowing how to read Thia, I’m not confident I would have found it. One thing about Thai Ferries, they boot it. They are not the slow ferries that we have in Canada.   The Ferry took us to The Grand Palace. [...]

Good morning Thailand. Hello Jet-lag. So I always thought that Jet-lag was a myth that lazy people made up. Well I’ve learned I am wrong. And 12 hours difference is rough. After scrapping myself outta bed, me and Andrew forced ourselves to go find some lunch and explore the Thailand markets. After realizing we were out of our element we settled on a “Paris cafe” restaurant and watched the world go by. We also watched a lot of Monks go by, mostly drinking Starbucks. On the way back, we s [...]

Welcome to Bangkok. After 26 hours of flight, Andrew and I arrived in Bangkok just after midnight. We jumped into a taxi, and hoped that our cab driver was indeed driving us to our hotel and not taking us to a crazy place. I was amazed to see that they have highways equal to those in Canada. They had condos going up beside the highways and flashing lights every where. There was definitely a moment of panic when our taxi turned down a street that was filled with people. We drove through [...]

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