A Step Off The Beaten Path

We’re falling a little behind in travel updates! Here’s a quick photo blog update. So Luang Prabang is a little gem of a town in Laos. All the travelers we met sang its praises for its natural beauty at the…

The Gibbon Experience has to be our favorite adventure so far in southeast Asia. It was definitely a splurge as far as tours go, but it proved to be totally worth it for the uniqueness of the experience. It’s hard to capture…

It’s been a while since our last post. Mostly that’s due to some really poor wi-fi where we’ve been staying. But it’s also due to the fact that we’ve recently crossed into Laos and have been in some pretty remote…

Food is so different (and fun!) here in Thailand. One thing I’ve noticed is that coconut seems to find its way into everything:  curries, soups, beverages, and lots of desserts. Anna and I happened upon a fun example of a…

So much has been said about Thai massage. It’s truly a must-do activity when visiting Thailand. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that massage parlors are almost as common as restaurants. They’re everywhere! Most of these establishments advertise their services…

Sorry folks. This post is a little long… Strange that we’ve been in Thailand for only 14 days. We’ve been so busy trying to see and do and figure things out, that we’ve had very little down time. Given the…

The ancient city within Chiang Mai is shaped like a square. You can still see large chunks of the stone walls all the way around with named “gates” (openings) at various intervals. Our goal is to stay within the ancient…

Evan insisted that we take a water taxi. So we did, and it turned out to be one of our favorite experiences. We took the first one that came to the canal pier. At some point, we got off. Rounded…

We left Phoenix on the 13th and spent the next 21 relatively painless hours traveling before finally arriving at 2:30am (through some strange time warp in the way int’l travel works) on the 15th. It took a while to make it through…