Destinations | Finding Todd

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Asia 2014 | Day 48

Can’t get out quick enough

After a little over 3 weeks, I’m finally out of Vietnam. And it couldn’t come quick enough. Yes, Vietnam, you wore out your welcome with me. Too much “motorbike? motorbike?”… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 49

Exploring the city

I woke up this morning with a smile on my face. I was in a new city and a new country! I woke up late (by travelling standards) at 10am… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 50

Today was the day! Elephant day!!! Of course I woke up entirely too early at 5am even though the van picking me up wasn’t coming until 8-8:30am. I tried to… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 51

Sleeping in and banana trees

Today was our first task day here at the Elephant Nature Park. For the rest of the week we’re on a set schedule: 7:00 breakfast 8:00 work… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 52

Corn trees and elephant rewards

I woke up this morning bright and early at 6am. I was not going to sleep in again. I actually didn’t get a full night’s sleep but that was my… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 53

Banana balls and rock pillars

So you would think with going to bed early last night I’d be good to go this morning… Well, thing is I didn’t go straight to bed. I actually watched… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 54

I was not a happy camper today. Just a heads up – I basically spend this blog bitchin’ about stuff so if you just want to see photos of elephants,… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 55

Well, on the heels of yesterday’s blog, I opted out of the Elephant Park experience today. I woke up this morning knowing I didn’t want to be part of this anymore. … read more

Asia 2014 | Day 56

Today was a day to reset. The last couple of weeks have been not that great for me what with the food poisoning and then the disappointment with the elephant… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 57

Today was a day to eat, eat, and eat some more. So, yeah, basically it was an awesome day! I signed up for a Thai cooking class with one of the… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 58

Ziplining and art illusions

Today was another adventurous day. I signed up for a day of ziplining with Skyline Adventure. Here in Chiang Mai there are quite a few different companies offering zip line packages. … read more

Asia 2014 | Day 59

Moving on and getting lost

Sadly I left Chiang Mai today. I thoroughly enjoyed my time here. The hostel was amazing, the people friendly, the activities plentiful, the town small and authentic. It was everything… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 60

Today was a day of planning. I had purposely chosen to take a few days in a couple of cities to get to the Laos border so I could do… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 61

Inching to the border

After a day of doing relatively nothing yesterday, I followed it up with another of the same. In fact, as I look ahead at the next month or so as… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 62

Welcome to Laos

With a looming overnight bus this evening I opted to try to stay up as late as possible. It helped that I was staying in my own room in a… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 71

One night in Bangkok

Okay, really it’s gonna be a few nights in Bangkok but that’s not the way the song goes… Ever since I first heard the song One Night in Bangkok by Murray… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 72

I slept in today and only left the hostel at noon. I knew 37C weather outside would be unbearable so it was really hard to leave the air conditioned confines of… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 73

Last day in Bangkok

Today was my last full day in Bangkok and I had a few things I wanted to check off my list. I once again got a late start to the… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 74

After another restless night of waking up every couple of hours, I was up (relatively) early at 9am this morning. I was going to Phuket today! Phuket is an island… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 75

Going with my gut

I don’t party. I don’t really like beaches. What the hell am I doing in Phuket? Those were the thoughts swirling in my head this morning as I left the… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 76

This is my 229th entry for my blog. It’s the first time I’ve shared the title of an entry with the title of my blog. It’s significant… Today I was… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 77

Home sweet home!

No, I didn’t slip back quietly to Vancouver. I meant my other home… Chiang Mai. More specifically – the Aoi Garden Home hostel inside the north gate of the old… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 78

Walk, eat, massage, rinse, repeat

Well, this is the week I relax and when I say relax, I really mean relax. I actually did so little today that I was debating whether to even write a… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 79A

A crazy yet profound decision

This all goes back to my last day in Phuket earlier this week. For me it was a day where I found out a little piece of me I didn’t… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 79B

After the profoundness

What profoundness you’re asking? Well, this is day 79B… so, go read day 79A first and c’mon back. I’ll wait for ya… So, to be honest – pretty much the… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 80

500 monks and 1 cooking class

So, after yesterday’s profound day – today was a little less emotional and more of the “hey, let’s go do stuff” kind of day. I started the day bright and… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 81

Don’t read this

No, seriously – don’t read this blog entry. I did absolutely nothing today! Don’t worry…. I’m still in a good place. I just didn’t want to do anything today. I… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 82

Back to the big city

Once again it was time to leave Chiang Mai. After camping out in my beautiful air conditioned private room last night, I emerged all packed and ready to go at… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 83

Be profound. Be crazy. Shift your focus.

Well, today was the day. I had made a crazy and profound decision earlier in the week and today was the day it all came to fruition. I woke up… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 84

Happy New Year! Today was the Thai new year. Back home we celebrate new years with champagne, black tie dinner parties and a ball drop at midnight. Here they celebrate… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 85A

Permanent reminder

Ok, I’m just gonna come out and say it… I got a tattoo today! My first tattoo. And probably my only tattoo. I’ve always said if I ever did get… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 85B

The rest of the day

Yes, today was really all about me getting a tattoo but I did do other stuff too. Granted, it wasn’t a bunch of awesome stuff. Certainly not like getting a tattoo…… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 86

Last day in Thailand

Well, wasn’t yesterday a momentous day!!! In hindsight, I probably would have been more poetic if I had got the tattoo on my last day in Thailand instead but, hey, when… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 87A

Um, where’s my wallet?!?

Originally I was going to go to Singapore only because I had found a cheap flight out of there to Bali. When I cancelled my Bali leg the trip to… read more