Today marks the two weeks since I moved to Kuala Lumpur! When I started telling people that is where I would be going next, the typical response was, "Wait, what?? You are moving there?" And yes, I have moved here! I have a year long lease for an apartment near the city center with new roommates I found on Facebook. I knew one person before moving here. The days leading up to the move, I was more stressed and nervous than before any other big ...
I spent just under a month backpacking in Myanmar, starting in Mandalay and ending in Yangon where I did my 10 Day Vipassana Meditation Course. It is a beautiful country. Here is a small selection of photographs from my journey there.
While traveling in Southeast Asia, I knew I wanted to do some kind of meditation or yoga retreat, but I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to do yet. In Koh Tao, I met another solo-traveller who had just completed a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat in Yangon, Myanmar. Her experience fascinated me. I couldn't believe she went 10 days without speaking. I wondered, could I do that? To remain silent for 10 days sounded impossible! And during a Vipassana retreat I would also fast ...
The Motorbike Guide to Thailand Motorbikes may be the best (and cheapest) way to get around the cities in Thailand for a tourist, but a lot of backpackers are nervous about renting a scooter. I loved my motorbike experiences in Thailand, but I spoke to a lot of other travelers before renting my first scooter to make sure I did it right as there were plenty of stories of being scammed or falling. When I first arrived in Bangkok, I saw ...
The first city of our trip in Thailand was Bangkok. I have only a few pictures worth posting because I honestly we didn’t see much that I wanted to capture. I was in Bangkok for a total of 3 days, and I can easily sum up those three days in 3 words. Sweaty, Smelly, and Lost. This was my first lesson in rather or not one should plan their trip. We didn’t have any plans for travel in Bangkok. while ...