Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay Yangon At this point in our travels, about half way through our 10-month trek, we were getting a bit travel weary. This leg of our journey is full of little hiccups that probably could’ve been easily avoided. We arrived at our hotel in Yangon (formerly Rangoon), learned about the various amenities, including… Read More Myanmar

Getting into Vietnam was a struggle. Perhaps a foreshadowing of our life in Hanoi? We ended up staying in laid-back Luang Prabang, Laos another day, because only four of our six visas had finished processing, even though we had submitted them in plenty of time. So, our trip to Hanoi was cut a day short… Read More Hanoi, Vietnam

The quiet peacefulness of Luang Prabang was so strange to us after Thailand. A World Heritage Site with a French history, Luang Prabang is by far the cleanest town in SE Asia we’ve been to so far. There is little trash on the streets, many bakeries and nice restaurants. Though the traffic can be busy,… Read More Luang Prabang, Laos

After our elephant adventure (see Chiang Mai Part 1), we were happy and tired from the experience and new friendships we made. After a day to rest up and catch up on admin chores, we spent some time touring around our local area. Much of what we loved about Thailand was the food. If we… Read More Chiang Mai, Thailand Part 2

Elephants, Brazilian cooking class, zip-lining and Christmas time — it’s a two-week pit stop in northern Thailand–Chiang Mai! We wanted a home base to spend Christmas, so we rented a larger house through Airbnb and really got to know the area. For our first two mornings in Chiang Mai, we volunteered at a foster home… Read More Chiang Mai, Thailand Part 1

We landed in Bangkok with a little apprehension. We had heard about the pollution, trash and crazy traffic. Although that all exists, we fell in love with the street food, friendly people, and easy-to-use Skytrain (BTS) system. Bangkok has a certain charm to it. Our Airbnb apartment sat on the corner of an alley that… Read More Bangkok, Thailand

Krabi is a more rural part of Thailand than the other places we visited. It’s known for its beaches and limestone islands. There isn’t a lot to do in town other than go to the beach but we had plenty to keep us entertained right out our front door. KaiYum, the gibbon, and Joy, our… Read More Krabi, Thailand

We assumed that since we had a view of Singapore from our apartment across the river in Malaysia that it would be easy to get there. We were wrong. The price of living in Singapore is so much higher than Malaysia so we thought it would be worthwhile to stay in nearby Johor Bahru (JB),… Read More JB, Malaysia and Singapore

We only stayed in Malaysia for one full day. We discovered we would have to fly through Kuala Lumpur on the way to Australia, so we decided to turn it into a quick stop. It turned out to be one of the cheapest and nicest places we’ve stayed so far! H, Mom and I went… Read More Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Welcome to our first experience of true culture shock and jet lag. After waiting for several days in Hawaii for a military hop to take us to Seoul, we finally settled for a commercial flight. Though we initially planned to travel around all of Korea, not spend all our time in Seoul, plans change. We’ve… Read More Seoul, Republic of Korea