We arrived in Adelaide, Australia after several months in Asia. The contrast was striking. Everything was super clean. The town was very modern and the roads were wide, smooth and sparsely filled. Things were also very expensive compared to Thailand or India (or even Kuala Lumpur and Singapore). I would estimate things in Australia to […]
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Chiang Mai City
Ravi and I have a word we use to describe the state of extreme lounging around, sleeping in after hitting snooze a few times, and generally being very relaxed-“luxuriating.” The word aptly describes our travels in the south of Thailand before heading to ENP and our time in Chiang Mai post volunteering. We loved Chiang […]
ENP Elephants
Ravi captured our experience with the dogs at ENP in his last post. As I look through the pictures and think about our time there I want to hop on a plane and go back! It has been about a month and a half since we have been there and now we are waiting out […]
Elephant Nature Park Dog Volunteer – Chiang Mai, Thailand
I am writing this from New Zealand, where we have been living in a campervan for almost two weeks (with another two weeks to go), touring the South Island. Things are going great, and I often think back to the week we spent in at the Elephant Nature Park in March. This refuge for elephants […]
Tasmania-March 15th-26th
Ravi and I really didn’t know what to expect when we arrived in Tasmania. In my mind I expected the island (which I honestly didn’t even really know was an island until I looked it up after finding out my friend was moving there!) to be more reminiscent of the images I saw while watching […]
Thailand – Ko Lanta
Ko Lanta was a very relaxing island, with fewer young backpackers looking to party and more families. The place is very popular with Swedes, and again we didn’t meet many American travelers here. Things were also less expensive than Phuket and Ko Phi Phi (though everywhere in Thailand is cheap by US standards). The island […]
Thailand – Ko Phi Phi
Our three hour ferry ride landed us on a dock overrun with people getting off the ferry, people waiting to board the ferry and local guides waiting to lead people to their hotels (there are no cars on the island, you walk or bike everywhere) or sell people stuff. After pushing through the crowds, we […]
Thailand – Phuket Island
We debated a lot about going to Phuket, known as a big party island full of crowds and seedy nightlife. We weren’t in the mood for noise and partying, we just wanted to go somewhere to relax on a beach without much worry about changing hotels every day and dealing with logistics. We ultimately decided […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
From Singapore we headed northwest to Kuala Lumpur, a modern city that serves as a hub for trade across southeast Asia, much the same as Singapore. To get there, we opted to take a train. This was a cheaper method of travel and we had heard that they were very comfortable. We made the trip […]
Hyderabad
Whoops, realize we forgot to post about Hyderabad! Here it is, a little out of order. We have just arrived in Tasmania, staying with Cassie and Guy, friends who moved here just a month ago. It is very relaxed here and the island is gorgeous. We plan to use the next 7-10 days here to […]
