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Traveling Thailand

Backpacking. Through Thailand and Laos (and an impromptu Malaysia?!). With one of my best friends.

Read about a 19-year-old's adventure here.

Order of information: 1. General packing advice 2. My top tips 3. A complete list of everything in my pack, alongside everything I wish I...

Vang Vieng, Laos Cave Climbing 7 a.m. is way too early to wake up anywhere, especially Vang Vieng. Roxanne and I, however, had big plans,...

Vang Vieng, Laos As of Day 14, it was time to move on from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng. Roxanne and I spent the entirety of the daylight...

Luang Prabang, Laos Earth If Pai was Purgatory, Roxanne and I must have done something right. As of May 31, we have landed in heaven....

Luang Prabang, Laos 25 hours and six buses later, we have finally arrived to Luang Prabang, Laos. I can't believe that after a full day...

Pai, Thailand RIP Me WE'RE STUCK IN PAI. Backpackers come up to this mountain town and never leave. It's limbo; it's Purgatory; it's...

Pai, Thailand Day 7 We arrived in Pai two days ago, taking the advertised "three-hour" bus ride, which really was about 4.5 hours, up the...

Chiang Mai, Thailand When analyzing Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the movie’s characters decline into chaos as their night of partying...

Airplane rides are tricky pieces of meat. When traveling somewhere such as Thailand, the items necessary to bring onboard often...

Bangkok, Thailand Transportation Chaos I’m sitting in a night train’s upper bunk, or really just a glorified crevice behind a light peach...