What an unbelievable trip... I am so lucky for everything I was able to experience, and everyone I was so fortunate to meet, and reunite with. The trip home was loooong, but pretty uneventful. I had a pretty scary bus ride from the Cambodia border to Bangkok- the driver was going at least 190km/hr on a 2 lane, which he turned into 4 lanes. He was FLYING- I've never been so scared in a car. We asked him several times to slow down but with the language barrier I'm not sure if he understood... or maybe he just didn't care because I think he went even faster.
I'm doing a lot of reminiscing, looking at my pictures and remembering all the good times so I decided to do a highlights blog. I know I'll forget something, but this is what I can remember.
- sky bar with the boys (insanely overpriced Mojitos)
- epic Jenga games that led to meeting Jorgen from Sweden!
- 3 people and our bags in a tuk tuk, Burge's sandal holding on for dear life
- Matt's reaction when he found out our servers were lady boys
- detours leading us to the Chiang Rai night market (and the boys eating maggots)
- Karen long neck tribe
- first day of the slowboat rocking ear plugs the whole time
- meeting Renee and Aaron from Guelph
- meeting Francois and Mischa from Montreal
- the after hours bowling alley in Luang Prabang
- teaching English by candlelight to our trekking guide
- riding an elephant
- VIP night bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng, switchbacks the WHOLE way
- tubing!! amazing.
- night one at Lalaland with Burge, playing the hand game
- discovering the world's best sandwich (man) and then watching everyone's reactions when they tried it.. and being assured it was in fact the best sandwich in the world
- my chain falling off 20 times on the bumpiest road in Laos
- 3am private bus rides.. probably the worst plan of the trip
- pedicures with the boys :)
- meeting up with Red Lake!!!!!!
- BUCKETS!
- fire skipping (Koh Phangnan and Tao)
- full moon <3 nbsp="" p="">
- Marcus Yolo
-meeting Dustin and Karmen
- bonding with Lou and Cait <3 nbsp="" p="">
- diving for the first time!
- my crazy Swedish diving friends
- deep water soloing
- toffee's magic tricks at Sunset Bar in Tonsai
- the death hill in Ton Sai... sooo sweaty
- Caitlin violently puking and asking me to kill her
- 3 to a "bed" (boxspring)
- Mama's chicken!
- out of business airlines
- missing my bus
- "public transportation"
- motorbike rides from nice strangers
- the hotttesssttt ferry ride to Lombok
- Deo, my Indonesian surf teacher
- Surfing!! (and the terrible sunburn on the back of my legs)
- Gado Gado (most delicious Indonesian food)
- power yoga in Ubud
- Indonesian dancers
- meeting with Rolf and Violeta
- 3 on a scooter in the rain
- homemade dinner from Violeta
- trying to find dinner in Bangkok w no English and getting a cold bag of noodles
- the Killing fields
- meeting Keira (Germany) again a month later
- Bob from Australia!
- Massive bike rides and sore bums
- Sunrise at Angkor Wat
Thanks to everyone for the amazing memories, will not be forgotten.
Highlights of South East Asia 2013!
(Thailand) Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, (Laos) Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng, Vientiane ,(Thailand) Koh Phangnan, Koh Tao, Tonsai Beach (Indonesia) Ubud Bali, Kuta Lombok, (Cambodia) Phnom Penh, Siem Reap.
- sky bar with the boys (insanely overpriced Mojitos)
- epic Jenga games that led to meeting Jorgen from Sweden!
- 3 people and our bags in a tuk tuk, Burge's sandal holding on for dear life
- Matt's reaction when he found out our servers were lady boys
- detours leading us to the Chiang Rai night market (and the boys eating maggots)
- Karen long neck tribe
- first day of the slowboat rocking ear plugs the whole time
- meeting Renee and Aaron from Guelph
- meeting Francois and Mischa from Montreal
- the after hours bowling alley in Luang Prabang
- teaching English by candlelight to our trekking guide
- riding an elephant
- VIP night bus from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng, switchbacks the WHOLE way
- tubing!! amazing.
- night one at Lalaland with Burge, playing the hand game
- discovering the world's best sandwich (man) and then watching everyone's reactions when they tried it.. and being assured it was in fact the best sandwich in the world
- my chain falling off 20 times on the bumpiest road in Laos
- 3am private bus rides.. probably the worst plan of the trip
- pedicures with the boys :)
- meeting up with Red Lake!!!!!!
- fire skipping (Koh Phangnan and Tao)
- full moon <3 nbsp="" p="">
- Marcus Yolo
-meeting Dustin and Karmen
- bonding with Lou and Cait <3 nbsp="" p="">
- our sandbox bed in Koh Phangnan
- the wig that still made me laugh after weeks
- diving for the first time!
- my crazy Swedish diving friends
- deep water soloing
- toffee's magic tricks at Sunset Bar in Tonsai
- the death hill in Ton Sai... sooo sweaty
- Caitlin violently puking and asking me to kill her
- 3 to a "bed" (boxspring)
- Mama's chicken!
- out of business airlines
- missing my bus
- "public transportation"
- motorbike rides from nice strangers
- the hotttesssttt ferry ride to Lombok
- Deo, my Indonesian surf teacher
- Surfing!! (and the terrible sunburn on the back of my legs)
- Gado Gado (most delicious Indonesian food)
- power yoga in Ubud
- Indonesian dancers
- meeting with Rolf and Violeta
- 3 on a scooter in the rain
- homemade dinner from Violeta
- trying to find dinner in Bangkok w no English and getting a cold bag of noodles
- the Killing fields
- meeting Keira (Germany) again a month later
- Bob from Australia!
- Massive bike rides and sore bums
- Sunrise at Angkor Wat
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