Saturday, March 10, 2012 Smiles All Around Cambodia February 28, 2012 It's 8 am and I'm sitting at the restaurant/bar on Koh Ru ("Bamboo Island") awaiting my breakfast. I was awakened today, as every day, by the sound of crashing waves. I do not mind this alarm clock at all. Well, it's now March 9th, and I never finished that one. You can see how much the island life took over and I haven't done much except relax and enjoy life. Not complaining! I'm actually...

Thursday, February 9, 2012 SLOW BOAT to LAOS—Slow and steady... gets you to Laos alive The journey to Laos was an incredible one. On our first day in Thailand, the Canadian boys and I got suckered into purchasing a package of things to do in Thailand which included a deal for a hotel stay, food, and 2 day Slow boat to Laos. After a not-so-great hotel stay in Chaing Kong, I was a bit nervous for our boat trip and wondered if we had made the ri...

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Chiang Kong, Thailand CHIANG KONG, Thailand The next day, after breakfast and some shopping in Burma, I picked up my passport no problem and walked back to Thailand. Grabbed a bus to Chiang Rai and then another to Chiang Kong. Made it there around 4pm and read poolside at my hotel before settling in for what I hoped would be an early night. Turns out I got NO sleep instead since it was cold and the "man" next to me snor...

Monday, February 6, 2012 Burma/Myanmar BURMA/MYANMAR After all the animal fun, I spent the next day "catching up on life" in Chiang Mai before heading up north to Burma the next day. Turns out bills, taxes, and such don't just go away just because you have. Darn. I had been told that you could only enter Burma for a few hours if entering by land and 30 days if by plane. I was happy to discover that this was not true and was issued a 15 day pas...

Monday, February 6, 2012 "And I don't eat meat 'cuz I'm a veterinarian" Tiger Kingdom, Chiang Mai If it were up to me, I would have stayed in Pai as long as I could. Okay, technically it was up to me, but you know what I mean. But, my time was cut short because there was much of the world to still see. After about 5 days, I set off back to Chiang Mai. It happened to be Chinese New year which meant two things. One, it was tough to find a ro...