Merhaba Turkey!

Yayayayay!!! I've always wanted to go to Istanbul and I've always wanted to take a Contiki tour so I'm doing both! And since this is the last trip I have planned, I intend on making it awesome!

Austin y'all!!

I'm going to Austin y'all! 

Remember I'm still on a moving mission and Austin is my last city to visit... I'm nervous and excited and still on vacation mode so I don't desire to be in 'look for job' mode... But regardless I'm excited for the experience since I've never been

Surprise trip to Hua Hin and Cha-Am!

My aunts, Na Thoi and Na Caig, and their mom, Yaey, picked me up and we headed towards Hua Hin

Four hours east of Bangkok, Hua Hin is a wonderful beach city... A little furthar than Pattaya but well worth it cause it's a much cleaner and peaceful beach

We're staying at my mom's friend's condo right off the beach... This is the view from the patio.. Yaaay!!

Khon Kaen

I'm going to visit my "cousin" in the northeast! 

I write it in quotations cause we're not really cousins, our parents have known each other since before I was born so we call each other cousins and each other's parents as auntie and uncle

I'm excited for the northeast cause it's my favorite type of Thai food! There's a lot of punchy flavors, really spicy and really fun!

Hong Kong

Part of making this trip count was going to Hong Kong... By myself... Partially cause I'm anti-social and partially cause I wanted to have an adventure on my own and say that I did it

I'm only going for 3.5 days so I really didn't want to bring much with me

Ayutthaya and last days with Sherena and Chris

One of the other requirements Sherena gave me was that she wanted to see the Buddha head in the tree so Ayutthaya here we come!

I took this tour with Viator Thailand two years ago and I enjoyed it so I booked it again

We were picked up at a local hotel and taken to a larger tour bus with mostly senior citizens... At least we can walk passed them faster... The tour includes bus, English speaking guide, entrance fees to 4 temples and river cuise lunch buffet

Floating Market

After Phuket it's hard to do anything else but Sherena wanted to go see the floating market and this tour and tomorrow's tour was already booked so we had to attend...