It started off in Thailand, where I met a few of my friends from Korea for a week in paradise. We stayed in a villa on the island of Koh Samui. With a rooftop pool. Please & thank you. We barely managed to survive with our endless beaches, nighttime markets and getting lost in the rain, but we made it. As tourists do, a trip necessity was the Full Moon Party. With our neon shirts and body paint, we fit right in!
After our luxury week, I set off to Bangkok for a solo journey, with a last dinner with Lauren, Troy and Vinny to see me off. I made it to Koh San Road, which quickly went from a friendly tuk tuk driver helping me find a hostel to a marriage proposal to him trying to molest me. Cue me calling Rob to bawl my eyes out. After surviving my first 24 hours of traveling alone in Bangkok and not feeling too keen, I manned up and made my way to Chiang Mai. Thank goodness, because Bangkok almost ruined this beautiful country for me. Not only did I spend a day at the Elephant Nature Park, I met a great couple, changed plans to stay at their hostel and went out with the group to a night market.
Now here's where I jump up and down—Tiger Kingdom! We saw the littlest tigers (less than six months) and the biggest female tigers. One of the big females took a liking to one of the guys I went with, following him around the pen and making us all a bit nervous. They. Are. Massive. And photogenic.
And let's not forget the food. Cheap. Fast. Delicious. Filling. A nice combination of street food and restaurant meal.
I still need to make my way down to Phuket to enjoy southern Thailand and surrounding areas, so I'm not done with the Land of Smiles quite yet. Up next is my two months at home! x
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