A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
The past month has been a pretty quiet one for me, focusing more on making money than spending it for a change. The first five days of the month were spent in Colorado, mostly camping in the brilliant Rocky Mountain National Park. Damn, that park is beautiful! We hiked our hearts out, drove through alpine […] Read more…
Bagan is one of those places that no words can accurately describe. It really has to be seen to be believed. The Bagan pagodas are just spellbinding. Unlike the pyramids of Giza in Egypt which I was so excited to see but left me feeling disappointed when I finally got there, Bagan completely wowed me. […] Read more…
Maybe I would have felt differently about Koh Tao had I not been sick. But maybe not. Sairee beach on Koh Tao was the first place I stayed in Thailand that lived up to the bad stereotypes. It was overrun with young, drunk teenage backpackers, tourist bars blaring annoying pop music, rotten smelling streets that […] Read more…