A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Trekking Kalaw to Inle Lake: The best trek I have done – pretty big call huh? I can be prone to exaggeration but I promise you: this statement is not an exaggeration. The three days spent trekking between the small mountain town of Kalaw to serene Inle Lake in northern Myanmar was one of the […] Read more…
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…
During the hour long taxi ride from Yangon airport into the city, I stared out the window at the constantly changing scenery. Quiet residential neighbourhoods surrounded by green parks gradually gave way to shabby apartment blocks and traffic choked streets. Golden temples shone in the distance. We weaved through the congested traffic, slowly edging closer […] 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…