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 were […] Read more…
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Temple Hopping and Stuffing My Face in Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai, Thailand. My first foray into the land of smiles. The land of Pad Thai and drunken Brit backpackers on Gap years. Lady boys and thatched roof bungalows on tropical island beaches. Of Buddhist temples and thick green jungle. A land I had been yearning to visit for a long time but at the […] Read more…