A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Exhausted, we exited the cramped quarters of the local bus after a long overnight journey from Inle Lake in the north of the country. A dense tropical humidity replaced the dry, thin air of the lake. It closed in around me, thick and cloying, as we bartered with tuk tuk drivers, trying to negotiate a […] 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…
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…
We hadn’t realised that it was a sacred day when we set out for the Tikal ruins. The date was 12th December 2012, a sacred date for many cultures and believed to be good luck. I felt indifferent. I was fatigued from traveling at a fast pace over the preceding months. I couldn’t muster the […] Read more…