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Passion for learning and curiosity about travel took me on a seven month adventure to ten different countries over four continents. I have just recently come back from two and a half months in Asia and would like to share my experiences and expertise with you to enhance your travel experience.
Where to go, what to see, how to budget? There are so many questions that come up when you start thinking about planning a trip. We hope to answer these questions for you and put your mind at ease when it comes to choosing a destination and planning your next adventure.
A little about my adventure…
Christine and Kimberly
In 2006 I strapped on a backpack, said good bye to rainy Vancouver and made my way to Thailand with my best friend Christine.
Nervous faces as we embark on our first adventure!
We left Vancouver late September and spent the next month traveling around Thailand. We started in the North to experience some of the most amazing trekking that the country is know for and worked our way down South for some Island time.
Six hours of walking through the hills of Northern Thailand and we're almost at the hill tribe where we will stay for the night
Day two of hiking and we are just coming down into a valley where we visit our first elephant camp
We experienced so much on our first trip, from riding elephants through the jungle to eating authentic food in the hill tribes.
Taking my elephant down to the river for a bath
Our first dinner in a Karen Hill Tribe
The South of Thailand is particularily beautiful spending our time exporing the beaches was one of the best times of my life!
Random beach near Koh Phi Phi in Thailand
Christine and I at Maya Bay (where the film "The Beach" was filmed), just off of Koh Phi Phi
After our month was up in the land of smiles we were off to the airport and on our way to Australia!
Just got on the plane in Bangkok to make our way to Australia
We spnt the next three months traveling up the East coast of Australia, meeting lifelong friends along the way.
Sydney Harbour-Australia
Me and one of our flatmates coming back in from a surf
In our forth month away we made it over to New Zealand where we would spend the next month and a half. It was such a beautiful country with no shortage of things to do. We ended up traveling with one of the girls we met in Australia. The three of us rented a little toyota for the month so we could drive accross the country, it was going to be our home for the next four weeks. We figured it would help us save on accommodations if we just slept in the car…this proved to be very uncomfortabel but a heck of a lot of fun! Fortunately I had a bit of an accident and ended up on cruches, so we did eventually get to start sleeing in hostels again.
Leaving the doctors after getting my crutches
Climbing the Franz Joseph Glacier in New Zealand
Descending into the Waitomo Caves in New Zealand
Unfortunatly after this part of the journey, Christine had to return to Canada and I was on my own for the next month and a half.
I decided to take a vacation from my vacation and headed over to Fiji for about a week to relax in the sun. Now without my camera man all I have are pictures in my mind of the island bliss.
I returned to NZ for a little while and soon after started on my way back home. On my way I spent time in Singapore to do a litle shopping, then went on to China where I walked to great wall and absorbed all the culture I could before getting back to my home country.
Once I returned home it was just a matter of time before I’d be on my way again. The experiences that you get while traveling are addictive and boy was a I hooked! About a year later I actually made my way over to the UK to visit some friends who I had met while living in Australia. We went on a short vacation to Paris and Barcelona and of course once I came back I was reved up to get going again.
In October of 2009 I headed of again to Thailand, and also spent time in Vietnam and Cambodia. It was the most amazing time of my life! I want the articles on this site to help people with learning about all the wonderful places you have to visit on you next holiday in South East Asia.
Happy reading and happy travels!
