After five years working in London, I decided it was time to move back to Los Angeles, but not before taking a year off to see the world. I gave up my great job with Lehman Brothers in Administration and a fantastic flat (and roommate) I’d lived in for over three years, packed up all my belongings into some 60 cubic feet of boxes and said farewell to the wonderful friends I made in London. Before setting off for Asia, I spent seven weeks in the States including a weekend getaway in Chicago with my best friends from high school, corrective eye surgery in Philadelphia, Aud and Rob’s wedding in Bermuda, 13 days in Israel on Birthright (with a side trip to Petra) and time in quiet Oak Park with my parents and sister. Then, on July 18, 2010 at 1am, with only 13 kilograms in my 50L backpack and a small shoulder bag, I boarded a flight to Singapore. The goal of my adventure is not one of self-discovery or mending a broken heart but a journey of true desire to explore the world, experience new cultures, taste various cuisines, explore beautiful wildernesses, meet local people, and maybe learn some Spanish along the way. What lies below are my stories (or more of a daily recount of events) from the road.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Caught in the rain in Chiang Mai

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

  • Breakfast at bus station (since Margarett’s favorite place was closed)
  • Say goodbye; Margarett cried and made me almost cry
  • Three hour bus ride to Chiang Mai, bought bus ticket to Sukhothai for Saturday
  • Tuk tuk to hotel
  • Explored Chiang Mai
  • Pizza lunch at De Stefano
  • Signed up for cooking class
  • Met a guy as I was walking down the street who recommended the restaurant he was eating at
  • Realized there is way too much to do in Chiang Mai and I want an extra day; a nice man at one of the booking agencies called the bus company to change the date of my ticket so I booked a tour on Friday with him
  • Visited Wat Pun On and Wat Pundtow
  • Walked around Wat Chedi Luang and it started pouring; I had no umbrella so I took cover under a tree with a couple from Switzerland, before we moved a house on the wat’s property
Wat Chedi Luang

  • After 45 minutes of waiting and the rain not letting up, the guy went to get a tuk tuk
  • Street was so flooded that our tuk tuk driver couldn’t get to the end; we had to get out
  • Barely any sidewalk that was dry and the water level was rising quickly; I put plastic bags over my shoes and bag and start walking though the street
Flooded street

  • Make it back to the hotel soaked
  • Dinner at vegetarian cafĂ© (the one the guy recommended)
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