Backpacking Blogs

What was your favorite country? What city did you like best? What was one of your best experiences?

After 7 weeks of traveling through Southeast Asia, in Cambodia, Vietnam, Northern Thailand, And Laos, there aren’t really answers to those questions.  Or if I answer truthfully they are very long-winded answers. 

Each country had it’s own character and individuality, each city or town was very different from the next, and every experience completely unique, so how could you really choose from them.  The experience of true backpacking for the first time was amazing and I can’t hardly share all the wonderful aspects of it all. 

Piece by piece though, all tell you some of the stories and experiences, and thankfully pictures can show a lot about what I’ve seen and experienced.  I’m guessing it will be a while before I’m really finished writing about my 7 weeks of travel, so thanks for being patient, but here are some of the things you’ll get to look forward to eventually hearing about:

-The sheer beauty of places, like: Ankor Wat, Beaches of pure paradise in Southern Cambodia, magically riverside cities like Hoi An in Northern Vietnam, Northern Hill tribes of Vietnam, and jungle boat cruises down the Mekong River in Laos.

-The excitement and culture within the different countries.  Like the experience of Song Kran the indescribable three day water festival.

-The history of places. Like the Killing Fields and S21 Prison in Siem Reap, and history museum in Vietnam.

-The ease of backpacking. You meet people everywhere!! Hostels are so easy to stay at, and traveling by bus, plane, bike, and taxi worked for me.

-The good and bad of lugging your life in a backpack.  You appreciate the little things and remember how little you need to live with.

-What it means to have a new bed almost every night.

-And of course what every else I decide to chat, ramble, and write about.