Bangkok Arrival

The plane from Phnom Penh, finding our hotel, and an amazing riverside dinner with a view of Wat Arun.

Bangkok Day 2

We got busy around the city visiting temples and monuments, found our way to a free performance based on the Ramakein epic, braved the water taxi, and lived up the backpacker experience on Khao San road.

Bangkok Day 3

After dealing with the aftermath of eating the street food we visited Wat Arun across the river. We decided to go safe for dinner and visited a delicious restaurant owned by a Michelin star chef.

Bangkok Day 4

Tour day! We joined a bus tour to see the Sumemr Palace, Ayothaya Floating Market, and Ayutthaya Ruins (a World Heritage site with an amazing buddha statue head in a tree).

Chiang Mai Arrival

We said goodbye to Bangkok and journeyed up to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. The biggest hit today was the night market and singing Country Roads with the live band (a Thai hit apparently).

Chiang Mai Day 2

Visiting temples mixed with travel stress. Besides finally securing some tickets for a bus trip to Chiang Rai, Dylan got the privilege of visiting the exclusive men-only "city pillar".

Chiang Rai Arrival

After a miserable, miserable, MISERABLE bus ride, we hit up the first of the famous Chiang Rai temples; the White Temple.

Chiang Rai Day 2

We did not want to leave any color of temple off of our list, so we visited the Blue Temple today. Luckily we caught a tuk tuk back, because the heat was deadly!

Chiang Rai Day 3

Emboldened by our tuk tuk success on the previous day we got a half-day from a nice old man that picked up the trade in retirement. We visited the Khun Korn waterfall, a beautiful hike just outside of town, and Singha Park. Then we enjoyed some more of the best burgers Thailand has to offer.

Railay Arrival

Out of the heat of northern Thailand, we ventured to the rain of southern Thailand. We took a small boat out to our resort on Railay Peninsula for a week of relaxation (and rock climbing).

Railay Day 2

Climb day! We hired a guide to take us rock climbing, one of the activities Railay is famous for. The cliffs were beautiful, and the rain let up for long enough that we got plenty of mostly-dry climbs in!

Railay Day 3

We went for a bit of exploring on our own today and enjoyed the natural beauty of the peninsula. Steph also found the "penis cave".

Railay Day 4

A day of pouring rain, we settled in to a day of reading, posting, and watching the monkeys. By night we decided to venture around the beach to visit a neighboring area on the peninsula which was equally beautiful.

Railay Day 5

Finally the sun came out and we got a little time on the beach. When the rain came back we settled into some more reading, posting, and eating.

Railay Departure

Our last day in Asia gone, it was time to make the 32-hour trip to London.