First off, I love Malaysia. I'm glad I saved it for last, because now it does feel like a vacation. People aren't trying to rip me off everywhere, food is amazing, the buses are fantastic, and most of the people are rally friendly. Not the fake friendly either, legitimately friendly.

Though, I did have an experience yesterday that taught me ( Read more... )

I reached that point of "travel burnout." Planning the trip, I never thought it would happen to me. Travel blogs talk about it, but somehow I thought I was immune .

Yeah, no.

Who knows, maybe it was the annoyance of getting to Krabi Town after an overnight train or the different feel of Bangkok, but I was not happy to be back in Thailand. ( Read more... )

I just got completely ripped off for beer, and then I realized it was for $1.50. Nothing to me in the scheme of things, and probably better off in her hands anyway.

Vietnam has been exactly what I needed after Cambodia. Saigon still has my heart, but each city I've been to here has a different feel to it. Hanoi is all that is left, and I feel like ( Read more... )

It really does seem that everything happens for a reason.

I'll be honest. Ever since Angkor Wat I have been in a slump. The sickness didn't help at all, and neither did my dislike of Cambodia in general. I went to new places, only to find myself still not where I wanted to be.

Travel was becoming a chore that had me sitting on buses while sick and ( Read more... )

I won't be leaving Cambodia tomorrow, and somehow I'm not upset at all. That is the good thing about not having a plan; when things change I just adapt.

I kind of had a feeling I wouldn't be in Vietnam tomorrow. I was flying a little too close to the sun, with Tet in 2 days. Everything happens for a reason. So, Kampot and maybe Sihanoukville are up ( Read more... )

So, the fear never came. Nothing on the plane, nothing on landing other than excitement. Getting here was much more difficult than actually being here, even with those protests being just down the street.

Speaking of those, I had no idea I was even in the middle of them the first time I came across them. I just picked a direction from the hostel ( Read more... )

Have you ever had that moment where you just stop and wonder "what am I doing?"

I just had that, after sitting here for over 2 hours studying, surrounded by two people also doing the same. I recognize both and talk to one once in a while, but there is a feeling of comradely.

Maybe it took the order of cheese fries that ended up being double of what ( Read more... )

The LJ app for iPhone is weird. It makes it much easier to keep up on posts since I can do it at school, but it makes me miss my layout.

Paragraphs are difficult.

This semester is weird. It is hard to explain, but it just doesn't feel like the others. It is the last so maybe that's why.

My friends are almost back from getting soup, so last minute ( Read more... )