Hmong hill tribes. Chiang Mai, Thailand. July 2015. We drove for what it seemed to be an eternity until we found the “road” leading to the second village we wanted to visit. It wasn’t a road, but an unpaved path and, actually, we passed it at first because we thought it was impossible that it […]
“Last night we arrived in Chiang Mai from Kanchanaburi, after spending all day on the bus. At the station, we took a tuk-tuk for 120 baht to the hostel. Dirty and noisy, it was a hole. The walls were fake so I couldn’t help but hear the discussion a guy and his disappointed girlfriend were […]
I keep a very good memory of Kanchanaburi. We went initially for just a couple nights, as a little stop in our way to Sangkhlaburi. I knew I wanted to visit the bridge on the river Kwai and wander a little bit, that’s it. But plans changed as it is normal when you travel, and […]
What do you want? I want to feel good and excited. And safe. I want to experience the new, but I want the comfortability of the familiar as well. I want to meet new people, but I don’t want to say goodbye to my beloved ones. I want to be alone, but not to be […]
One of the first memories I have of the night we arrive is arguing with the cab driver. Once we got to the hotel, while Al was at the reception desk, I started talking with a couple who had been traveling for 10 months. I don’t remember exactly where they were from, I think some […]
I started traveling thinking that I would find myself, now I feel more lost than ever.
Getting sick when you’re traveling is horrible. And boy was I sick in Thailand, real bad. I remember a specific moment when I didn’t understand what was happening to my body or why was all that happening then (as if life had to be accountable and give reasons). Being there in bed I felt small, […]
Although now I may feel more affection for other places in Thailand, it was Phi Phi what I was probably more excited about at first. I think it makes sense considering all the years in Berlin with an almost always gray sky. The idea of an island was just like a dream. We were there […]
