When researching places to go in Thailand I came across something called the Death Railway near Kanchanaburi, Thailand. I had never heard of it so I did some quick research, and with my fascination with war history, decided it was definitely somewhere I needed to go. While my parents generation (and I think a good …
So I think I left off right before my first night bus. Here are just a few of many highlights from that adventure: There was something about our bus and a full moon party the previous night, I never figured out the connection, but I believe this led to us using one of the oldest …
Continue reading Bangkok like a Local, Ayutthaya like a Tourist.
Something I’ve learned from traveling is that bad experiences are always eventually followed by good ones, and that has certainly held true for my last five days in Southern Thailand. After some easy living at the Westin Resort in Siray Bay, life turned into a bit of a roller coaster. From Siray I took a …
Translation: “Hello Phuket, Thailand!” I still can’t believe I’m here. It seems a bit surreal, as Europe was so consuming that I didn’t do much thinking about the post-Europe part of my trip until the very end. I do feel that traveling through the Balkans was a great way to ease from the comforts of …
Two posts in two days! Lucky you 🙂 After 117 days in Europe (don’t worry, only 86 Schengen Days!), I'm jumping continents, headed for the much warmer climate of Southeast Asia. Before I left for my trip I was nervous and excited. Oddly enough I feel the same now. Although the differences from Scandinavia to …
After over a month of cold weather and Balkan food (meat, wrapped in meat, side of meat) Greece has been a very welcome end to my ~4 month trip though Europe. A lot of people who visit Greece do it via cruise, or island hop in the Aegean Sea, both great ways to see Greece, …
I’ve been traveling around the Balkans for over a month now, and even in this off-season of travel, would now consider myself part of the “Balkan backpacker circle”. Everybody travels a similar route so it’s fun to have familiar faces in each city, and helpful to exchange travel notes. Anyway, as I’ve made my way …
Continue reading Albania, from Isolationism to Christmas Markets in under 30 years
I spent the last week in two UNESCO protected walled cities along the Adriatic Sea, Dubrovnik, Croatia and Kotor, Montenegro. Both cities are extremely popular summer destinations but completely empty in December, which was kind of cool, even though it rained a lot. I’ll preface with, I didn’t learn much about history in these places. …
There are certain names made famous by war that everybody knows. Adolf Hitler. Napoleon. Ulysses S. Grant. The name Gavrilo Princip is not a household name, yet he is arguably one of the most important people in modern war history. Even people who know that he’s the guy who assassinated Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke and …
On Wednesday I took the bus from Zagreb to Belgrade - a ~5.5 hour journey with exactly nothing to look at. I couldn’t help but think, no wonder this stood as a border between Austrian and Ottoman rule for so many centuries, who would want to bother crossing this area on horseback? Anyway, my first …
