Posts

Falling in love in Chiang Mai

Image
Chiang Mai  From the moment I arrived in Chiang Mai, I knew it was my kind of place. The city was vibrant but not overly crowded with a backdrop of stunning mountains. Compared to Bangkok this was a different world and one I would much rather live in. The city also offers plentiful activities to do: Temples to visit (of course), amazing northern Thai food to eat (and cook), and jungle hikes and waterfalls to explore! I spent a week in Chiang Mai, and in this post, I’ll chat about all the things I loved about it and everything I managed to do. Monks Trail My first day, I had a chill morning, hit the gym and got my laundry done – travelling life admin. Then in the afternoon I completed the monks trail which is a 4km hike passing through Wat Pha Lat (a temple) which can can be extended to include Doi Suthep (another temple). I wanted to complete this hike for sunset so grabbed a Grab (Asian uber) to the start point and began my hike. I immediately started chatting to two other l...
Post a Comment
Read more

Solo Travelling - Week 1 - Bangkok and Sukhothai

Image
  ·          Bangkok view from Golden Mountain ·         Day 0 ·         After all the many and lovely goodbyes, I was finally off, waving my last one to a tearful mother as I strode into the next chapter of my life as you do through airport security. As I am a nervous flier the part of my trip that I was most worried about was in fact the next 15 hours I was about to spend cruising at 30,000 feet. Fortunately, my flights were really comfortable (living it up on Emirates) and my flight anxiety turned to OMG I’m actually doing this anxiety very quickly. ·         Day 1 ·         Arriving in Bangkok was an intense first encounter to Thailand, the heat, the smells, the vibrancy and size of the city was all quite overwhelming never mind the horrific feeling of it being 5am my time with little sleep on the plane and it being 1pm ...
Post a Comment
Read more

A Winter Stay in Dulyn Bothy

Image
This was my first trip to a bothy solo, and what a pleasant time it was. After having a rough few weeks battling the winter blues during January and February I decided to take a day off work, pack my hiking pack and go on an excursion to Dulyn Bothy in North Snowdonia. The drive from Manchester was smooth and easy going as it was early afternoon on a Sunday, once off the motorway and on to the Wales back roads the anxieties of life left my mind as more and more wilderness crept into my view. The drive was the first part of the adventure with the road up to the car park having sweeping 25 degrees inclines (or at least they felt that steep) and having to manoeuvre through 3 cow gates which doing solo meant stopping the car and getting out to do it myself, the first difficulty of a solo trip. The views were brilliant during these last 20 minutes of the drive as the Carneddau range began to loom over and dominate the skyline. Once at the car park which was at around 3 o’clock, there ...
Post a Comment
Read more