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Celebrating one year of travel in Chiang Mai
July 9, 2012
in Asia, Chiang Mai, Pai, Round the World, Thailand, travel

How to celebrate one year on the road.

1. Wake up in a guy's bed. Have some pretty nice sex. 2. Get breakfast with your guy and some of his friends. Again talk about the differences between British and American English. 3. Eat ice cream....

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Chiang Mai
June 20, 2012
in Asia, Chiang Mai, Round the World, Thailand, travel

You can’t have a red curry but you can piss on the gate.

Almost every day in Chiang Mai I said, "tomorrow I'm going to Pai." It was the same thing that happened last time I got there five months ago. It seems to be where I end up going, and staying, when I need to recover. The...

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Learning to ride a motorbike in Thailand
June 17, 2012
in Asia, Chiang Mai, Learn Something New, Round the World, Thailand, travel

Accomplished.

In 2009, I mounted a motorcycle for the first time. I made Mat take me. I was screaming before I even got on. 40 feet later I yelled at him to pull over, jumped off, and ran away. Jenny remarked the other day that I seemed...

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Party in Chiang Mai, Thailand
June 15, 2012
in Asia, Bad Decisions, Chiang Mai, relationships, Round the World, Thailand, travel

Of cows and milk. (Or how i suck at boys.) (Or please don’t misread that subtitle.)

I want to throw out there this idiom (or whatever it is, The Google seems to think it's an idiom) that I'm sure you're all familiar with: "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free." Really, I never understood the quote....

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Muay Thai in Chiang Mai
June 11, 2012
in Asia, Chiang Mai, Round the World, Thailand, travel

Chiang Mai Muay Thai in the middle of nowhere.

We kept getting lost on the way, wherever the way was, to watch some Chiang Mai Muay Thai in, seemingly, the middle of nowhere Thailand. Jenny and I were piled in the back of a pick up truck with about 10 other people. We were following...

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Bungee jumping in Chiang Mai, Thailand
June 8, 2012
in Asia, Bad Decisions, Chiang Mai, relationships, Round the World, sex, Thailand, travel

On being rational…or irrational…or…whatever…

I am afraid of heights. No, that's not quite true. I am afraid of plummeting from heights. I held on for dear life and cried excessively every time a child bumped into me at the top of the Eiffel Tower for god's sake. So, how,...

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Stir fry (and corn) at the night market in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
March 6, 2012
in Asia, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, food, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Round the World, Thailand, travel

The world’s your oyster.

In Thailand I ate a lot of pad thai. A. Lot. Of. Pad. Thai....

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Lighting paper lanterns in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
February 8, 2012
in Asia, Chiang Mai, Round the World, Thailand, travel

I want to do this every night for the rest of my life.

Lighting paper lanterns in Chiang Mai, Thailand....

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Doi Suthep, a temple on top of a hill, in Chiang Mai, Thailand
February 7, 2012
in Asia, Chiang Mai, Round the World, Thailand, travel

Tigers and temples.

On my last day in Chiang Mai, Jenny and I took a ride out to Tiger Kingdom. It's a little zoo of tigers that you can get up close and personal with. And by that I mean you pay a lot of...

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Chang Siam Elephant Mahout School
February 5, 2012
in Asia, Chiang Mai, Round the World, Thailand, travel

I rode an elephant.

Riding an elephant in Thailand....

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Hi, I’m Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the teal couch. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. I lived my life in limbo. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job and bought a one-way ticket to Europe. After 3 years on the road I’m back in Chicago, exploring the city, learning guitar, decorating my apartment in too much teal, cuddling my cats, and planning my next adventures.

            

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