Before, Now, and After

Thousands and thousands of apologies for the lack of posts lately. We've been traipsing around Southeast Asia and have run into several weeks of slow internet, making it a bit tough to get posts up. More posts and details are on the way, but for now, here's a little taste of what we've been up to. Pictures included so that you know we're alive and well :)

Thailand:
In Thailand, we spent a big chunk of time in the lovely city of Chiang Mai. We took a crazy bus ride to Pai, which is a hippie-heaven in the hills.

Jumping for joy in Pai

A cool temple in the woods in Chiang Mai

Pai's lovely mountains

Motorbiking around Pai

The White Temple outside of Chiang Rai. It's even cooler looking in real life.

Laos:
We entered Laos on a riverboat, which was a great entry to a beautiful, laid-back country. We couldn't sit on a bus or boat for more than 20 minutes before our local seat-neighbors would offer us a bite of whatever they were snacking on. This was one of our favorite countries of our trip.

Riverboats

On the riverboat

Cool cliffs of Vang Vieng

Enjoying the sunset from our hotel

Purchasing some delicious coconut things

Trekking in the jungle

Countryside

Tom at dinner at a homestay in a village

Cambodia:
We bicycled around small villages, learned about pepper-picking (Peter Piper was busy with the pickling, unfortunately), and saw the sun rise of Angkor Wat.

Delicious breakfast, Cambodian-style

Tom's massage place. 

Sunset in Kampot

Wave jumping

Beachy

Dried fish for sale

Fresh crabs with Kampot pepper

Sunrise at Angkor Wat. Note the coffee. 

Angkor Wat

Climbing to the top of some temples

Angkor Wat

Vietnam:

So far, we've explored the very cool Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), the mountain vacation town of Dalat, and a charming, but heavily touristy port town called Hoi An.

Over the course of the next to weeks, we will slowly making our way up through Vietnam. As of now, we plan to stop in Hanoi, Halong Bay, Sapa, and a few national parks to get some hiking in. After that, we're headed on a plane to...

Nepal!

A map for the geographically confused (like me)

We've decided to spend the last chunk of our trip trekking in the Himalayas and exploring some of Nepal's mountain towns and villages. We're really looking forward to getting into the mountains again and seeing such a cool part part of the world.

More posts soon to come!

-R