by Amanda Kingsmith | Dec 22, 2016 | Asia, Blog Posts
Last weekend, we had the opportunity to take a tour through Voyagin to visit Doi Inthanon National Park just outside of Chiang Mai. The tour consisted of 12 people from around the world, including ourselves, and our guide Patty spoke both English + Thai. Our day... 
by Amanda Kingsmith | Dec 12, 2016 | Asia, Blog Posts
We went to Macau to visit 2 of our Canadian friends who teach at an international school in Macau. If it was not for them, we may not have visited Macau, but the city / country is full of fun sights + things to do, so we are glad we had the opportunity to explore it.... 
by Amanda Kingsmith | Dec 3, 2016 | Asia, Blog Posts
After jumping off the Kuwarau bridge and successfully doing the Nevis in New Zealand, I made it a goal to one day do the Macau Tower Bungy Jump. Nothing says adrenaline junkie like jumping off the world’s highest bungy jump, right?! So when our good friends,... 
by Amanda Kingsmith | Nov 15, 2016 | Asia, Blog Posts
After spending 10 days in a kick ass AirBnb in Kuala Lumpur, we decided to head up to the Cameron Highlands for a couple of days. The Cameron Highlands is known for its cooler temperatures, tea production, and hiking. After spending 3 weeks in big cities, we were... 
by Amanda Kingsmith | Nov 9, 2016 | Asia, Blog Posts
Kuala Lumpur is the capital + biggest city in Malaysia, and turned out to be a highlight of our trip so far. We spent 2 weeks in KL, spending most of our time in an awesome bachelor apartment that we found on AirBnb. We spent much of our time working, but we did spend... 
by Amanda Kingsmith | Oct 22, 2016 | Asia, Blog Posts
The capital city and the largest city of the Philippines is known for its terrible traffic, littered streets, extreme pollution, and reputation for being extremely unsafe. Manila is not our favorite Asian city, and not somewhere we would enjoy staying for a lengthy...