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Tara A Wanderlust - Tara & Ryan

Grew up in Montana. Has Lived in Alaska and Hawaii, Traveled to Europe and to Mexico. Curently Planning a trip to Thailand with bf Ryan for April 09'.

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” - Henry Miller

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things - air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” - Cesare Pavese

Places I would like to visit: Peru, Brazil, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Turkey, Tibet, Vietnam, Indonesia, Micronesia, Oz, and New Zealand.

Thailand Trip
April 11th 2009 -» May 1st 2009

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By Tara A Wanderlust
May 1st 2009

Long trip back to reality.... Asia » South Korea » Seoul » Insadong

Seoul was great. We did our best to stay dry (it rained all day) it was really easy to get around the city. And we took advantage of the tourist information booths they have everywhere. In fact we went into the same one at least 4 times. The lady at the counter laughed much at us. Also Ryan and I decided Seoul’s Incheon airport is our favorite so far. Its like a mall. A fancy high-end mall with Gucci, Channel, and Coach. We can’t afford shit there but it is nice to look at. Ryan happened to notice something while we [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 28th 2009

The Underwater World of Phi Phi (pee pee) Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Phi Phi

WARNING: What you are about to read contains errors. Many errors. Some grammatical. Some punctuational. Read at your own risk..... Well I did it,.. And I’m a changed person now. Yep….I’m a certified Scuba diver. How does it feel you ask?.....GREAT. I did my four open water dives in the Phi Phi islands marine park. The first two were shallow dives just off Phi Phi Ley. We saw so much marine life!! I will try to list what I can name: Two Leopard sharks, a small Stingray, Puffer fish, Clownfish (nemos), Butterfly fish, Sweet lips, Angelfish, Yellow boxfish, M [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 25th 2009

Planes, trains, and automobiles ...and some boats too Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Khao Lak

We'll im back-tracking because I havent gotten around to updating.. so lets see........Well we left Northern Thailand which was quite tragic really. We both liked it so much. The food was amazing and the people were great. Thai people are unlike any other. they are very soft spoken, polite, and modest. (which is interesting given the fact that Thailand has such a bad reputation for prostitution) That reminds me....Gambling is illegal in Thailand...but... you can play the lottery.....hmmmm..anyway...im getting off topic.... we left Chiang Rai and arrived in Phuket at about 6PM....and the [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 24th 2009

Man (and woman) Vs. Jungle Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Rai

Well we were suposed to be leaving for Phuket thursday and at the very last minute i changes my mind. surprising, right? actually we had already purchased out tickets...then all of the sudden i was like "wait! im not ready to leave yet"........... of course by this time it was too late to change our tickets..so i bought new ones...for saturday. that is how much i wanted to see more of northern Thailand. luckily tickets for in thailand flights are relativley inexpensive. anyway the plan was to stay in a remote hill tribe villiage 23 kilometers outside Chiang Rai ( which [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 22nd 2009

Dude looks like a lady Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Rai

Well It seems like forever since I updated my blog. And I will do my best to re-cap the last few days. Okay...I think we left Chiang Mai Sunday... So after a Long, stickey-hot bus ride we arrived in Chiang Rai, which to us at first just seemed like a smaller Chiang Mai. There weren't any tourist information windows at the bus station and no hotel brochures for us to decide from so we flipped through my trusty travel guide book. once we had carefulley selected one of the 3 places that were listed in my guide book, we decided we [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 18th 2009

Bazzar Nights in Chiang Mai Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

Well we made it to Chiang Mai. Its really nice here, much cleaner than everywhere else we've been. Were staying in a really nice hotel here for about 28 dollars a night. Not really roughing it, yet! The train ride up here was...interesting. not like trains in America at all. But we survived and it was only a few dollars for the 12 hour train ride! We havnt done much here except spend money. Chiang Mai had a huge market place open at night called the Night Bazzar. Ryan and I...well mostly I got really carried away buying things. I got [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 15th 2009

Day three in the Land of Smiles Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayuthaya

Tuk Tuk Friends

We both got burt to a crisp today, but it was so worth it. We hired a Tuk-tuk to drive us around the ruins again. Our Driver and his wife were really fun. They took us to an elephant camp where we rode an elephant around for a half hour. The people there were total scammers and i swear the only english word they knew was "tip. tip" i pretended i didnt know that they were saying since they had already scammed us out of 820 baht each. I was mad. But it was fun anyway. Well we thought the Songkran [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 14th 2009

Ancient City Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayuthaya

Train

Well we made it out of Bangkok. We took a 3rd class train to Ayuthaya, the ancient capital of Thailand. The train ride wasnt too bad. (HOT) We passed through a really poor area of Bangkok on the way out. There were tin shacks lining the railroad tracks for miles out. Little kids sprayed Ryan with water through the windows every time the train slowed down. it was funny. Once we arrived in Ayuthaya we hired a Tuk-Tuk to drive us around the old city for a few hours and now were are literally melting from the heat. i dont know [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 14th 2009

Wat is going on... Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

Oh I forgot to include a little tid bit about what is going on here in Bangkok. Apparently it is being reported in America..surprising. Thailand has frequent military coups. Most are peaceful.. recently the Prime Minister was ran out of the country and if he returns he faces two years in prison for corruption. The protesters here (the red-shirts) are supposters of Thailands former Prime Minister. There have been many demonstrations around Bangkok in the last 48 hours. Thailands military has been brought in to control them. Right now were are just avoiding those areas of demonstrations, [View Full Entry]

By Tara A Wanderlust
April 14th 2009

City of Angels??? Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

Well our first day in Bangkok was...interesting. Bangkok is nicknamed "the city of angels" and i cant seem to figure out why.....Anyways, We got up early and walked around our hotel. our goal was to walk down Khao San Road, which is suposed to be only like 2 blocks away....we were almost there when we encountered our first Bangkok scam....the Tuk-Tuk diver...classic. he promised to take us to the TAT (tourism authority of thailand) and really just took us to his friends travel agency(he gets gas vouchers for each tourist he brings in), then he told us he would take us [View Full Entry]

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