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Train Ride in Thailand from Chiang Mai to Bangkok

June 12, 2013

This is a travel video where we showcases our train ride from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Thailand on a sleeper berth 14 hour journey. When faced with the decision of spending less money on a bus ticket or taking a train, we often splurge a little for the comfort of a train ride. The train [...]

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Eating Khao Soi Northern Thai Food in Chiang Mai

June 7, 2013

For dinner we bicycled down a back-alley to Peppermint Cafe to enjoy a delicious feast focused principally on Khao Soi (ข้าวซอย: Northern Thai Noodles) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This Burmese influenced dish features crispy rice (or egg) noodles, soft noodles, coconut based curry along with assorted vegetables. As firm believers in hole in the wall [...]

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Eating delicious Korean food in Chiang, Mai Thailand

June 4, 2013

Eating delicious Korean Food at Korea House in Chiang, Mai Thailand

In our latest travel video we head to a Korean Restaurant (Korea House) in Chiang Mai to satisfy our urge to eat Korean food by devouring Kimchi Korean pancakes/pizza (김치전) and Korean Pan Fried Dumplings (군만두). Having left Korea only three months ago, we’ve honestly really missed eating Korean food more than we ever would [...]

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Eating Northern Thai Cuisine Khantoke Set Feast

May 29, 2013

Now that we’re settled into Chiang Mai we figured it would be the perfect chance for us to both try eating Northern Thai cuisine (specifically a Khantoke Set Feast: ขันโตก) for dinner on hot and humid evening. This kind of special meal takes time to prepare, so we placed our order for this feast a [...]

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Our experiences traveling in Vietnam

May 29, 2013

Now that we’ve settled into our new base in Chiang Mai, Thailand we though it would be a perfect time for us to discuss our most recent experiences traveling in Vietnam including what was our favorite places/destinations, food, transportation and budget travel tips. We started off in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and ended up [...]

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Eating Mango Sticky Rice Thai Dessert in Chiang Mai

May 25, 2013

In our latest travel video we decided to satisfy our sweet tooth cravings by devouring a plate of Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Niaow Ma Muang: ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง), served with condensed coconut cream sauce at our favorite restaurant in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This is literally our favorite Thai dessert and Chang Chalaad serves it up better than [...]

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Eating the best Pad Thai ever in Chiang Mai, Thailand

May 25, 2013

In our latest travel video we head over on our bicycles to eat lunch at our favorite Thai restaurant (Chang Chalaad) for the best Pad Thai ever in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I’ve personally traveled to Thailand close to 10 times in my life (I lost count) and I’ve had Pad Thai in fancy restaurants to [...]

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Planes, Trains & Automobiles from Hanoi, Vietnam to our mystery new destination. We’re moving to…

May 24, 2013

After three consecutive months of exhausting but exhilarating backpacking adventures, we’ve boarded a series of planes, trains and automobiles in order to get from Hanoi, Vietnam to our new mystery destination. Our day first started with an early morning flight from Hanoi, Vietnam to our new mystery country. From there we had nearly seven hours [...]

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Water Puppet Show in Hanoi, Vietnam

May 22, 2013

On our very last day of travel in Vietnam we decided to watch a Water Puppet Show (known locally as Múa rối nước) at Thang Long Theatre in Hanoi, Vietnam. Water puppetry literally refers to puppets that dance on water which is a traditional Vietnamese art that dates back to the eleventh century in northern [...]

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Hike to Giang Ta Chai Village (Dzao Tribe)

May 22, 2013

On our final leg of our journey trekking all over the Sapa, Vietnam region, we hiked with the intention of reaching Giang Ta Chai Village – home of the Dzao Tribe. Immediately, we were taken aghast by sheer steepness of the trail compared to our previous legs of the journey. At times completely out of [...]