Off To Thailand

Month In Review: September 2019

♥ Justin and I celebrating our five year wedding anniversary.

♥ Seeing Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway.

♥ Going out to dinner for Cuban food to celebrate what would have been my Abuela's 100th birthday.

♥ Having brunch and seeing It: Chapter 2 (2019) with a bunch of our friends.

♥ Going to Luna's 2nd birthday paw-ty and Nick surprising us by showing up.

♥ Spending the night in a suite at the Conrad.

♥ Vicki and Alma coming to New York for a surprise visit.

♥ Hanging out with Day and Toni on The Mile.

 

♥ Still Getting Ready For Thailand

It: Chapter 2 (2019)

The Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin (2019)

To Tell The Truth (2019 - Present)

Guy's Ranch Kitchen (2017 - Present)

Still Getting Ready For Thailand

Recently Justin and I decided to switch up the itinerary for our upcoming trip to Thailand by adding stops in Bangkok and Khao Sok National Park. So now we're trying to figure out what we want to do while in those places, thus causing us to go and do more research. And since you all know I love collecting links to articles and blog posts about wherever I'm going, I had to put all my new information together (In addition to the ones I found back in February, which you can find here) to share with you all because someone might find it useful.

Here's what I've put together during this round of searching...

♥ A Broken Backpack
♥ Bangkok Glutton
♥ Castaway With Crystal -- 12 Enriching Free Things To Do In Bangkok, Thailand
♥ Goats On The Road
♥ Home Is Where Your Bag Is
♥ Living Nomads
♥ NOMADasaurus
♥ Once Upon A Journey
♥ Passport Symphony
♥ Places Of Juma
♥ Salt In Our Hair
♥ Sea Of Blush -- 10 Things To Do In Bangkok Thailand That Are Totally Instagrammable
♥ South East Asia Backpacker
♥ The Northern Boy
♥ The Pinay Solo Backpacker
♥ The Yogi Wanderer -- Best Day Trips From Bangkok According To Travel Bloggers
♥ Travel In Our Eyes
♥ Travel Triangle
♥ We Are Travel Girls
♥ Wild & Away
♥ Will Fly For Food
♥ World Travel Family

In addition to reading various blog posts about Bangkok and Khao Sok National Park, I've also been watching videos about staying at Our Jungle House in Khao Sok because Justin wants to stay in a tree house and I'm very apprehensive because I don't like bugs (Like I don't even like butterflies). So I'm trying to see if I can muster up the courage to stay in a tree house with bugs, snakes and monkeys.

Getting Ready For Thailand

As I've done for the majority of my other travels, I've collected links to articles and blog posts about traveling in Thailand. And even though we aren't going until the end of the year I thought I'd share my current findings because someone else might find them useful. So here's what I've put together as of thus far...

♥ A Little Adrift
♥ Adventurous Kate
♥ Adventure In You -- Thailand Travel Tips
♥ CNN -- Thailand's Tourism Myths: 7 Things You Can't Believe
♥ Condé Nast Traveller
♥ Geeky Explorer -- An Awesome 2-Week Thailand Itinerary (For First-Timers)
♥ Globetrotter Girls
♥ Lonely Planet
♥ National Geographic -- Thailand Travel Guide
♥ Nerd Nomads
♥ Nomadic Matt -- Backpacking Thailand Travel Guide for 2019
♥ Rough Guides -- Places To Visit In Thailand
♥ Salt In Our Hair
♥ Solo Traveler
♥ The Blonde Abroad
♥ The Boho Chica
♥ The Broke Backpacker
♥ The Travel Hack
♥ The Wanderlust Kitchen -- 39 Things You Need To Know Before Traveling To Thailand
♥ Thrifty Nomads -- 4 Reasons NOT to Ride Elephants (& 1 Awesome Hands-On Alternative)
♥ Travel Fashion Girl -- What To Wear In Bangkok And Northern Thailand
♥ Travels Of Adam -- Visiting Thailand: A First Time Visitors' Guide
♥ Two Wandering Soles -- Thailand Travel Guide
♥ Young Adventuress


It still pains us but we're going to rewatch the episodes Anthony Bourdain has about Thailand.

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005 – 2012)

• Season Five, Episode Sixteen: Thailand

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013 – 2018)

• Season Three, Episode Eight: Thailand

In addition to rewatching our beloved Bourdain, we will probably also rewatched some other random travel shows about Thailand.

Somebody Feed Phil (2018 – Present)

• Season One, Episode One: Bangkok

Rev Runs Around the World (2015)

• Season One, Episode Six - Chiang Mai: Elephant for X-Mas

And the other evening I stumbled upon "Thailand: A Feast For The Senses" (2014) on AWE and watched that to get an idea or two about what I do and do not want to do while in Thailand.