My taxi is coming

Well well folks, this is it!
I will probably stop this post abruptly, because I am waiting right now for my taxi to get me to the airport... Yes yes, Im travelling with luxury for the end of my trip!
I will thus see you all soon!
After two months, I am really happy of what I did. Discussing with a girl I met today who starts travelling now, she asked me whether there was something I would have done differently, and thinking about it, I could not fine one thign. Even the tough times are now great stories! I guess I learned a lot and I will hope I will not get too fast into the routine back home!
After eating insects, jumping in I have no idea how high river, sleeping with tigers, loosing my shoe in another river during a two day hike, sharing my iphone with hill tribes, going through 5 degrees foggy trails, going through 35 degrees humid jungle trails, trying to explain my way in the middle of a nowhere village, meeting lots of great people, biking away the fastest I was not able to (30km/h...), producing for my first fire show, shopping like crazy in funky night bazaars, meeting Nemo under water... oh well.. I can continue like that for a looooong time!
After all this, what can I say... 'You SHOULD ALL do it!'

what a great trip.
Wanna join me? I'm coming back soon.. shhhhhut dont say it to my job.. I still have to convince them :)


I'm in Bangkok right now. Spent my last night in a funky funky room (each room are spray tagged in different ways...), I spent all my money.., I guess I am ready to go home.. Although I could have stayed much much longer... oh well...
:)]

Thanks for reading me!
Love, wendy

Island hoping in south Thailand

Alright alright this is my last destination: the islands in south
Thailand!
Island hoping: That's what the backpackers call it here. I arrived on
Phuket last.. Mmmh can't remember when it was, lost track of time here
(thanks by the way to daddy to remind me about my flight!)
So arrived in Phuket: understood straight away I should go further.
Phuket is very very touristy and dirty. It's all about party and
massage here...
Sooo, next: koh phi phi, the well known island where 'the beach' was
taken. Yeah yeah I know, di caprio is no longer here, but the beaches
are still there!
I met Sari there and we shared a room for 4 days. I also met expats
with which I went diving and guess what! I saw a shark!! Aaand
turtles, and Nemo too!
I thus stayed there, resting during day time, a little too hot cause I
got a heat stroke, oh well... It's better than the freezing cold north!
Started considering the reasons to go back home: yes yes my family and
friends! But next time I'm bringing you with me. We rented long tail
boats from locals and toured around. Koh phi phi is really touristy
too. I guess since it's cheap you can't expect it to be the secluded
luxury island.
So you rest, and you bath, and you rest and you party!
Next island koh Lanta! Further and harder to get to, so much more
authentic! I was looking forward to 'survivor' island! I met 2 great
girls also travelling alone, got a room on one of the quite far
beaches: best time ever! People here are very welcoming, chilling out
and taking there time. Another Jamaica! Bading, taking, bading... Oh
and beachvolley. I also considered being hired there as a fire '
jongleur': got to practice with a Thai guy, and no I didnot burn my
hear!!! .... Just my leg! 'Argh Wendy', i could here my mum say..
Anyone wants to join?
I got hit by reality today... Am now in krabi, at the airport, heading
to final destination: Bangkok!
2 days there... And then a great trip for 16 hours to..... Switzerland!

Should I take my flight back home?

Koh phi phi... Too hot to stay under the sun...

Luxury time

After Vang Vieng, I came back to Luang P. to meet my parents! We were
all booked on a 8 days private tour to north Thailand. I was happy to
join them, it's good to be back where you no longer have to think of
what to do next and just follow... Oh and also the fact that I was
allowed into hotels with hot shower!!! And more than that!
We thus visited luang prabang: pretty much the same style as Siem Reap
in Cambodia I must say: comfortable and easy going city, with all what
tourists are looking for, markets, shops, temples, international food
and massages.
It was weird though not to me able to wonder around wherever u wanted:
we had a guide and a very precise path to follow! Oh well...
After that: Mekong river 2 day trip on a boat heading to Thailand
border. The journey was nice, COLD in the morning fog, nothing much to
do apart from resting and watching the great scenery pass by.
Sadly I did not spent enough time in Lao, I defintely have to come
back! People are so nice and easy going: the little Jamaica of Asia I
would say, but tccchut!, no no they don't have opium anymore, no no...
Sooo, the golden triangle now! The corner of Lao, Thai and Myanmar. Up
in the moutains, filled with banana trees, jungle, op'...huuuuhh,
rubber trees... Huuum.
We even went one day in Myanmar! The 8th country on my trip, but it
was just for the fun!
Thailand is one of the most westernalized country of SE Asia, with
highways, cable tv, universities, western clothes and so on. It makes
a huge difference with Lao, Cambodia and Myanmar, who are still
struggling with poverty.
We visited a modern temple, with 'modern' paintings inside: one wall
had even Neo from Matrix movie on it... If THAT does not give a hint
of how modern they are?!!!?
Yesterday I got what most of you heard me talking about before I left:
the Elephant Camp and Tiger Center!!!! Youhou, they were so cute! We
got to see elephants playing around, new borns, and tiny tigers we
could hug. Brave Wendy also went in the big tiger park... I'm still
alive.. Pictures to come...
We are now in Mae Hong Son, close to the tribes of woman with long
necks. They are refugees from Myanmar, and pretty much have no other
choice than to live on tourism, so they sell handicraft stuff. Quite
nice to experience this!
Oh, and guess what? I twisted my ankle, yeah yeah, and not even on a
trek or something, ... But in the bathroom of the very nice luxury
hotel... Oh well, we had to cancel the bike afternoon and sadly spend
the pm by the pool, sipping fruit juice under the sun.. Don't worry I
should be fine, I got to experience a little of the local hospital
just to get a proper bandage, and I just be ready for a run in a few
days.
I just booked a plane to finish my trip in south Thailand in the
islands. I have got to properly finish my tan before I head home!!!
I will probably play survivor on koh lanta, okkkayyy with a cocktail
in one hand, and the foot fingers 'en eventail'.
Cheers!

Want to see the end of that story?

Yes, it's me...I told u it was dysneyland.

Tubing in the Vang Vieng

After Hanoi, I decided to leave the cold weather a little, and go
earlier to Laos. I had not planned much time for Laos, so a few more
days was not a bad idea!
I thus landed in Luang Prabang, center of Laos pretty much. I had to
meet my parents 2 days later, same location, so out of the airport I
left straight to the bus station. They found me a bus leaving for
Vangvieng, 6 hrs from here, leaving in 30 minutes. What a luck!
Right,... The bus actually waited until it was full.. And took 8 hrs.
Oh well, scenery was great, and I loved the pipi stop in the middle of
nowhere.
After a night train, a flight and a bus, 24 hrs travelling, I got there!
I had heard that thebest thing in VV to do was tubing. VV is a
backpackers so called city. Not much of culture here! Just the river
for water sports (tuning, rafting, canyoning).
Here is thus me the next day, tubing: hop on and off whenever you want
on the river with your tube, bars, giant swings and slides. Wendy back
in dysneyland!
I have no idea where I got this hat from...

Meet my new friend from Laos