Just a Kidd

What's that sorry?You forgot I existed?...well I guess I can't really blame you there Hey everyone, yes I know it's been a while but what can I say? I am a busy girl BUT this year mama is gonna turn it around! That's right, a post a week people. I love this little blog and I would love to see it grow this year. I've got some big things planned and I can't wait to get started. Before we get into what's to come this year this year though, we've got to take a look back at 2017. I'm just going to come out and say it, 2017 may be the best year of my life. I had the chance to do so many amazing things and have so many incredible experiences that I may not ever have again and I am so so grateful for them. Not to mention being extremely proud of myself for working hard and allowing a lot of them to happen. If you've been reading my blog, or follow any of my social media at all, then it's obvious to you that this year I took a gap year and we...

Siem Reap Night Market Most people visit Siem Reap with the intention of going to Angkor Wat, and we were the same. Siem Reap was a really cool city, but with all the adventuring around Angkor Wat, we took things pretty chill there. We really enjoyed the night market, where we were able to barter for our souvenirs and eat rolled Asian ice cream from one of the million stalls that were selling it. We also enjoyed some of the modern cafes such as Fresh Fruit Factory (best smoothie bowl in the world, seriously) and The Missing Socks Laundry Cafe, where you do your laundry while eating their famous waffle burger. We decided against going to The Bug Cafe though, crickets aren't really my kind of cuisine. We stayed in a really good hostel with it's own restaurant and bar. It felt like more of a hotel than a hostel, those are by far the best kind ;). The only problem we had was an incident with an unwanted cockroach at 4am, which had landed on us while we were in bed...there...

Now my last blog post was pretty intense, but I'm so glad I posted it. 'Why You Should Never Ride and Elephant' now has over 100 views and that is so mind blowing to me. A huge thank you to everybody who has read and/or shared the post, I know for a fact it has reached people who were otherwise unaware of the treatment of Elephants. I can't believe one of my posts reached that big of an audience, especially one so important so THANK YOU! As promised, this post will be all about our experience at the Elephant Nature Park sanctuary, Just north of Chiang Mai. We purchased the overnight package, which meant we had two full days of seeing the elephants. The sanctuary is quite a drive out of the city, during which you are shown a short film about the environment and treatment the animals rescued have come from, and therefore how to behave around them. The video went into a lot of detail about the abuse the elephants have been through, this is where most of the infor...

WARNING: There are upsetting images in this post Now I must admit, although I knew elephant riding wasn't ethical before coming to Asia, it is since being out here and visiting an amazing elephant sanctuary, I have learnt all about what these beautiful animals go through when under the ownership of riding companies and circuses etc. I am not doing this post to be preachy, in fact I wasn't even planning on doing it at all, but I know a lot of people are unaware of the unfair life of an elephant forced to work in the tourism industry and this information needs to be shared. Elephant riding at Angkor Wat, 3 people per elephant (one being a large man) I am sad to say our recent trip to Angkor Wat was completely ruined for me when I saw the elephant rides being sold there. We had just sat down to eat our lunch, when one by one, about 6-7 elephants walked past us with their Mahout (trainer) on their heads. They stopped at a little fenced off area where they are made to ...