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    • Laos
      • Visa-Run to the Kingdom of a Million Elephants
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      • The Death Railway
      • I Looked For The Moon (Chiang Mai Trip #5)
      • Panda in Pink (Chiang Mai Trip #4)
      • Sierra In The Jungle (Chiang Mai Trip #3)
      • Bloom and Blossom (Chiang Mai Trip #2)
      • On Sacred Grounds (Chiang Mai Trip #1)
      • Koh Mak & Koh Kham – A Tropical Paradise
      • Elephant Island
      • Escape to Kood Island
    • Bali
      • Came Here for Love (Bali Travel Series Day 5)
      • SURFING 101 (Bali Travel Series Day 4)
      • Temple on the Cliff and the Deep Blue Sea (Bali Travel Series Day 3)
      • The Green Green Lush of Ubud (Bali Travel Series Day 2)
      • Bali – The Island of the Gods (Travel Series Day 1)
    • Philippines
      • The SMP Road Trip
      • Love Gift From Poseidon
      • Kisses in Bohol
      • Beautiful Alegria
      • Chasing Waterfalls in Samboan
      • Discovering Argao
      • The North Remembers
      • Solo Hopping From City to City
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Panda in Pink (Chiang Mai Trip #4)

On March 22, 2019March 24, 2019 By iamjoanrioIn #Thailand3 Comments

Having sleepless nights due to the wolves mating in the next room, I now have massive eye bags. I would definitely pass being a bear in black and white. You know, the one native from China, except that I am not cute and I don't eat bamboos. But today, I've decided to be a panda. …

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Sierra In The Jungle (Chiang Mai Trip #3)

On February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 By iamjoanrioIn #ThailandLeave a comment

"But I'm a wildflower, A little funny. If I was a rose, Maybe you'd want me." Sierra Burgess surely knows how to console you when you think that you are far from being a pretty flower because that's what I felt standing in the middle of the rose garden. Let's talk about that in detail... …

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Bloom and Blossom (Chiang Mai Trip #2)

On February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 By iamjoanrioIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Most of us dream of fairy tales until such a time we realize that it does not exist and would remain just like that - a dream. But once in a while, right in the middle of our ordinary existence, life gives us a fairy tale. Unexpectedly, I had one brief magical moment on our …

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On Sacred Grounds (Chiang Mai Trip #1)

On February 10, 2019February 13, 2019 By iamjoanrioIn Uncategorized4 Comments

Marjorie Holmes once said, "At Christmas, all roads lead home."  But what is home? They said it's a place where your family is - Philippines. And some said it's where your heart is - UK. I was in neither. So at that time of the year, my road led to somewhere else - Chiang Mai! Chiang …

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