The Wandering Introverts

26/08/2019

Happy to my floofers 🐾⠀
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I can’t imagine life without them. The hardest part of our trip last year was being away from them for 4 whole months. They make me smile every day. We don’t deserve dogs 🐕 🥰

📷: Laura Lou

19/08/2019

I have been spending this summer reflecting on how these past few years of my life have gone and trying to set goals for the next years to come. It’s hard not to live in a place of regret and thinking, ‘I wish I would have....’ So, I am leaning into it. This sounds so dramatic 😂 But in order for me to plan for the next years to come, I am thinking about what I would have done if I were 18 again. ⠀
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I am curious... if you could choose a new career (not accounting for schooling and going into deeper student loan debt 😭), what would you choose? What’s something you wish you would have explored? I wish I would have done conservation science or working with wildlife in some capacity. What about you?

📷 : Laura Lou

16/08/2019

Gardens by the Bay in Singapore is full to the brim with gorgeous flora. We spent almost the whole day walking around in awe. How do they get so many different kinds of flowers to grow in the same place?? Magic. 🌸 @ Gardens by the Bay

14/08/2019

Looking for a unique way to tour a city? Try doing a bookstore day! We were getting a little tired of wats and temples at this point during our trip in Southeast Asia. We decided to shake things up a bit and go see most of Bangkok’s bookstores 📚 I planned the whole thing as a surprise for Stefan and he was ecstatic ( zoom in on his face 😂 )⠀
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This bookstore was huuuuuge. It took up the entire floor of a shopping mall. Complete with reading nooks and restaurants, this place is worth a visit if you are in Bangkok. ⠀

Where is your favorite bookstore? 🤓📚

13/08/2019

Bach Ma National Park is pure MAGIC ✨ ⠀
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I get so excited when I talk about this place. We were only there for 2 days / 1 night, but it left a gigantic imprint on my heart. We hiked through the forest with our guide, Mr. Na, to these enchanted pools of crystal clear water. He meditated while we took a dip and marveled at the beauty.

12/08/2019

Stefan and I spent a whole day visiting most of Bangkok’s independent bookstores. 📚 We were impressed with the adorable shops and had a blast taking public transportation the whole day. ⠀
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This was our first stop: Passport Bookshop. It was one of our favorites of the day. They had several books by Thai authors translated to English. ⠀
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Of all the adventures we went on during our trip, this day will be one that lives in our memories forever.

11/08/2019

We decided to splurge a little bit while we were in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. We went on a beautiful overnight cruise with Alisa Cruises. It was incredible. The food, the activities, our room. Everything was perfect. (Watch our Vietnam stories!) We ended the cruise by visiting a beach and hiking up to this lookout point. Vietnam is truly a magical country.

10/08/2019

Quick shoutout to this wonderful human who poses for silly pictures whenever I ask 😍⠀
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We are so excited to be planning a new adventure for this winter. We are heading to Greece on Christmas Day! We plan to start in Athens, then head to the Peloponnese to see Olympia, Sparta, and Corinth. We are ending with a 3 night stay in Oia on Santorini. Thinking of adding Delphi as a day trip somewhere in there. Drop any recommendations in the comments below!! 👇🏼

09/08/2019

New Zealand: where I constantly shouted at Stefan: “PULL OVER LOOK AT THAT VIEW!”
This was just a casual view off the highway 🤯

08/08/2019

Japan must-do: 🎋Arashiyama Bamboo forest in Kyoto. Get there early in the morning to have the place to yourself before the tour buses arrive! We rented bicycles from our hostel and had an amazing day biking around to all the sites around Kyoto.

07/08/2019

Honestly give me all the swing bridges & mountain views and I will be happy forever.

New Zealand blogs are on the horizon. Stay tuned 💫

06/08/2019

HELLO FRIENDS! We took a break from the blog-o-sphere to rest & gain perspective. Now we are back and ready to share more stories from our travels last year!

In this post we rave about the Thai island of Koh Yao Noi. We stayed for a couple of nights in paradise and realized pretty quickly why we loved it so much. Click the link to find out why!

I can't sing the praises of this island enough. It is perfect. I would live here in a second if we could bring our puppy darlings with us. Reason 1: There are n