Author Archives: racheldennisotr
Wanaka Wanderings
After we picked up the camper from Queenstown we drove to Wanaka to visit an old school friend of mine Ali and her two lovely little boys. Wanaka is about an hour from Queenstown and the town is beautifully situation … Continue reading
Road Tripping in NZ
When I told friends I was traveling with my parents in a campervan around New Zealand for a month there were a few raised eyebrows. “Really?…With your parents, for an entire month….in a campervan?!”, “Yes, why not!”. Sure I had … Continue reading
Sydney In Brief!
It’s been six years since I moved from Sydney to New York and over three years since I had last visited. Having lived in Sydney for nearly ten years I was looking forward to catching up with good friends and visiting … Continue reading
Bangkok
Miriam and I finally arrived in Bangkok late on Friday night. Nadine had recommended a guest house called Shanti Lodge where she had stayed on prior visits to Bangkok. It was just what we needed for our two days in … Continue reading
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An Unexpected Journey
Miriam and I left Nadine, Island Yoga and Koh Yao Noi for Bangkok on Friday afternoon. We were flying Air Asia from Krabi to Bangkok and the journey went pretty smoothly until we got to Bangkok. We landed at 7pm … Continue reading
Island Yoga…or There and Back Again!
After leaving Paradise Koh Yao I travelled by 4×4 further south on the island, bouncing and skidding along an unmade road through rubber tree plantations to Thakhao bay and the home of Island Yoga. http://thailandyogaretreats.com/kohyaonoi.htm# I didn’t really have any … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Friendship, Island Yoga, Koh Yao Noi, Thailand, Yoga
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Fun In a Paper Bag
Traveling with girlfriends, there’s nothing quite like it, especially when sharing a room or bungalow together. So obviously I was the messy one, Amy the tidy one and Shereen somewhere in-between. Our conversations went from the intense and serious (work, rape … Continue reading
The Digital Traveller
Earlier this week I researched and booked a hostel room on http://www.hostelbookers.com on my iPod Touch whilst lying on the beach. It seemed far too easy, lazy even, but also so very convenient and comforting. Three days ago I FaceTimed … Continue reading
Flash-Packing at Indigo Pearl
“Back packing seems to have changed a lot since you last travelled Rachel.” Dad was peering over my shoulder at the screen of my laptop as I checked out http://www.indigo-pearl.com the website for the resort where I was to spend … Continue reading
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