From Taiwan to Thailand and going forward

 Eat / love / Pray

I had the most wonderful time traveling with my friends. From Taiwan to Thailand and going forward was the experience of my lifetime thus far. It's funny when you travel with your friends, you are able to turn to the person beside you and say "Did you see that?" It's awesome. My girl Kelsey and I planned to first go to Africa for the Chinese NY, but then decided to do something neither of us had ever done before, we decided to backpack through a few countries in Asia. Kelsey invited her girlfriend Jessey and her roommate Alex and we took off.  For me it was a way to give myself a birthday gift I would be able to cherish for the rest of my life. Traveling is my greatest passion along with photography and great food. My theory about travel is to "choose where you want to go based on the food"  The three passions combined was a chance I just could not pass up. I always imagined photographing far and distant places but being able to photography the ruins of Angkor Wat, the Beaches of Phuket and everything and everyone in between was WOW!.  The people of Phuket were beautiful and exotic just like the beaches and Islands, and the food was spicey and delicious in a way that made you fall in love it.  We even did some elephant riding along the villages and streams. Elephants splashed us with water as they cooled themselves and slowly continued to carry their amazed cargo (us ) to a breath taking height on the rocks where we could see the beaches below and watch the waves crash on the ankles of those playing at it's edge.   Please enjoy the photos and comments over the next few days as I continue to post and as I take you through my journey. From Taiwan to Thailand and going forward is the kind of travel I wanted this blog to be about. 
Enjoy...