Wanderlust

So it's the night before we leave and I can't really wrap my mind around the fact that it's finally here. We planned this whole trip out soooooo long ago that it never really seemed real and sort of still doesn't. Quick recap: We will get to MSP airport around 2pm and take off at 4pm for Chicago. We will fly out of Chicago to Taiwan at 12am. Then we will fly from Taiwan at 6am Tuesday morning (time changes are insane) and finally land in Bangkok at 11am on Tuesday January 2. Check out the map below. Today was kind of a rough day for me. We did our last tanning session yesterday and I burned myself in a bunch of spots because I'm an idiot. I didn't sleep well last night because of that (like 4 hours of sleep). We drove up to Alexandria to visit Lacey's mom's family which was great buuuuut we had to drop off our cat, Loki. Lacey's mom is doing us a huge favor and is cat-sitting him while we're gone. Loki is our little cat baby so it was kind...

Merry Christmas to everyone! Lacey and I had a super awesome, great Christmas. It was fun to spend time with family and I'm so thankful for all the food and gifts and time spent together. So we are 3 days out now. It's crunch time! This is going to be a boring post because I'm trying to get my blogging muscles back in shape. So if you're not that interested in small details or lists, this isn't the blog post (or blog?) for you lol.  Here's some things we're getting ready: We submitted and got our Cambodia visas. Some countries just let you into the country with a passport while others require a fee and some more paperwork. Cambodia is especially weird because they require a passport photo as well as the extra paperwork. So I got our pics scanned in and they approved our visas. That should allow us to just walk in and not wait in another line.  We are tanning. I've never done this before and I don't hate it except when I burned myself the ...

For most people this won't be that interesting to read about but I wanted to post the planned schedule for where we'll be each day for family or friends wondering. This is the longest trip I've done since Europe in college (Lacey went to Europe this summer for 5 weeks so this is old hat for her).  Sunday, December 31 - Fly to Chicago at 3:55pm Monday, January 1 - Leave Chicago at 12:20am Tuesday January 2 - Land at 10:40am, find our hostel, explore a little, and rest up Wednesday January 3 - Bangkok (historical sights, canal tour, lots of food, khao san road) Thursday January 4 - More Bangkok, fly to Krabi at 6:15pm Friday January 5 - Beach Time, Phi Phi Island tour? Or other tour? Saturday January 6 - Ao Phang Nga National Park (Boat tour and canoe trip) Sunday January 7 - Beach Time, take boat to Phuket Area Monday January 8 - Elephant Jungle Sanctuary, more beach time Tuesday January 9 - Fly to Siem Reap, Cambodia at 6:20am, find hotel, explore temples? Wedn...