On day 2, we awoke with the rising sun at 5:30am, packed up our cozy second story tent and headed south to Sossusvlei. The path was full of kudu antelope, a few baboons, some springbok and a friendly fox. Once entering the park, we drove another 65k into the
Namib-Naukluft National Park in search of some petrified trees. We didn’t realize it would be so early into our trek that we’d encounter sand driving and the need to engage the 4×4 capabilities of our truck. Thankfully, the car handled it well and we didn’t have to use the sand tracks, rope tow or shovel stowed in the back that many told us we’d inevitably need to use. Camping in Africa…so far, so good.
We’re off to Africa for 25 days of camping across Namibia and Botswana. Photos and updates to follow once we land on the new continent!
Bangkok, Thailand: We decided to go in search of fabrics while in Bangkok and everyone pointed us towards Chinatown and Little India. The markets were filled with shark fins, tuk-tuks, good deals and of course, the requisite oddities.
Bangkok, Thailand: When visiting a new place, there’s always one market that everyone lauds ‘Go there, it’s awesome’ but rarely is it really that awesome. That is not the case with the Jatujak Market. This place is as cool as the Brooklyn Flea, but about 1000x bigger. We thought we’d spend a few hours visiting yesterday, but we loved it so much we came back today for even more. The JJ Market weighs in as the largest market in all of Thailand, covering 35 acres, with 15,000 stalls and 200,000 visitors each weekend day. On one hand, it felt strangely familiar as we meandered through the stalls lined with trucker caps, dodged retro tuk-tuks outfitted with artisan ice creams and rubbed shoulders with BKK hipsters sipping iced coffee. What was completely new, however, were squirrels on leashes, adolescent trannies, carts of fried insects, the mango lady who hocked her goods with both a question and a statement (Mango? Mango!) and our favorite – dried squid on hangers. Yum!!
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Koh Tao, Thailand: We spent 22 beautiful days swimming & snorkeling the turquoise waters of
Jansom Bay. We loved the kindness of the Thai people who greeted us each morning with
Sawadee Ka and a smile. We’ll miss the red sky sunsets and our nightly walks to fresh seafood and a cold
Chang. Good night Koh Tao!
Koh Tao, Thailand: Each day we head out into
Jansom Bay and explore what’s under water. After the first few days of being captivated by the beaked coral fish, Christmas tree worms, Harlequin sweetlips, parrot fish, double barred rabbit fish, butterfly fish, long fin banner fish and pink skunk anemone fish, we decided to get an underwater camera case. While we’re not able to capture all of it for the blog, it’s pretty amazing to swim amongst this beautiful marine life.
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