Pregame: The plan

I'm heading out of LAX on March 10th, and arrive in Bangkok March 12th just after midnight. I'll make my way to a hostel I have yet to reserve and meet up with Lauren.

We'll spend a few days in Bangkok, adjusting to the time zone, and getting visas for Laos.

Around the 14th we'll head up to Chiang Mai for a week.

Around the 20th we'll head east to Luang Prabang in Laos for a week.

Depending on when we want to arrive in Cambodia (Angkor Wat area), we'll either head straight there (possibly by boat along the river) or travel through the jungles in Thailand for several days en route.  

A few days there before heading west, back in to Thailand, and south along the coast to the Krabi/Phuket areas.

On the 17th of April I fly from Bangkok to Hong Kong and meet up with my dad. He'll be attending trade shows etc, so I'll be exploring on my own until the 23rd, when we take a train down to Guangzhou.  I fly out of Guangzhou on the 24th, back to LAX.

The only solid dates are the flights and the train to Guangzhou, everything else is pretty loose depending on what we figure out as we go. If you have any recommendations on things to do in the above places or places to go that I didn't mention, let me know!

Disclaimer

Friends who have (and are) traveling have kept blogs as a way to keep in touch with people back home, and I thought it was a good way to go about it (Rachel's Peace Corps in Kenya, Lauren's Adventure Eurasia). However, I doubt this will be updated regularly. If I haven't posted here in a while, don't presume me missing or dead.  I'm hoping this will end up as a way for me to share some of my experiences, and also to have a travel journal I can look back on later. We'll see if I add pictures here as well.

The best way to get in touch with me (as usual) is by email. If you comment or email me and mention the blog I'll be more likely to update, so please do!