Since I’ve been away from home I have been much better at appreciating the little things, pausing throughout the day to notice something new or stopping for a moment to realize how lucky I am to experience whatever beautiful, funny, confusing place I happen to be in.
Each Monday, I’ll post a quick blurb about something that has struck me in someway.
Sooo…
When I think of Chiang Dao, about an hour and a half outside of Chiang Mai, I picture stunning mountains, lush jungle, and lots of green. This is probably my only photo from a two-night getaway to Chiang Dao that doesn’t involve trees or plants…it was also probably one of my only moments – ever – while exploring a new place that I actually felt like I had found something.
We stumbled across an entry to a cave on the edge of some temple grounds. There was building going on and it looked off limits, but the local woman sweeping beckoned us to go in and look. A shrine, a nun and no one else around.
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To read more about Chiang Dao, check out ‘Chillaxin’ in Chiang Dao’ over at Wanderlust and Lipstick.
3 comments :
Beautiful!
I think one of the downsides to traveling in an age of Lonely Planet and endless travel info is a lack of that “finding” feeling that I imagine past generations had. Or maybe it just makes moments like this more special
Yeah….I don’t think ‘off the beaten path’ exists anymore. Which is fine, but it’s always nice to feel like you had a unique experience, special only to you.
I love that you featured the details, it is sometimes the most interesting part.