Posts tagged thailand

THE TRIP I'LL LOOK BACK ON FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

“Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?”

Photo DiariesNiki HerringJuly 19, 2019thailand Comment

IT FEELS SO SCARY GETTING OLD..

It was 11PM and I could feel the warm humid air of Thailand kiss my cheeks as a slight breeze came through the nighttime

The sound of tokay geckos still echo in the back of my mind as I reflect on that night..

I was just laying there taking it all in..

I hit shuffle on my music and the first song to come on was Ribs by Lorde. A song I haven’t heard in years.. You know the one right?

I can feel the same goosebumps right now as I did in that moment as the song started to pick up.

As it changed from each verse.. until the goosebumps turned into slow rolling tears..

LifeNiki HerringJuly 14, 2019thailandComment

CHEOW LAN LAKE - A DREAM OR REALITY

I just really felt myself getting lost here and feeling small.

Like I didn’t matter in that moment of time, because the only thing that mattered was what was right in front of me and the time I had with it.

I just was so appreciative of life this day and kept holding on to every little moment - I didn’t want to let it go.

Travel GuidesNiki HerringJune 22, 2019thailandComment

CANOEING THROUGH KHAO SOK NP

Khao Sok National Park was the time of Thailand when I knew I had truly fallen in love, like I ripped a piece of my heart to leave here forever. Probably because it was halfway through my time in this beautiful country and it seemed more real to me that I was there. Probably because it’s the furthest I’ve ever felt away from home and the rest of the world.. Khao Sok just was the true reason for my loving of Thailand. We went from beaches and island hopping to a place that felt like Jurassic park.

My TripsNiki HerringJune 9, 2019thailand Comment

KO LANTA - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THAILAND

Once I left Krabi I was honestly scared.. Scared to not have moments like the ones I just did, scared that transportation would be hard to find, scared I would get sick of island life. But everything I was once scared of just turned into everything I loved about Ko Lanta.

Ko Lanta is such a quiet island and so small you can get from one side to the other within probably 2 hours - that’s if you’re not making any stops.

Travel GuidesNiki HerringJune 5, 2019thailandComment

KRABI.. THE HARDEST GOODBYE

To be honest as I start to reminisce on my trip as I’m halfway through. Krabi left the biggest imprint on me. Maybe it was because it was a lot of firsts for me. First real big collaboration, first time seeing Thailand, first time getting involved with the culture and people, first time on a long tail boat.

It was a lot of firsts - therefore it’s a lot of memories left with me.

My Trips, Travel GuidesNiki HerringMay 29, 2019thailand Comment

KRABI, THAILAND HAS MY HEART.

Krabi, you are absolutely incredible.

I’m writing this as we take a shuttle to a pier where we’ll hop onto a ferry and then another shuttle to our hotel. Situated in the beautiful island of Koh Lanta

And I’m just reminiscing on these past four days as if it was all a dream. I felt like I had shut my eyes on the plane and never woke up. The views, the people, the culture, the vibes. Everything about Krabi had a warm welcome compared to anywhere I’ve ever been.

It’s scary honestly, having all these moments I did the past few days. How amazing it all was, it feels like it wasn’t real. I’m honestly living in a dream, one I’m too scared to wake up from.

My Trips, Travel GuidesNiki HerringApril 16, 2019thailandComment

40 HOURS OF TRAVEL

Honestly guys. Travel isn’t always rainbows and butterflies, it’s not always beautiful and easy.

Everyone told me that going in and I believed them but what I didn’t know is that I would be experiencing it all within 4 hours of leaving my house.

4 flights and 38 or 40 hours of travel, I was bound to get sick or something was suppose to go wrong.

But my first flight from Seattle to LA - It hit me.

LifeNiki HerringApril 8, 2019thailand Comment

Life

LIKE WE WERE YOUNG AGAIN.

I’ve felt like more childlike wonder these past 2 months than I did all of my last year total. You see, I always have a young spirit and I love spontaneity, adventure, always being on the go, you name it. But with that, also comes an old soul in me; the worrying and figuring out of the future. I sometimes forget the slow down period. The period of looking around and taking in everything that this moment offers. I forget to scream to the world just how happy I am when I feel like it, to laugh out loud to the point someone could mistake it for a dying seal, to cry when I feel something. Sometimes I just forget to really live. Like how we did when we were young.

A YEAR OF LESSONS

Here we are again. End of December looking back at everything that happened throughout this whole year, that bittersweet reflection of everything you’ve done throughout the past 365 days. That sort of painful sit down of looking back knowing it’s about to be nothing but memories in the past. Knowing all those moments were literally once in a lifetime. It’s so bittersweet.

WINTERTIME BLUES.

Some days are better than others.. I’m sure if you suffer with depression or anxiety like I do, you know that sometimes you’re on top of the world and it feels like you could scream to it just how happy you are and how great life is.. Sometimes the world feels like it’s crushing down on you instead. To a point you just want it to suffocate you, to take away the uninvited thoughts and feelings. Right now it feels a lot like being suffocated.