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Spontaneous travel is my specialty!
Heyyy! I'm Aly, an expat living and teaching in Thailand. Check out recent adventures in the teaching, travelling, and hiking realms.
Spontaneous travel is my specialty!
Heyyy! I'm Aly, an expat living and teaching in Thailand. Check out recent adventures in the teaching, travelling, and hiking realms.
Spontaneous travel is my specialty!
Heyyy! I'm Aly, an expat living and teaching in Thailand. Check out recent adventures in the teaching, travelling, and hiking realms.
Mountains
Are
Calling
The legendary "Plank Walk" in Huashan, China
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Hang En Cave, Vietnam
I fell asleep close to 10pm and woke up as I was violently tousled in my bunk that sat just over the back wheel. I was startled awake and it took me a while to get a sense of where I was. I then remembered that I was on a bus to Phong Nha and that we should probably be there soon. In an intensely groggy state, I checked my phone to calculate the remaining time when I realized I had only been asleep for an hour and a half. It was just barely 11:30, and nearly everyone on the bus was awake.
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The Gear
For One week in the backcountry
05. Miscellaneous
headlamp, paracord, sleeping pad patches, spare batteries,
knife, lighter, stuff sacks for a bear hang, Buckshot speaker
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04. First Aid
bandaids, neosporin, afterbite, bugspray, snakebite kit, wet wipes, iodine tablets
03. Clothing
shirts (3), shorts or pants (2), sports bras (3), socks (3), light jacket layer, hiking boots, basecamp shoes, undies.
For Winter: puffy jacket, thermal layer, base layer, balaclava, ear warmer, gloves.
remember: no cotton!!
01. Sleeping
tent + footprint, sleeping bag + liner, sleeping pad, inflatable pillow
02. Food & Water
MSR pocket rocket stove, piezo lighter, MSR soloist cooking pot with bowls, sea-to-summit spoon,
nalgene with Lifestraw attachment, Steripen adventure water purifer, Platypus 2L water bladder, Gatorade electrolite gummies
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Breakfast: power bar or oatmeal packet
Lunch: tuna packet and flour tortilla, uncrustable sandwiches, or
Dinner: your favorite dehydrated food (we love Good To-Go),
Snacks: trail mix, power bars (Luna bars are my favorite!), turkery jerky