100 Days of Travel & 100 Reasons to Love It!

100 Days of Travel & 100 Reasons to Love It!

Posted on 03. Dec, 2010 by in Blog, Thailand

Today it has been exactly 100 days since we arrived in Beijing, in that that time we have travelled through China, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

This post is coming to you from Chiang Mai, Thailand, our home for the next three months. We chose Chiang Mai for the simple reason everyone seems to love it here and I can see why but more on that later.

The plan is to chill out, work on the blog, enjoy the company of Team Chiang Mai and at some point, when we can build up enough motivation to do a TEFL course.

For now though lets celebrate our 100 days with 10 reasons to love travel, I know I said 100 but lets be honest your attention will have gone by #41 and so will mine.

1 ) The little achievements count
When you’ve been away from home for a bit finding those little treasures you’ve missed become a huge success story, something as simple as a chocolate bar. If you find water at 5p cheaper than you’ve been paying all week, well, it’s time to go out celebrating!

2) Being Lazy
Fancy spending all day in bed or just really can’t be bothered to do anything, don’t worry about it as long as you don’t tell anyone it can be your little secret.
“Where were you yesterday?”
“Tracking lions in the jungle of course!” ;)

3 ) Bragging
Bragging to family and friends is one of my favourite things to do at the moment. People like to share everything on facebook and there’s nothing like comparing your day in the sun to theirs at work – you’ll always win!

4 ) We’re Brave
Yup that’s right, Kirsty and I are extremely brave, or so we kept getting told before we set off on this trip, we’re practically national hero’s, the only people ever to leave the British Isles and survive for more than a few seconds. I’ll let you into a little secret, we’re not brave at all, it’s actually very easy.

Swimming at Ha Long Bay Vietnam

Life is Awesome!

5) No household chores
Living out of hotels and guesthouses means strangers come into a room and clean up all the mess we’ve been working on for the last few days, it’s incredible. As for washing clothes as well, it’s not necessary as long as you keep on the move, wear your favourite t-shirt for a week, no-one will know, just don’t spill curry on it.

6 ) Pretending to be rich
Take where we are living at the moment for example, we have a rooftop gym and pool for Christ’s sake, I had to quit my gym at home because it was too expensive but here it’s fine. Granted at home in England you would struggle to find a place with an outdoor pool, maybe a sauna would be more useful.

7 ) Beer is Cheap
It’s terribly cheap in some places, in Vietnam I could get a huge bottle of beer for 30p, cheaper than water in many places, it would be wrong not to take advantage, I had at least one beer every day for six weeks! Still cheap in Thailand but not so cheap I can’t say no!

8 ) You can have online friends and not be a loser
Running a travel blog on the road means you get to know lots of people over facebook and twitter without meeting them in person – at home you would be a loser who can only make friends online, out here your ‘networking’.

9 ) Flip Flops are acceptable for any occasion
Who goes out for a posh meal at home in flip flops, no-one! When your on a trip (obviously somewhere warm – in Antarctica wearing flip flops still means your a freak) they are standard issue, they have to be worn (not with socks).

10 ) Anything is possible
The very best thing about travelling, that comes above all the rest, is the realisation that it is very possible to live all of your wildest travel fantasies and once you’ve had a taste of one adventure it’s unlikely you’ll stop anytime soon.

So these are our favorite ten things about this long term travel business, obviously there are many more, perhaps usual, good points such as the freedom and the people you meet but they are a given.

Whats the weirdest thing you enjoy about travel? If it’s sleeping with lots of strangers, please don’t go into too much detail….

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51 Responses to “100 Days of Travel & 100 Reasons to Love It!”

  1. Michael

    03. Dec, 2010

    Congrats on your 100 days! Here’s to another 100!
    It’s great going into big nightclubs with flipflops on and its totally acceptable.

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    • Poi

      03. Dec, 2010

      It is!
      Someone said to me: You’re not going out in flip flops are you?
      Well of course I am, what else am I going to wear… Shoe’s??!?

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  2. Natalie

    03. Dec, 2010

    Well done on 100 days. Glad you only made it ten reasons as well. You are right when you say I would not read them all.

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  3. Gillian

    03. Dec, 2010

    Congrats on a 100 days! And thanks for sparing us the other 90 great reasons!! Cheers!

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  4. Skott and Shawna

    03. Dec, 2010

    Nice job on 100 days down!!! But to be honest, considering we HAVEN’T left yet, and are simply living vicariously through all of you from our cubicles…I probably would have read all 100!!

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  5. Dee

    04. Dec, 2010

    Couldn’t agree more with #2!!! You need those sort of days otherwise you burn out way too quick.

    Congrats on the 100 days. Sadly for us it’s been well over 100 days since we returned home….

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    • Poi

      04. Dec, 2010

      Yeah #2 is a very important one and thanks!

      How many days until you go away again??

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  6. Jaime

    04. Dec, 2010

    Congrats, I remember when we 1st met you were counting down with 6 months to go now your 100 days in… THATS CRAZY!!!

    I cant wait to enjoy all of those 10 reasons.

    PS: Thanks for putting NO SOCKS w/ sandals. I dont know how people not know you shouldnt wear socks w/ sandals. Its a fashion NO NO!

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    • Poi

      04. Dec, 2010

      I know, it’s crazy how quick time has passed and thank you Jaime for being such a regular visitor – means a lot!

      Speaking of fashion no no’s – I’ve just noticed what I’m wearing in the main picture for this post, maybe I should have included Dressing like a tramp as one of the ten!?!

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  7. Ali

    04. Dec, 2010

    Congrats on your first 100 days! I hope you actually have done some laundry in all that time though :-) Have fun in Thailand!

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    • Poi

      04. Dec, 2010

      Thank you! and yeah we have done a BIT of laundry, once every month and a half is good yeah?

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  8. turkey's for life

    04. Dec, 2010

    We love the actual ‘travel.’ Sitting on buses for hours on end. No proper sleep. Strange. I think it’s the excitement of wondering what your destination is going to be like when you finally get there.

    Friends at home are saying we’re saddos for having online friends. :) Yeah, ‘networking’ is a good way to get around that one!

    Congratulations on your 100 days anyway!!!! :)

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    • Kirsty

      04. Dec, 2010

      That’s our worst bit…. i get very grouchy with little sleep so travel days can be a bit testing! But I always get excited getting to a new place,I love it once we have dropped the bags off and go exploring first the first time!
      Network is a perfect excuse for anything… getting drunk… no no no I am networking! ;)

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  9. Heather

    04. Dec, 2010

    100 days on the road!! I can’t believe you’re at the mark already :-) When I hit 6 months last week I wondered where the time had gone!!

    Love when people tell us we’re brave :-) Have fun in Thailand!

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    • Kirsty

      04. Dec, 2010

      I know it is crazy, we were counting down for sooo long and now it’s going really fast! absolutely loving it!here in Chiang Mai :-)

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  10. Kieron

    04. Dec, 2010

    Congrats guys, 100 days is an awesome achievement! Hopefully you’ll be still traveling when we hit the road in 6-7 months time! :)

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  11. Globetrottergirls

    04. Dec, 2010

    Congratulations on your 100-days mark! The apartment in Chiang Mai sounds lovely, we’ll keep that in mind for when we get to Asia next year. What we love most about traveling is the freedom we have. Nobody tells us what to do, we don’t care anymore if it’s Monday morning because we’re not sitting in some stupid office :-)

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    • Kirsty

      04. Dec, 2010

      exactly, we sometimes forget when it’s weekends now, instead of counting down to them!
      Yeah we’re living in the Smith Residence and it is like 5* luxury! Esp when we are used to hostels! :)

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  12. Nick Laborde

    05. Dec, 2010

    Congrats on 100 days. Your right my attention span is not that long. Yet it would totally be wrong not to take advantage of the cheap beer. Is it any good?

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    • Kirsty

      05. Dec, 2010

      Thanks Nick – Poi says the beer is pretty good, might have something to do with the price though, how can it taste bad when your paying so little for it.

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  13. Andi

    05. Dec, 2010

    Anything is possible, amen!!! I looooove that feeling when I travel.

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    • Poi

      05. Dec, 2010

      Thats one of the best things about it – we’re dreaming up all sorts of ideas now we never would have thought about before!

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  14. David @ Malaysia Asia

    05. Dec, 2010

    Hey Poi and Kristy, Congrats on 100 days of travel on the road! Many more interesting days to come on your travels and may you have a wonderful experience! Also, thanks for joining my Travel Contest :) Good Luck!

    David

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  15. Elise

    05. Dec, 2010

    Isn’t travel good?! Beer, thongs (flip flops), doing nothing ALL DAY if you want to!!
    There have been many times when Ant and I only have one thing to do (like get bandaids or something) and we still sometimes can’t be bothered doing that! We’d much prefer hanging around, eating drinking, reading and meeting people-and you know what! That’s the best thing about it all-you can!
    Glad you’re still loving it all-we’re close to our 365 day mark and can’t believe how quick that has gone.
    Have fun in Chiang Mai :)

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    • Poi

      06. Dec, 2010

      Thanks! That sounds like us aswell, one thing to do all day and we stll don’t get round to it. It’s great being able to do that and not letting anyone down or feeling like we have to.

      Wow congrats on (nearly) reaching th 365 mark! Cheers!

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  16. AdventureRob

    05. Dec, 2010

    Good work on making the 100 day milestone. It’s very much a ‘I’ve settled into this travelling stuff’ milestone.

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    • Poi

      06. Dec, 2010

      Thanks – That’s the way it feels now, this is normal life, not sure what we did before.

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  17. AudreyDez

    06. Dec, 2010

    Love the no 2,3,5 and 10!! Anything is possible and you living your dream is a proof!:D Bravo!

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    • Poi

      06. Dec, 2010

      I guess it is! Thanks – Being Lazy and Bragging are without a doubt two of the best points!

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  18. Caz Makepeace

    06. Dec, 2010

    I love all of these, especially wearing flip flops to nightclubs. Great to see you have fitted into this perfect lifestyle so well. Now for you to enjoy some expat living. Beautiful!!

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    • Poi

      06. Dec, 2010

      We love it and can eaily get use to this lifestyle on a long term basis!

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  19. Erica

    06. Dec, 2010

    Congrats guys!

    I am so glad to be able to keep up with you while you are living your dream. The flip flops thing sounds completely up my alley – and if you guys do get teaching jobs up there maybe we can bump into each other some time. :D

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    • Poi

      06. Dec, 2010

      Thanks Erica – I’m sure we’ll be somewhere around Asia when you get here, you’ve given us yet another excuse to stay! Look forward to it!

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  20. Annie

    10. Dec, 2010

    I can’t believe you guys are at 100 days already! That’s awesome, congrats on that!

    10 very good reasons! Wish you the best in your continued travels, I have enjoyed reading about them thus far! :)

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  21. Joya

    12. Dec, 2010

    Great list! My favorite thing about travel is how liberating it is. You can live by the simplest means and not worry about anything but what you are doing on that particular day.

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    • Poi

      12. Dec, 2010

      Yeah I agree! – there are so many great things about it, I’m sure the list could go on and on!

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  22. Ayngelina

    04. Jan, 2011

    Congratulations, China is a tough country too, so glad you hear you are in good spirits

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  23. Suzy

    10. Jan, 2011

    Congratulations on the big 100 days! I remember reading about all of your pre-trip thoughts. You guys have come so far and seem to be enjoying all that goes into travel.

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    • Kirsty

      10. Jan, 2011

      We are enjoying every moment of it, what is there to not enjoy!

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    17. Jul, 2012

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