August 23, 2015||It has been a minute…(JOURNEY HOME)

August 23, 2015 by swoody42

Hello friends and family! I have been off the blog for the past month because I have been pursuing yoga….I completed my yoga teacher training yesterday and I could not be more happy! I never knew that I had this kind of discipline and I also can not believe that I made it!!! The program I went through was It’s Yoga Satellite Thailand and we had our workshop in Krabi, Thailand. It was stunning. Morning practices on the beach…monsoon thunderstorms […]

Categories: Thailand • Tags: ashtanga, gypset, knowledge, krabi, rocketyoga, Thailand, tranquility, yogatraining, yogilife

July 31 |Travel from Bali,Indonesia to Krabi,Thailand|

July 31, 2015 by swoody42

well…hello! For the past 10 days I’ve been wandering around Bali, Indonesia and the Gili islands. I’ll post more about where to eat//what to do this week. Wifi in Asia has been spotty but wifi in Bali has definitely taken the cake for being the absolute worst. Last night, I said goodbye to Tucker and Houston and I’ve been traveling solo to Krabi, Thailand. For some reason, I figured it would be an easy skip…but lord have mercy this girl […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: a1asiasquad.

July 22, 2015|Bali, Indonesia|

July 23, 2015 by swoody42

When we arrive in Bali, we all give each other high-fives. This is the last leg of our trip together and we are so ready to be in such a beautiful place. Everyone who has a return flight gets a free visa, I do not have a return flight so I paid $20 for a bali visa…I only have 4 empty pages left in my passport and filling it is no doubt a goal of mine. When we make it […]

Categories: Indonesia • Tags: adventure, amazing, bali, blessed, gypsettravel, interiordecorating, travel, villalife

July 21, 2015 |Travel from Hanoi, Vietnam to Bali, Indonesia|

July 23, 2015 by swoody42

The boys wake up early and head off to get their final fittings of their suits..In Asia, specifically Vietnam, you can get custom made suits for very cheap. The boys are taking advantage of this deal and are both really excited to be suited up. It is Alexandras birthday today!! We head to breakfast and are greeted by birthday music and a cake at breakfast Over the past couple of days, the staff at Hanoi Elegance has become our friends…even […]

Categories: Vietnam • Tags: adventure, bali, gyspet living, positive attitude, singaporeairlines, singaporeairport, travel, traveldelays

Meet the A1 squad.

July 21, 2015 by swoody42

The people that I have been traveling with in Asia could not be a more incredible group of people. You learn so much about people through travels and this crew has become my family. Even when travel has thrown us curve balls, this group knows how to keep smiling faces and positive attitudes…which makes them even more special.  Check em out:  Houston:    If you follow me on social media, you know that this guy is a huge part of […]

Categories: My Asia crew. • Tags: a1asiasquad.

July 19, 2015| Ha Long Bay, Vietnam|

July 20, 2015 by swoody42

There is no wifi on the boat, which we were unaware of. We have had no service to reach our parents and we hope that they know we are safe. It is really nice to be so disconnected from the world because it allowed us to be fully present in this beautiful gem of the world. We wake up at around 7:30 AM to the sound of the boat’s engine starting. Breakfast is served..fruit, eggs, toast and coffee. Thao greets […]

Categories: Vietnam • Tags: adventure, backpacking, gypset, halongbay, happy, kayaking, livinglifetothefullest, squidfishing, travel, vietnam

July 18, 2015|Ha Long Bay, Vietnam|

July 20, 2015 by swoody42

HA LONG BAY! We catch a quick breakfast upstairs and head down to meet our van. In the van, there is another group of 4 from Russia. The drive to Ha Long Bay is about 3.5 hours long and everyone passes out. I could not fall asleep because the Russians were non stop talking….we make it to a pit stop after about 2 hours. We pull in to a parking lot and walk in to a building with jewelry, workers […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: adventure, bhayacruise, gypsetliving, ha long bay, thelegendboattour, travel, vietnam

July 17, 2015 |Hanoi, Vietnam|

July 20, 2015 by swoody42

Waking up to the sound of roosters and car horns. Good morning Hanoi. We head up to the 12 floor to grab breakfast and create a game plan for what we want to do on our first day in Vietnam. When we walk down to the lobby, we sit down with the concierge and ask a bunch of questions about places we want to go. Wow, little did we know…Vietnam  is huge and there is no way we are going […]

Categories: Vietnam • Tags: adventure, anewday, backpackerscene, exploring, greentangerine, gypset, gypsettravel, hanoi, hanoielegancehotel, tomsbar, vietnam, vietnamesefood, wheretoeathanoi

July 16, 2015|Luang Prabang, Laos to Hanoi, Vietnam|

July 20, 2015 by swoody42

Today is our first day in a long time that we have no morning activities. We all talk advantage of the extra time and sleep in. Around 11 AM, we pack up our bags and head downstairs. We walk to the main street in search of breakfast but it’s too late. Our yoga instructor had told us about a cool restaurant/bar with a yoga patio on the river called Utopia, and as we were walking through town we saw signs […]

Categories: Laos • Tags: adventure, blogging, gypsetliving, hanoi, laosairlines, learningaswego, travel, Vietnamvisa