Hey Paula! Wow, you found an old post here 🙂 To answer your questions, I try to plan ahead by getting what visas I need before leaving the US, but most can be applied for in neighboring countries or even right at the border/airport so there is plenty of room for spontaneity. As for adaptors, you can grab universal ones that have an adaptation for every outlet in the world! You can buy quite small ones as well. In bangkok they sell for about a buck, so I always pick some up when I’m there. Keep asking away as you read!

My question for you, I have a couple actually 1) some countries need you to have do the visa prior to visiting the country right? How do you concur that while not knowing where you’ll go next?

2) I love taking pictures myself, how do you manage the photos, SD cards, batteries, and the different adaptors for the outlets? Are there other travelers that let you borrow their adaptors? I cannot imagine hauling around the different outlet adaptors.

I’m sure there are more and as I read your blog, I’ll probably ask them 🙂

Ha, loving seeing this very, very old post being dug up 🙂 Bangkok is one of my favorite places on Earth… almost makes me heartsick to think of when I am not there.

It felt so crazy and exotic, but with the wonderful benefit of hindsight, I can see how it is much more tourist driven than many other places since.

You can’t help but love it though, with beautiful people, amazing food and great beer (well Chang at least, not so much Singha with its Formaldehyde added)!