HoneyTrek

A couple on a 5,000-day honeymoon around the world. Currently exploring Thailand our 91st country, and loving every day! Check out http://HoneyTrek.com for photos, connecting up on social, and living your best life!

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Can one of the world’s most luxurious hotels also be among the most adventurous and sustainable? Watch this video from our stay at @ShintaManiWild to find out! ShintaMani @Cambodia Tourism Board partner KingdomofWonder RegenerativeTravel CardamomMountains See less

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The Cardamom Mountains are home to one of Southeast Asia’s most intact rainforests and also one of the most threatened. @WildlifeAlliance has been working with the Cambodian Ministry of Environment since 2002 to stop illegal logging, poaching, and wildlife trade. To help their efforts, @ShintaManiWild built a ranger station and covers their salaries, expenses, and equipment. As a thank you and to raise awareness of their conservation work, they take guests on patrol…and we know we were sooo in! We hopped on motorbikes with Wildlife Alliance & the armed government rangers to patrol a slice of their 1.4 million-hectare range, looking for illicit activity. We went deep into the jungle, splashing through rivers, busting through branches, and surveying the ground. Today, we found 2 cases of illegal logging and 1 snare, then added our findings to their database for closer investigation and monitoring. Since 2002, Wildlife Alliance has removed over 275,000 snares, stopped 3,500 cases of land encroachment, and rescued 7,000 wild animals…such amazing work and so stoked we could be a part of it for a day!

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A hotel check-in like no other…Take a vintage army jeep into the Cardamom Rainforest, climb a seven-story tower, and zipline for 380 meters above the tree canopy! Coming in hot at 50km/hr you reach station two, then bounce along the suspension bridge and strap in for your final flight. Zipping past a raging waterfall, you reach the Landing Zone Bar, where your Adventure Butler is waiting with a cool towel and fresh coconut. Welcome to @ShintaManiWild, quite possibly the world’s most adventurous luxury lodge. zipline ecolodge kingdomofwonder @Cambodia Tourism Board

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In a rapidly developing world, have you ever been nervous to travel back to a place you loved, for fear it had changed for the worse? We just returned to the capital of Cambodia after 13 years, and Phnom Penh was even better than we remembered! Without losing its gritty charms, the capital has blossomed with new green spaces, glittering monuments, cute cafes, and more urban delights. What was once little more than a sidewalk along the Tonle Sap River is now a glorious tree-lined promenade, hosting weekly festivals. Koh Pich, which was basically a sandbar, is now an island gleaming with skyscrapers. And the French colonial central market with grannies selling their fish, fruit, and stir-fried noodles? They were smart enough to leave that exactly as is. While rapid urban development and foreign investment can certainly have their downsides, Phnom Penh is a capital city that was begging for a jumpstart. The Khmer Rouge totalitarian regime of the 1970s decimated the country’s infrastructure, murdered a quarter of its population, and left unfathomable trauma to its citizens. But today, with 80% of Cambodia’s population under 40, there is a new generation fueled by optimism. Whether it was chatting with a street food chef or sitting alongside couples on our sunset cruise, smiles were a part of every local interaction and made us so happy to be back. kingdomofwonder partner @cambodia_tourism_board https://www.instagram.com/p/DZNevRRkk8K/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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When in the capital of Cambodia, a night cruise is a must! City sights, glittering lights, cool breeze, and a local beer for $5...can't beat that! @Cambodia Tourism Board

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We weren’t planning on a trip to the Chiang Mai countryside, but when we met the utterly charming Peter & Dtor, and they told us about their near-net-zero ecolodge and how community-based tourism has transformed their village, we re-routed! See our stay at @harmonyhuailan in their gorgeous rice paddy cabins and all our cultural adventures–from weaving on a handloom to chanting with Buddhist monks at a house blessing ceremony!

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We are so honored that our friends at Harmony @ Huailan included us in a Buddhist house blessing ceremony in their Chiang Mai village. The family welcomed us into their home, decorated with prayer flags and flowers. The highest monks of the region were there to give their blessing with chants, holy water, and a spiritual guidance. Once the ceremony was complete, the monks summoned us over and tied an amulet around our wrists to protect us from negative energy and bring good luck. We'll wear this spun-cotton bracelet until the day it falls off and treasure this experience forever.

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So thrilled we made it to the Eco Resort Network Summit in Thailand! Run by our dear friend, publisher of Glamping Business Magazine & director of The Glamping Show, the incredible Steph Curtis-Raleigh, we knew this annual outdoor hospitality conference would be top-notch and extra fabulous in Chiang Mai. Holding true to the @ecoresortnetwork name, this intimate event was held at @aleentaretreatchiangmai— century-old teak dwellings turned Michelin Key and National Geographic Traveller “Best Wellness Haven.” Better yet, our group of 60 hospitality experts had this fab hotel all to ourselves, sharing dawn meditation, leisurely lunches, and pool parties late into the night for extra quality time. While ERN26 hosted formal talks and panel discussions, it was more of a rolling forum on using travel as a force for good. I loved this question posed by Guy Heywood, former COO for both Six Senses & Alila, “If your hotel disappeared tomorrow, would the destination be better or worse for it?” There was a real call to action to move from sustainability to regeneration…to do more than donate to local communities but empower them to thrive…to create guest experiences that go beyond luxury and foster healing and human connection. “If we get this right, we don't just build hotels…we improve people’s lives.” Over the three days, we dove deep into the new frontier of regenerative travel, covering everything from wellness to design, community development, and building brands with integrity. By night, we had plenty to celebrate! We took Chiang Mai by storm, riding in tricked-out vans through the walled city to cocktail parties in historic mansions and live music at riverside bars. When it was time to say goodbye, our newfound friend circle lingered by the pool, made plans to further explore the city, and promised to find each other again in the world. Until next time, EcoResortNetwork friends! See our gallery from this inspiring event and the charming Chiang Mai. https://www.instagram.com/p/DY2HSGBkoZy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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They call the Museum of Old and New Art, “A Subversive Adult Disneyland,” we call it the coolest museum experience EVER. Wander this wonderland with us... @monamuseum monamuseum Tasmania museums @Discover Tasmania

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Join us on this Aboriginal-led, 4-day trek in the Bay of Fires, Tasmania! 35km walked, 2 camps stayed, 11 friends made, and infinite appreciation for the Palawa hospitality. Thank you, @Wukalina walk!

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Travel videography will never be the same again. We just got the Antigravity A-1: The World's First 360° Drone, and our first flight felt like we were playing a video game, and the footage was out of this world! Using a joystick and FPV vision goggles, we could move and see in any direction as we flew over the beach cliffs, looked down at the surfers, and up at the clouds for a fully immersive experience-- straight out of an amusement-park ride! The editing tool was a breeze and pulled together every possible angle into a seamless flow of 8K footage. The Antigravity A-1 is an absolute game-changer in content creation, and we cannot wait for our next flight! @Antigravity

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🍾 Learning the secrets of sparkling winemaking from Tasmania's most influential vineyard. In this hands-on workshop at Josef Chromy Wines, we added different "dosages" to make Extra Brut, Brut, Extra Sec, and blends to our desired sweetness. Sampling between our bubbles and the control, we chose our favorite, made a custom label, and bottled it up for a one-of-a-kind souvenir! 🍾 winemaking sparklingwine JosefChromy TamarValley @Discover Tasmania