One of my best friends recently saved up, quit her job, and started traveling around the world. Side note, I’m so proud of her! She started her adventures in Thailand and since I have flight benefits and she asked me to come I said why not?! Chiang Mai, Thailand was gorgeous and the people were all so welcoming. I had an amazing but quick 4 days there. We packed those days full with the lantern festival, bathing elephants, learning to cook Thai curry and visiting the local temples. I had been a bit intimidated to go to Asia since the culture is so different there but after this trip I…