As photos and stories from travelers about the Lantern Festival have surfaced, Thailand has made the bucketlist for so many of us. It sounds so ... dreamy! And trust me, it is.

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I've been lucky enough to live in a few different countries (as a volunteer with ILP and on my mission for the Church of Jesus Christ), but the greatest thing about all of my trips has been the people I was able to meet. 

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If you're headed to China, you've got a chance to see these beautiful creatures in their home.

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Talk to any ILP volunteer and they’ll tell you to totally skip over Phuket and head to Krabi instead. 

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You gotta go to Yangshuo while you are volunteering in China…you just gotta. The best spots in this area are in the countryside outside of the little city  — to help you find them, here are some of our favorite guides you can hire for the day. 

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Don't get me wrong, I loved the Great Wall, but some of my absolute favorite trips in China were the ones I had never heard about. 

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Get ready to do some serious shopping. 

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Thailand is home to some of the best beaches in the world — but which ones are really the best? 

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Bali is unreal pretty, but not all the beaches are created equal. 

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Stay right on the beach in a bungalow, wander empty stretches of sand, find waterfalls in the jungles of a national park? This place has it all. 

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