Hong Kong
January 1, 2014
The last of my photos from Southeast Asia. Promising myself I will never take advantage of not having a deadline like I did with these photos ever again.
Wharf.
Agriculture via rooftop.
Andy Warhol exhibit.
Really cool trolley ride up the mountain.
One of the best juices I’ve had to this day.
Still have no idea what the special occasion was.
View from our guesthouse.
After we hiked up Dragon’s Back.
Unexpected favorite of the bunch.
At some space museum.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 19, 2013
Chinese temple
Loved these incense corkscrew ringlet things so much that I took two home! Offering incense smells so good it’s crazy.
By far my favorite part of KL – Batu Caves.
“I’m such a sucker for baby animals” – every girl ever.
Eating offering flowers, it’s nothing to him.
This guy is the reason that the monkeys aren’t afraid of humans and feel entitled to food…
So many monkeys!!
A pretty cool aviary.
Chinatown
Hindu temple directly across from our hostel.
Not one, but TWO moms and babies. Pretty much was dead at them holding tails.
Pretty sure these might be love birds… which makes this a literal love triangle.
Petronas towers.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
December 13, 2013
New website and tumblr is coming soon so be ready! As I’m getting these things together I’ve had to go through tens of thousands of photos but I’ve found it to be really motivational and inspiring  to look at everything I’ve seen & done in the past couple of years, so here’s the last of my photos from Thailand- enjoy 🙂
The first time we ate at this restaurant by our guesthouse. Gotta love them for trying with this sign…
Amazing passionfruit smoothie I had to document to remember.
We had a couple friends living here and this was a short walk from their place- an outdoor cafeteria of sorts.
Not gonna front, I was definitely nervous.
Zorb balls… this was about the most fun two adults can have sober.
Our driver stopped us here for an amazing view of the city. Sidenote – if you need a driver during your stay in Chiang Mai, we got his card and would love to pass on his info to anyone.
View from our guesthouse room.
Seems legit.
Trusty restaurant next to our guesthouse where we dined at several times. Also, eating rice among other foods with a spoon rather than a knife makes SO much sense and I still eat rice that way to this day.
We really lucked out with the driver that our guesthouse arranged for us. He was the most humble, down to earth man I met on our whole trip. He was a really good sport and drove us around for hours on our last day, made suggestions to our plans and took us to his favorite restaurant for northern Thai delicacies.
Restaurant where we had our last meal with our awesome driver.
One of my favorite markets throughout the whole trip.
Wooden temple.
What a cute little bar.
Crazy little mobile shrine.
Me and a baby tiger.
This was literally breathtaking.
My first time having khao soi. Highly recommend– I would consider it the northern Thai comfort food equivalent to chicken noodle soup (but WAY better).
Cute little sun deck at our guesthouse.
Bangkok, Thailand
December 5, 2013
So. Many. People.
Will never take a tuk tuk again. Very high anxiety.
Tuk tuks are cute but so scary.
Royal palace.
One of my favorite parts about Thailand (and a lot of SE Asia) was the ornate detail in just about everything.
Big regrets about eating this cold street food.
Crazy mall.
Still can’t believe I tried bugs… never again.
HUGE.
Wat Arun
Wat Arun.
Such s a steep climb… couldn’t decide if up or down was more scary.
Patio at the club where we saw Knife Party.
Sirocco Sky Bar.
Sirocco.
Sirocco.
Sirocco.
Hua Hin, Thailand
November 21, 2013
These photos are from the first leg of one of the best and most humbling trips I’ve ever taken, from when I went to visit my best friend at the end of his study abroad experience. Definitely can’t wait to go back – and will post photos from Bangkok next week.
Disclaimer – the shots from the waterfalls were taken with a very basic a point-and-shoot and won’t blow up well.
Butterflies.
Slippy
Southeast Asia has the weirdest flavored everything… these were weird.
Biggest lobster tail I’ve ever eaten (part of).
When you see it…
Perfect way to unwind after hiking in 90 degree/80% humidity sunny weather.
Literal paradise.
The little baby :’)
The Look.
Monkey Mountain
Probably what I miss the most about Asia/Australia/anywhere tropical is the selection of exotic fruits and also the intense flavor of fruits we get in the midwest. For example- pineapple and mango.
I am the biggest sucker for cute garnishes/flashy things in my drinks.
Dinner at the night market.
Songthaew = somewhat open air “bus” sometimes attached to a pickup truck.
Waiting for the songthaew.
San Francisco
October 31, 2013
Edited some outtakes from my recent trip to SF!
#ThrowbackThursday
Coit Tower.
The only pretty, thriving spot of Alcatraz.
The light was so beautiful in this hallway of Alcatraz.
Alcatraz.
Huge clovers in Armstrong Woods.
Floating neighborhood in Sausalito.
Bay Area.
Loved this cute neighborhood.
There was so much crazy graffiti in this neighborhood which is also allegedly the home of the burrito!
These SF hills…
Beginning of Chinatown.
Dubrovnik, Croatia 2012
October 17, 2013
Dubrovnik was a really cool city– I would say it had the most character of the three Croatian cities we visited. Walking the city walls was probably my favorite thing. The Old City is very small, and is completely contained within the city walls. Looking at these pictures kills me a little bit, just remembering how it felt to be surrounded by beauty all the time and probably not even appreciating it as much as I should have. This was the last leg of our Eastern European trip, which was part of my graduation gift from my mother– I had been in Geneva, Switzerland finishing up my bachelor’s degree in Photography for the past four months. My family came to watch me graduate in Geneva and then we decided to do some traveling further east. I absolutely must get back to Europe soon…
#ThrowBackThursday #tbt
Hvar Island, Croatia
October 10, 2013
I’ve been sorting through photos from my travels to finally redo my website and found some photos from Europe that I never published. Will get the rest of them up week by week. I recently changed a lot of things in my life, and the short of it is that I have Thursdays “off” now. I’m keeping my Thursdays open for personal goals, growth, and marketing for Jennica Mae Photography. That being said, new blog posts every Thursday from now on. This will be my first #throwbackthursday post.
Anyways, Hvar Island was super gorgeous and was basically like one big resort. We ended up going there a day or two early from Split (about 1 hour away on the ferry) because we were highly unimpressed with both the city of Split and our accommodations. My mom booked a sort of “guesthouse” rather than a hotel and it was just super weird. We were basically staying in someone’s house with all their things and the vibes were just wrong. Also there wasn’t even enough hot water for a shower so that wasn’t happening. The city of Split itself was very understimulating and didn’t have much in the way of things to do. Hvar proved to be a much better choice.
So lavish and beautiful.
We found the two cutest, tiniest kittens ever. It took everything in me to not bring them back to America.
Our hotel on Hvar was by far my favorite.
Outside view of our hotel.
Wouldn’t have minded staying at this hotel… next time. 🙂
Budapest, Hungary, 2012
April 26, 2013
Budapest was by far my favorite place in Eastern Europe that we went to. But it also just made me wish we were going to Istanbul even worse.
Getting off the train from Prague.
Hop On/Hop Off bus makes so much sense even though it makes you look like a total n00b.
Steepest trolley ride ever.
Buda Castle.
In the labyrinth below Buda Castle. 
Baths.
Krakow, Poland 2012
February 6, 2013
The first city of our Eastern Europe expedition.
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