Today's guest post comes from Kate McCulley of Adventurous Kate . Kate is a solo female traveler currently exploring Southeast Asia. She is committed to living a life of adventures, and as a result, rarely says no to a dare. But, while she's only a fraction of the way done with her trip, her plans have already changed a lot. What Happens When Travel Plans Change? Koh Lanta National Park, Thailand It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. I had an itinerary that had taken me months to perfect, taking me through ten Southeast Asian countries over the course of seven months. And instead of exploring the villages surrounding Pakse in Southern Laos, as my schedule had dictated, I was sunning myself on the pristine beaches of Thailand’s Andaman Coast. How the hell did that happen? You could say that I was craving a hot and sunny beach after the chilly mountains of northern Thailand. Or that I didn’t really feel like going to Laos just yet. Both were true. But also… I met a gu...