Flaming Raving. Beach Bums. Dancing Queens.
For the first time in this entire trip – I actually know where I will be for the next 9 days. I’m booked to stay on two different Thai islands across the next ten days. If last night is any indication...
View ArticleRandom thoughts from Koh Tao
I’m back on Koh Tao and really maximizing the island lifestyle. The last four days have been filled with Scuba stuff, but I’ve had a little bit of downtime to compose my thoughts. At the coffee...
View ArticleFive Days of Scuba
This is a story about a boy that only recently learned how to go underwater without holding his nose who became a top-notch Scuba diver over the course of five days. True story – only about two years...
View ArticleSunset on Koh Tao
The sun set today. I took pictures. It was amazing. I can’t pick a favorite one though…so have seven.
View ArticleIndecision 2013
Over the last three days I’ve been busy receiving my “Stress and Rescue” diving certification – a prerequisite to enrolling in a Dive Master course. At the same time I’ve been asking myself the...
View ArticleThe Koh Tao Experience
Koh Tao isn’t ‘just’ an island; it is a shared experience of 7-11s, Scuba diving, late night dancing in the ocean, buckets of alcohol, fire dancers, and balloons filled with laughing gas. On paper, the...
View ArticleOn leaving Koh Tao (a tale of two Butterworths)
Upon re-re-re-re-redeciding to leave Koh Tao, I reached for my wallet and briskly walked down to the nearest travel center on Koh Tao to purchase my transportation to Malaysia before I re-undecided or...
View Article6 Months Later: Unexpected Stories From 186 Days of Travel
Half a year. Six months. 186 days. Regardless of how you want to define it, this trip has now gone on longer than I ever expected it to. Along the way there have been a number of ridiculous (and...
View ArticleEverything Ends – Part II: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand
As I mentioned in my last post, I had no clear vision for what I would do in South East Asia – or even what the major ‘tourist attractions’ were within each of the countries. I knew Vietnam for its...
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