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Stumbling Along After a few years or travelling and then a couple years of settling down in Sweden, I'm back on the road. 7 mths or maybe forever, in South Africa, the Seychelles, India, Nepal, SE Asia...

Trip: NYC,MIAMI, the French Riviera and the Land of Smiles

There are [32] stories from my trip: NYC,MIAMI, the French Riviera and the Land of Smiles


Exams and Snorkel Tests

THAILAND | Thursday, 20 Dec 2007 | Views [691]

Yesterday, I passed my first 3 exams. They were fairly easy, but it's still a good feeling. The next two exams, physics and physiology, should be a bit more difficult. But it can't all be fun I suppose. But i have to be honest. It hasn't been all work ... Read more >

Tags: Party time


Every Day is a Monday, Every Night is a Friday

THAILAND | Thursday, 20 Dec 2007 | Views [542]

I can't remember who said it, but it sums up the divers life on Phi Phi pretty acurately, "Every day is a Monday, every night is a friday." My average day starts when my alarm clock goes off at 6:30am. I usually snooze at least once, but ... Read more >

Tags: Work


Life in Paradise

THAILAND | Friday, 14 Dec 2007 | Views [632]

Well the fun is over and the work has begun. I've spent the last week and a half busy off my feet. I dive from about 7:30 to 3 (been seeing a lot of octopuses and leopard sharks lately!) and then working from 6-9:30 or sometimes 12. The diving is going ... Read more >

Tags: Work


I'm a thai resident

THAILAND | Thursday, 6 Dec 2007 | Views [968] | Comments [1]

So i have been wandering around for the past 15 months, trying to figure out what Iam going to do with my life. I have been trying a lot of different things and hoping one of them sticks. I have been waiting for an opportunity that I can't refuse, one ... Read more >

Tags: Work


Might move to Koh Phi Phi

THAILAND | Friday, 30 Nov 2007 | Views [990] | Comments [1]

Well, well, well. My former hell has become heaven, and I'm not sure I can leave. Since i last wrote, I have been having a really good time in Phi Phi. A few nights ago, I ran into the really nice indian-English guy from the FMP and went out with him ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine


Expansion (long but interesting day of love, bird sex, tsunamis, and hiking)

THAILAND | Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007 | Views [955]

Well things are looking up already (contract and expand!).Today was a truly lovely day - not just because I may be in love with my dive instructor. But it was one of those days where everything has gone well...let's hope i haven't just jinxed it. I ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine


One man's heaven is another man's hell

THAILAND | Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007 | Views [1421]

I realized tonight that I hate the world. That may seem dramatic, but it's true. Okay,I  don't so much hate the world as the people in it. Especially those in   Ao Ton Sai in Koh Phi Phi(not to be confused with Krabi's Ton Sai in which i adore not only ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!


Full Moon Partyin'

THAILAND | Monday, 26 Nov 2007 | Views [633] | Comments [1]

Well I survived the Full Moon Party, but just barely. I wish I would have gone somewhere else to see the Loy Krathong Festival (festival where they float lights down the rivers in little lotus leaves). I think that would have been more my style. But ... Read more >

Tags: Party time


Rough Times

THAILAND | Thursday, 22 Nov 2007 | Views [411]

Ugh ugh ugh...it has been a long day (and a half). My last night in Ton Sai was nice, a fireshow and a couple of beers on the beach. Then some relaxing in the sun and at 2:00, we caught a longboat to AoNang. The min-bus picked us up at 3:00 as promised.... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures


Climbing with the Froggies in Ton Sai

THAILAND | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2007 | Views [1119]

I know that I haven't written in a while, but I have been busy busy busy having the time of my life. A lot has happened (more than I care to write and definately more than you care to read) so I will try and some it up in a few stories. As usual the ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine


Gallery: Pai

THAILAND | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery


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Gallery: Trekking in Northern Thailand

THAILAND | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery

3-day trek north of Chiang Mai
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Gallery: Chiang Mai

THAILAND | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery

3-day trek north of Chiang Mai
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Pai in the Sky!

THAILAND | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 | Views [2143] | Comments [1]

Pai is known to those travelling Thailand as the Black Hole. Many an unsuspecting backpacker has wandered here, wanting a break from the big city atmostphere of Chaing Mai or heading up north to do a visa run to Laos. But once in Pai, a 3 day stopover ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter


Rabies

THAILAND | Friday, 9 Nov 2007 | Views [1011]

I thought that the highlight of today would be the bike ride with ome peope I had met at the guesthouse (John (Aussie), Jenni (English) and Antoine (French, living in Oz). But i was mistaken. I will always remember the today as the day that i might ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health


Sleeping in the Jungle

THAILAND | Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007 | Views [1837]

After the first 30 minutes of climbing up a 57 degree incline, you truly do think you are going to die. I kept thinking to myself there was no way that I can do 2.5 more hours of this, it has to level off soon. Sure enough, the land did level a bit and ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains


Monks are travellers too

THAILAND | Sunday, 4 Nov 2007 | Views [507] | Comments [1]

Known for their quiet and calm nature, the  monks are one of the huge draws of Thailand. As a westerner, more specifically an American, the only contact I have had with monks is to pass them (seeing only a orange blur) while I am power walking around ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Day 3:Bangkok, It's a small, small world

THAILAND | Saturday, 3 Nov 2007 | Views [499]

Today started out good and ended up great. I was a little nervous whether the trip I had bought from a dodgy little travel center was bogus or not, but at about 7:10, a person approached me and asked if I was heading to Ayuthaya. I was really relieved, ... Read more >

Tags: People


Gallery: Palaces, Canals and Smiles

THAILAND | Thursday, 1 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery

Day t2 in Bangkok
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Day 2:Bangkok Canals and Smiles

THAILAND | Thursday, 1 Nov 2007 | Views [618]

I thought the name The Land of Smiles was just an exageration to bring in tourists, but today I realized that the name was spot on. I woke up with a bit of a hangover. I went out for dinner last night met an Englishman, dutch guy and two Austrian girls ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


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