Category: Thailand
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349 | We Were All Stranger Once :: Koh Tao, Thailand, 2012
When I first started planning my around the world trip, a friend told me I should get a diving certification. Might as well start there! I thought, and made Koh Tao my first destination. In hindsight that was one of the best decisions I ever made. Things started off well. I met a really cute…
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297 | Adrenaline :: Koh Tao, Thailand, 2011
The adventure that started it all — getting my diving certification with these lovely dudes.
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028 | Music :: Koh Tao, Thailand, 2012
I was introduced to the diving world by a friend, who was surprised that it wasn’t already an item on my bucket list. I thought about it and decided that he’s right, and booked a trip to Koh Tao during my sabbatical. Koh Tao is a tiny island off the coast of Thailand, just north…
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024 | Events :: Bangkok, Thailand, 2012
I know, I know, this is a terrible picture. But, it’s not every day that I get to watch everybody muay thai fighting! Lumpinee Stadium is the newer of the two major muay thai stadiums in Bangkok. First opened in 1956, it’s run by Thailand’s Royal Army, unlike the privately owned Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium. The two stadiums…
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019 | Events :: Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
I arrived in Chiang Mai pretty late at night. After hopping into the taxi, I soon realized the driver had no idea where my hostel was, and prayed that all the people he stopped to talk to were locals giving him directions, instead of gangsters who might want to sell a confused foreign tourist into…
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Take Me Back
My Facebook feed has been taken over by a group of friends’ trip photos in Southeast Asia. They are somehow doing a trip through four countries in 2 weeks where it took me 2 months. I got super nostalgic Friday night and threw together a compilation of a bunch of random videos I took on…
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Pause
It’s slightly amusing to me (and perhaps only me) that this beautiful island that’s probably rarely ever felt a cold front is called Samui, which is means cold in Japanese. I arrived here after my dive trip on the near by Koh Tao island for a flight to Kuala Lumpur, and booked a night at…
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Into the Blue
If I had known what I know now, my trip would have been a lot different. But since I was a novice traveler, I was still under the impression that traveling around the world requires planning ahead. So my trip was planned around a few things — meeting up with friends in Vietnam and Cambodia,…
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One Weekend in Bangkok
I did not quite know how to start writing about Bangkok, which is why this entry is backdated for over a month. I left Chiang Mai somewhat unwillingly, as I would have spent much more time there had it not been for meeting up with friends in Bangkok. As we entered the sprawls of concrete…