Happy New Year, everyone! I rang in the New Year with Mark, my sister, four of my dear friends from home and several new ones as well. We were at the world famous Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan and it was a crazy night; one that I won’t forget anytime soon. Onto Photo of the…

Merry Christmas, everyone! I’m thrilled to report my family and friends arrived safe and sound in Thailand for the holidays, and we’ve been having a blast. Now, onto Photo of the Week. It was nearly impossible to pick one this week after three busy days in Bangkok and a few days playing tourist on Koh Tao…

This week’s travel Photo of the Week reveals that Christmas season has arrived, even here in Buddhist Thailand. I’m leaving in a few days to go pick my family up in Bangkok for the holidays, and I couldn’t be more excited. You won’t be reading about it for a while though, because I have tons more…

This was one of those weeks where selecting a Photo of the Week was super hard, and not because I was having trouble narrowing it down or something. It’s because I HAVEN’T LEFT MY APARTMENT IN A WEEK! But the good news is, I’m not bothered in the slightest. I just had seven weeks of fun…

Soooo. We’re back to catching up on the Monthly Roundups that I dropped the ball on. Since we are fast approaching the dawn of the Month 5 Roundup, I better wrap up 3 and 4 here.  So now for a little Alex in Wanderland time machine action… Months 3 and 4 were blissfully spent living the…

Um, yeah. Remember when I did a Month 1 Roundup and it was such a fun and helpful feature for those catching up? Well I kind of dropped the ball and never posted Month 2, despite it sitting near finished in drafts. And now I’m almost up to Month 5! But I really like this feature…