Please forgive me, because I’m going to whine for a paragraph. And most people do not accept whining from people who live in the Gulf of Thailand. You might be hard pressed to believe it, but I can’t remember the last time Mark and I spent time on a beach together. We both work a plethora…

I am just getting more and more indecisive as this Photo of the Week project goes on. Most weeks I have between 3-5 contenders, which lately I’ve been selecting a winner from via poll. This week I made my mind up, but I just couldn’t resist sharing the outtakes. The official photo of the week is…

It was still dark outside when the dive boat pulled away from the pier. I was shooting for New Way Diving, first ones to the dive site, a policy I curse them for en route to my 5:45am call time. We had just reached Chumphon Pinnacle and I was halfway through setting up my gear when…

Once Upon A Time Once upon a time, I believed that riding motorcycles, dirtbikes, scooters and other motorized two wheeled vehicles was very, very dangerous and would likely result in death, dismemberment, and worse, being grounded. Once upon a later time, I found myself hopping on the back of a the Honda Sonic driven by a…

When I first traveled to Thailand in 2009, my sister (sarcastically, I hope) asked if I would be living in a treehouse. Two years later and I’m not too far off. The range of accommodation in Koh Tao varies vastly. For a one bedroom apartment I have heard a range of prices from 6,000-15,000 baht a…

Read Part I of my Ang Thong Trip recap here. I woke up on day two of our trip to Ang Thong Marine Park feeling nothing but excitement. I hadn’t been diving since our day out on the boat in Ibiza– and before that I had been out of the water since my liveaboard trip in…