I think this may be my lightest week of posting… ever. I apologize for dropping the ball (please feel free to assure me that you’ve all been devastated) but I have some pretty good excuses. Since returning to New York my life has been a non-stop whirlwind of jetlag, reverse culture shock (I take back everything…

I write this post from thousands of feet in the air, somewhere over China. My eyes filled with tears as I watched Thailand disappear from my window seat, just as they did when I left home. I’m on my way back to New York for the first time in nine months. For some, that will seem…

As you read this I’ll be flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, on my way to New York. You’ll be hearing more about this surprise journey tomorrow. But for now, I’ll share that this is an all too-short temporary visit home and not an end to my travels. In one month’s time I’ll be heading back…

Lately I’ve been realizing that one day I will look back on these past months in Koh Tao as some of the best of my life. Photo of the Week 37 (!) was taken at sunset on Sairee Beach, Koh Tao, Thailand…

Our epic time in Bangkok had come to an end. But luckily for us it was immediately followed by a week of celebrating the holidays in the Gulf of Thailand! I was so excited to show my family tiny Koh Tao, where I’d been living for six months, to explore some of the touristy things I…