This week featured some of Koh Tao’s best ever sunsets. In order to get this photo sans the construction site next to my bungalow I had to sit on my balcony railing and lean as far over it as I possibly could without plunging to my death. I think the outcome is Photo of the Week…

Those of you that were keeping up with my Photo of the Week project/real time updates know that as soon as we got back to Koh Tao from Vietnam I locked myself in our bungalow and glued myself to the computer for two weeks straight. I was not only catching up on work I had avoided…

You know what, readers? I think we are getting pretty serious. We’ve known each other for years now, some of us. I think it might just be time to take that next step in our relationship. It’s time to meet the family. After all, you are going to be hearing a lot about them. When I…

Each month I take some time to reflect not just what I’m doing, but how I’m doing. You can read my previous roundups here, here, here, and here. Reading through my Month 5 Roundup and my Cambodia vs. Vietnam comparison, it’s no secret that Vietnam didn’t “speak to me” the way that Cambodia did. I had…

Today I watched a rain storm come towards me. I was working on the porch and heard the distinct sound of rain, though the ground in front of me was dry. I stepped outside and could see a sheet of rain pouring over the mountains in front of me. Not just a gray cloud in the…