Category: Thailand
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Karaoke night at Taco Shack
Day 153! The past three days have been challenging and exhausting, but also fun and rewarding. Having to face a new challenge and work through it was incredible. But today, I needed a rest. I woke up for my morning volunteering shift and my head felt a bit heavy. My…
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Becoming an open water certified diver!
Day 152! Just like that! 3 days of diving, 6 dives in total and one of them going down to 30m below sea level… it’s been a wild three days but I’m now officially certified to scuba dive with a buddy! It’s pretty wild that I can now just go…
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Diving deep: Getting my open water certification – Day 2
Day 151! Today officially marks 3 weeks in Koh Tao! Time FLYS when you’re having fun! Today’s dives were just insane. I thought yesterday was nuts… today was even crazier. Once my head hit the pillow last night, I was out like a rock. I woke up a bit exhausted…
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Learning how to scuba dive: Day 1 of my Open Water Certification in Koh Tao, Thailand
Day 150! It’s pretty crazy that big eventful days keep falling on these kind of “milestone” days. Today was absolutely unreal. Probably one of my craziest since motorbiking Vietnam/Laos or hitchhiking from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. Today I finally took the dive into a whole new world… scuba diving! I…
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I signed up for my open water diving and a night of Smash Ball
Day 149! I’ve had a long couple of days, so I’m exhausted. BUT I finally decided to take the plunge into the world of diving. I’m super excited to see what this adventure holds for me. But that doesn’t start till tomorrow, so there’s still today to talk about! Good…
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Border run day: Koh Tao to Myanmar and back in 18 hours
Day 148! Today was a very very very long day. Thankfully the visa run went smoothly, but it was definitely an interesting process. Also thankfully, I wasn’t going through it alone! I hopefully will be able to visit Myanmar again someday, maybe for longer than 10 minutes! Just before midnight…
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Going on a visa run from Koh Tao, Thailand to Myanmar
Day 147! Well, today’s the day! It’s time to see what these visa runs are all about. I’m pretty excited to finally be doing it… and also step foot into Myanmar! I wish I could stay for longer but maybe sometime in the future. Also today I had to say…
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My cousin got married and another late jungle party
Day 146! Sorry for another late post, but today was another great day! It starts off very wholesome with a FaceTime in on my cousins wedding. And finishes off with another amazing party! Enjoy!! This morning started off with a major high note, my cousin was getting married! Even though…
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Hosting a trivia night where I created the questions!
Day 145! After a wild night, I needed a good day. Today was just that! I had a great day as a volunteer, got to relax on my favorite beach, and I got to show off the trivia quiz that I wrote myself! 9am rolled around and my alarm went…
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The one where I almost had my passport stolen
Day 144! Today ended up being insanely fun… but also very turbulent. From relaxing on a beach, to having almost all of my important things stolen, it was a bit of a whirlwind. But I ended up very lucky and the story has a more positive ending! I woke up…
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