Living it Up in Southern Thailand

Living it Up in Southern Thailand

After leaving Bangkok we spent a few weeks scuba diving, relaxing, looking all over town for tours, visiting beautiful islands and partying it up in Phuket. Oh, and my personal favorite…a visit to James Bond Island. We’re currently in Bali, Indonesia, and will soon be heading to Malaysia…but for now, …
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No Public Transportation For You. Next!

No Public Transportation For You. Next!

“Can you help me? I seem to have gotten lost in southwest Thailand and am trying to find my way back onto the backpacking trail.” These are the types of thoughts that Carrie and I have had lately after our visit to the Andaman coast. It started in Krabi, where …
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Living on a Boat and Scuba Diving With Manta Rays and a Whale Shark

Living on a Boat and Scuba Diving With Manta Rays and a Whale Shark

The Similan Islands off the Andaman (west) coast of Thailand is home to some of the best scuba diving in the world. One of the best ways to experience this is to live on a boat for a few days, which we were determined to do. Unfortunately, the rainy season …
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Fuck It! We’re Going to Phuket.

Fuck It! We’re Going to Phuket.

Sorry, I couldn’t resist the bad titlepun, though I now know it’s actually pronounced “poo-kit.” Anyway, for years I had heard that if I ever made it to Thailand, Phuket was the place to go to have fun. So, despite having done all that research on tours in Krabi, Carrie …
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Couchsurfing, Timeshares and a Night Out in Phuket

Couchsurfing, Timeshares and a Night Out in Phuket

Carrie and I hate the tourist scene. Plain and simple. So, upon arriving in Patong, the tourist mecca of Phuket, we quickly logged onto Couchsurfing to find a local to give us the real scoop on the town, the party scene and the best boat tours. After exchanging a few …
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Boat Tours, Limestone Crags and James Bond Island

Boat Tours, Limestone Crags and James Bond Island

As I mentioned earlier, Carrie and my main goals for tours in Phuket were to see the limestone rock crags that jut out of the waters nearby…and for me to see James Bond Island. Since I was a young boy, James Bond has had an important role in my life. …
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A Day at the Office and Abandoned in a Monastery in Bangkok

A Day at the Office and Abandoned in a Monastery in Bangkok

An hour and 40 minutes later, the four of us were still sitting in the basement, sweating, joking and swatting away mosquitoes with no sign of the monk. We finally banded together and went upstairs, where the monk was just sitting around. He said, “are you done?”
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A Thai Wife or Girlfriend

A Thai Wife or Girlfriend

Another fascinating aspect of Thailand is the large amount of older and larger white men with young and attractive Thai woman. While some of these are surely a John/prostitute situation, many of them are in actual relationships. Everywhere we looked we saw these girls canoodling and holding hands with men …
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Living it Up in Southern Thailand…This and That

Living it Up in Southern Thailand…This and That

On our last night in Bangkok, I ate a fried grasshopper. We saw the end of a series of regatta boat races in Krabi. The price difference between an air conditioned room and a non-AC room is usually so small that we have just been treating ourselves. After trying to …
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Living it Up in Southern Thailand…Photos and Videos

Living it Up in Southern Thailand…Photos and Videos

Below are the full photos and videos from this post. You can also see the photos directly on flickr. Scuba videos: A Whaleshark swims by A Manta ray A Moray Eel Rough waves on our scuba diving live aboard boat to the Similan Islands in Thailand The rest of the …
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