Yes, it's true. I loved Malaysia. I loved the diving. I loved the beach. I loved the people (most of them anyways). I loved the jungle. But with every great love story comes tragedy. This is a love story. Enjoy. The reason we would consciously avoid minibuses was because of the journey south from Krabi. After spending a night at the Green Tea Guesthouse, we were sold by the woman who managed it on a ticket that took us directly from Krabi to the Malaysian border. It would take us to a town called Sungai Kolok in southern Thailand and drop [View Full Entry]

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After our day in Ayuthaya we took the train back to Bangkok, then took an exciting cab ride through the city to get to the Southern Bus Terminal. This cabbie must have driven F1. He weaved in and out of traffic like it wasn't moving and got us there in record time. After a little bit of a wait, we took a VIP, Air Conditioned bus a few hours south of the city to Chumphon. It was the jumping off point for the Island Ko Tao; famous for its diving. On the bus we watched a Thai movie about a musician. [View Full Entry]

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After our Ko Tao outing, we ferried our way to Ko Pha-ngan, the island we spotted from the Sunnyview restaurant near the peak on the last island. And of course, it's the island famous for its full moon party. It's an event that Clark and I decided we had to attend; a tour of Southeast Asia for twenty-somethings isn't complete without it. It lived up to its reputation. We took the ferry from Ko Tao with the two South Africans, Kate and Grattin. Clark had arranged for us to stay at Cookie Bungaloes, while Kate and Grattin were going to be [View Full Entry]

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Meet Clark Davis, my most recent travel buddy on this little trip abroad. Clark is officially the third to join me on this trip. First Dad, then Northy, now Clark. I know; it seems as though the level of maturity and self respect has fallen since the beginning. But don't worry; we're both being equally horrible influences on each other. He's a stand up guy, and although we've only known each other for a few years, we get along pretty well. He's also documenting this lil' trip on his own blog. Visit www.mytb.org/hey-its-clark for his side of the story. His sophmore [View Full Entry]

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Yeah, I know. It isn't nearly enough time. I could spend years here. But first let me catch up on what happened in New Zealand since the last time I wrote. So my final week in New Zealand was interesting. I had one last night out at Winnies in Queenstown which was a mess. I met up with Sandra from Tekapo who got a new job in some spa there. I hope she stays there a while... Things didn't end perfectly for her in Tekapo, but she's good at what she does. Queenstown is a party town, so it will be [View Full Entry]

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My experience in New Zealand would have been totally different if it hadn't been for hockey. Who knows... Northy and I might have very well ended up picking fruit if we hadn't decided to play hockey here when we arrived asking for jobs for the third time. Perhaps I would be home right now, dissappointed that I couldn't find work. And it's opened a few doors for me in my last few weeks in New Zealand. It was great playing every week in Tekapo. It gave us a chance to blow off some steam from the week of work. And I [View Full Entry]

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I know, it's been a while since the last update... But there have been a few roadblocks. first off, I was using the internet at work for these updates, and since, the wireless connection is no longer. something about a massive bill or something, so they canned the service. Fair enough. Another problem was my trial version of Microsoft Word ran out, and I don't want to pay the $150 CDN to 'convert' to the full version. It's highway robbery I say. Life has been good in Tekapo. Lately, or since I've been working here, I've fallen into a life of [View Full Entry]

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Hey guys, This is long overdue, and I apologize for the wait! It’s been a crazy little while for us here in NZ. A car has been bought, and we finally landed a job. So enjoy the read… it might take a while if you read all the way through. We’re having a wicked time here. Unfortunately I can't seem to upload my Bungy jump video, so the pics will have to do. But we start way back in Christchurch, on Thursday, April 30th. Thursday, April 30: Thursday was taken to try out Turner’s again. We reviewed the paperwork from the [View Full Entry]

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I have started writing this blog on Saturday, April 25, 2009. We have officially had our first Planes, Train’s and Automobiles moment. We found an unreal deal online, that cost us $75 each to fly from Auckland to Christchurch. We were late for our flight. Worse even, I checked in just in time, but Northy got stuck at the Auckland airport. It cost us an additional $65 to get him on the next flight to Christchurch an hour later. Now that I think of it, it hasn’t been our first PT and A moment. We have shared a bed for the [View Full Entry]

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And the story continues. Thursday, April 2: We drove from Wanaka to Haast had a simple dinner at a restaurant close to the holiday park. We did a short hike into the rainforests, and learnt a little more about the local land. There was an interesting story of a man who had been marrooned on the west coast in the Haast region, and survived on the land for three years until he was discovered by a passing vessel. We wondered how difficult that would have been. The area we were in was very thick, subtropical rainforest. It musn't have been much [View Full Entry]

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