February 9th: James and I headed to Koh Tao, a small island on the eastern coast of Thailand. We had decided to take the night bus from Hua Hin to Chumporn and then the Lomprayah speedboat to the island. The bust departed at 11:45 pm and we were due to arrive in Koh Tao at 8:30am. The bus was nice enough; though sitting near the bathrooms was a mistake. We were already tired so thought it would be easy enough to fall asleep. However, this was not the case. Thailand is full of checkpoints where the police randomly check vehicles looking [View Full Entry]

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We’ve been here for two weeks now, but it feels like much longer. I’ve been working a lot, but I’ve had a few days off to explore around. Last week we went to Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park. We hiked over steep cliffs to the town of Bang Pu, a very small beach with a resort and access to the Tham Phraya Nakhon Caves. We quickly stumbled onto to several Langurs swinging from the trees above us. They were cautious of us, but not scared. They playfully entertained us for a while until we headed to the beach. Later, on [View Full Entry]

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James and I arrived Tuesday after 31 hours of travelling. It's now Friday night here and we just got back from our first real outing into the city of Hua Hin. My house is about 30 minutes outside of town, and feels even farther than that. Our "village" consists of about 10 western style houses in the middle of open land surrounded by cows, stray dogs, and oh yeah snakes! Big giant Burmese pythons, boa constrictors and the occasional cobra. There are marsh lands just down the road and apparently they live there, but like to venture out onto the street. [View Full Entry]

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