Almost five months since we move from Seattle to Bangkok, and we’ve successfully completed the first semester of grad school! I’m happy to be back in school, I’ve learned a lot in just one semester and four classes, but now it’s time for summer break and some adventures. We started off with a trip to Koh Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. Two years ago we spent almost two weeks there when the political situation in Bangkok became violent. We know the island well, we love it it’s an easy trip that doesn’t require any research on my part and it’s cheap. So we headed off. Of course, this being Thailand, getting there presented its own adventure. A canal boat, a sweat-induced walk, finding out the bus was sold out, waiting for standby and
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