Newsflash: Shark attacks come in waves. Not to worry, we have not been attacked by sharks. (Would be tough, considering we’re more than 500 miles from a beach). However, while discussing the topic of shark attacks with Kristin, a girl from Virginia Beach, we noticed that a lot of shark attacks seem to happen at once, then none for a while. And I made the totally innocent remark that shark attacks come in waves. Lunch resumes as usual. About ten seconds later, I look at Kristin, and she looks at me. And we nearly choke on our papaya salad because we’re laughing until we’re crying. Thus passes a typical lunch break at TMC Massage School. Anyway, now that I’m done playing comedian, back to Thailand. So I’m into my third week of Thai massage school, and ... read more

Well, it’s a good thing we left Phuket when we did. Apparently, the weather got so bad there that the airport shut down and even tour buses were on standby. After three days of being locked in our hotel room, watching the downpour outside, the last thing we would have wanted to do was add a few more days to the list. After a smooth one-hour flight on Air Asia, we touched down in Thailand's sprawling capital city of Bangkok. The monsoons have been heavy here, too, and we had a great view of flooded fields and rice paddies on the way in. Luckily, it was not raining, although we could have done without the haze and overcast. Sigh. Anyway, after a quick train ride and taxi ride, we found ourselves stepping into the home of ... read more

So Jeremy and I would be the first to admit that we're beach snobs. Growing up in Florida unfortunately ruins a lot of other beaches you may eventually visit. Show us some mountains, and we're enthralled. The desert? We're entranced. Snow? We think we've died and gone to heaven. But a beach? Eh...we could take it or leave it. And then we came to Krabi. Going back to Tuesday and our departure from Malaysia, we knew it was going to be a long day when we boarded our "mini-bus" (translation: a mini-van redesigned to hold ten people) and saw a television screen blaring cheesy Thai music videos (arguably worse than Cambodian and Chinese music videos). Ten hours later, after a painless border crossing into Thailand (and two mini-bus changeovers) we arrived in the middle of a ... read more

Food. Yep, that's about all I have to say. Just the food. It's that good. And on that note, allow me to reveal our "mystery" food from the last blog - the weird one Jeremy was eating in Kuala Lumpur. Our guesses ranged from shaved meat to lung to wontons, and I must admit I'm amazed at how much the food does resemble (in my opinion) thinly sliced lunchmeat. Perhaps you will be surprised to learn, then, that our dish was "Ais Kacang" - a dessert! Basically, a gigantic block of ice-cream is placed under what looks like a meat slicer, shaved into light, airy little pieces, and topped with cornflakes and red beans. This particular flavor was "red bean," although they had some others such as green tea, strawberry, and (the killer) durian. Thanks for ... read more

Last I checked, I was still a native Floridian. If yesterday was any indication, however, I might possibly be mistaken. It's amazing what a year of living in an alpine town with no heating in your house will do to thicken your blood. Just stepping off the plane in Singapore and feeling the blast of 95-degree 100%-humidity filled air was a jolt to the senses. Walking around in it was like being microwaved alive. Seriously, we drank more water and juice yesterday than in the past month combined, and I still felt like I was going to pass out for most of the day. We've each taken four showers since we've been here. Jeremy is handling the heat better than me, but he's fairly melting himself. Disney World in August looks like Antarctica compared to this ... read more