Travel To Grow

So October 10th was my birthday and the first one I ever had while in another country! Initially the day was going to be really uneventful, all of my friends usually have to work all day long on Saturday (8am-8pm) and then they need to wake up at 8am the next day as well, so [...]

Okay I had a few more club experiences, and I remember them this time! Chinese beers are big. We started the night at this really cool BBQ place which sells 3 of these massive beers for 10 RMB… that works out to about 50cents per beer. As Matt and I were drinking at the BBQ [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve written something cause there’s been so much going on! Since the semester starts soon we are doing loads of promotional activities to get people around Foshan interested in our schools. Recently we’ve been hitting the streets at night and setting up information booths and roaming the streets handing out [...]

Aaaah Finally caught up to present day. Today we went for the health check! It’s an important step in getting your work visa. I got picked up at 8 am and then we picked up 4 other teachers, it was sweet to finally meet some of the other new teachers! So the hospital was interesting… [...]

To end my Thailand blog I’ve created a fun little list of 40 things I did in Thailand. They are sorted from least to most crazy. 40: Road on Tuk Tuks through Bangkok 39: slept under the stars in my hammock on the beach 38: Stayed in floating bungalows 37: Tried out the Buode in [...]

This was the most adventurous day of my entire life. This entire blog entry is from the same day. It started early in the morning around 8:00am. My friend Tim and I decided to go on a cliff jumping tour! We walked down to the meeting place and met our Thai guide. We took a [...]

In Koh Lanta we stayed on a nice little resort with a beautiful pool, a really nice bar, a volleyball net, and an oceanfront view. Something I had wanted to do in Thailand that I didn’t have a chance to yet was to take a Muay Thai lesson from a real Thai fighter. Luckily Lanta [...]

Railay had a really interesting cave in it. We had been in 3 or 4 caves thus far and this one was smaller than most but it was still interesting for a specific reason. When you reached the center of the cave there was absolutely no sound at all. It was the quietest place I [...]

After a nice solid amount of time in Ko Phangan, it was time to move on to our next destination – Railay. Railay is technically connected to the land at one point but it really feels like a large island, there are multiple beaches and it is home of some really world class rock climbing. [...]

We arrived on the Haad Yuan area of Ko Phangan for our longest stay during our trip, we would be there a full 7 days. This was close to the half way part of our trip, and it’s an interesting thing when you spend so much time in a place outside of your normal life. [...]