Author: angela7marino
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Phuket: Under The Sea
It’s day 3 in Phuket and we are finally settling in. It is funny how quickly you become accustomed to a new lifestyle. 5am wake up calls and hour long car rides are always worth it when they end at the water. Today’s excursion is scuba diving, I clap my hands with excitement as we…
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Phang Nga: Into the Caves
530am. Time for day two. Today’s excursion was run by Two Sea Tour. While my friend went scuba diving I decided to explore more of Phang Nga bay. Like most tours this tour includes transportation and meals. I am scooped up and have some early morning chats with the passengers in my bus. It is…
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Thailand: Hong Island
As we turn the corner to enter customs I am not sure what to expect. We are greeted by 500 people chaotically shuffling to get through. Awesome. We have an hour until our bus is supposed to leave for our first kayaking trip. Time to join the shuffle. An hour later we squeeze out and…
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Heading to the Far East
Asia. About as opposite from our Western culture as you can get. The language isn’t latin or germanic based. The populations are drastically higher than ours. Day to day life isn’t even comparable… or so I thought. Growing up and learning about the world Asian countries always gave me a slight nervous feeling for all…
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Nowhere to go but up
Although the unemployment rate may be lower now than 5 years ago; when you work in the start up world life is never predictable or something a chart can tell you. Many of my friends are suffering from LivingSocial’s most recent layoffs or just the economy in general and I have known that pain. It…
my feet don't want to go to sleep 