Thailand has so many islands...which one to see first? Life I'd tough right now. I chose Koh Tao because I wanted to do my scuba diving course before I ran out of time. I am so glad I did it and I had a couple great teachers who really went through everything at the right pace to keep it very fun and comfortable. There was lots of theory and it felt like I was back in a high school course with so much to be learned. After much of the theory, we were on to th...

After leaving the orphanage, I returned to Bangkok by bus. I was fortunate enough to not only get wifi at the bus station but to also Skype my entire family together at mom and dad's. It was a very different feeling wishing everyone merry christmas over my iphone but nonetheless it was still well worth it. It certainly wasn't the same to get the normal Lendvay hug with the merry christmas. When I say normal hug, I'm not referring to the back slap hug dad gives...

I wanted to do a little volunteering before the end of my trip. I'm not sure of this'll be the last one or not. I have absolutely loved the past week. I started in the Akha Village Hill House which is about 20km north of Chiang Rai. It was a good experience but the village did not need a teacher and the owner had me translating my website from English to French. It was okay but not exactly what I was looking for in volunteering. I then ventured off to Safe ...

I now know why Greg loved Thailand so much. Cheap name brand clothes, great food and ping pong shows. I gotta say the best of the three is certainly the food. So much flavor and if you like spice, it's even better. If you're ever in Thailand and you see an old woman with a bowl and a masher, stop and wait for a papaya salad...probably the beat food I've ever eaten.My first night was pretty low key. I just went and tried some Thai food and then walked up and down ...

I took another hard seat train ride to Xi'an. This ride was only twelve hours so it went by fairly fast and I knew what I was getting myself into this time. As I arrived in Xi'an, there was a man waiting for me with my name on a card waiting to take me to the hostel. That's the first time that's ever happened to me so it felt nice.I got to my hostel and took a two hours nap after I heard news that Ashley was getting better. After my nap, I went with six girls fro...