Right after my Wednesday night class I headed out in the rain for the bus stop to catch the connecting bus to the airport for my trip to the Gold Coast. Since it was so late at night the ride didn't take as long as usual. My flight was supposed to be at 1:00AM Thursday morning but it was delayed until around two (I would much rather travel at night so I don't waste daylight hours). I arrived in Sydney around 7:15 - it is one of my favourite cities in the world! I...

I know some of you have been worried that the "study" part of my study abroad experience has been slacking and trust me I will be the first to admit it! But how could I come all this way and spend all (or any) of my time in the library - no worries I am doing just fine in my classes. I did have two papers and a presentation due this week! Now I am free (well at least free from assignments) until finals!!! I have been continuing my service at the homeless shelte...

I just returned from traveling to my 5th continent and let me tell you it was one of the best weeks of my life!!! We left Changmai to fly to Krabi, it was about a two and a half hour flight. Once we arrived in Krabi our hosts greeted us with a welcome sign and they placed lays around our necks. We were driven to the port where we boarded the long tail boats that took us to the island of Krabi. It was beautiful!!! Once we arrived at the island people from the res...

I know I say this for every blog but I have truly had an amazing time in Thailand so far! On Friday morning our alarms went off early again, around 4:00 AM myself and one of the other girls from my dorm, Anissa, left for the airport. We had a 71/2 hour flight to Bangkok, Thailand. Once we arrived in Thailand we had to clear immigration retrieve our bags, re-check them and go through security again. We went to our next gate where we met the rest of our group from...

Leaving for Thailand on Friday