Day 3! Woke up this morning By Amanda's friendly greetings at 6am! Made myself a cup up of coffee. I felt great! Revived, clear and fresh! Ready for the days adventures. As I sat down with my coffee on top deck i was greeted with a "how did you sleep??". "I slept really well" I responded. "what?!!! What about the storm!." apparently I had slept through the big storm! Everyone except me was sitting on the top deck except me! The boat was apparently rocking to vio...

Day 2 of the 3 week Batam to Komodo adventure... Woke up this morning to a warm light entering the pop up window above my head. The boat was still moving, rolling gently on the sea. The soothing hum of the engine in the background. Feeling fresh after a great sleep I slipped on my sarong and headed up on deck to check out the surroundings. By this time we had been traveling Almost 12 hours straight... What I saw was vast blue emptiness melting into the horizon. I...

So the 3 week trip has finally arrived!!! Its time to say goodbye to khao lak and hello to the new adventures just waiting upon the horizon! Becks, Geoff and I celebrated our last night in Khao lak with dinner at 6 @ 9 :) then a quick econo bucket on the roadside as I nervously await the taxi. Goodbyes were tough that's all I'm going to say .... X x x x Anyways it was p aoy behind the wheel heading straight for Phuket international airport! After the $300us in...

Today is my birthday!!! The big 23! It's a little weird turning 23. I remember when my sister turned 23 and I thought she was so grown up, responsible and adult-like. And now it's my turn and I feel the exact opposite! I still feel too young and inexperienced. Maybe its the friends I surround myself with who have lived through and seen a lot more than me.... Or maybe, it's my incapability of realising that i am 23... just because I am always the baby in my group...

Its been just under 5 months now that i have been living here in Khao Lak. Where has the months gone? Im looking at the calander and I see only two and a half months left. Its starting to dawn on me that I will leave this gorgeous place... my friends, my little bungalow, the happy snapper, and manta queen 1. Enough of the soppy nonsence... Lets get into the update. So I have now got a permanent position on manta queen 1. MQ1 is a 30m boat, holding 22 guests, 7 t...