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Another awesome year is gone! But you know what they say, out with the old and in with the new, and Fletch and I are very, veryveryvery ready to say our goodbyes to Palau. The travel bug is itching and new adventures are calling. A whole year on a rock in the middle of nothing but ocean has given us both a bad case of the island fever. This is a new sensation for me. I know the blog has been a little stagnant as of late and for that I do apologize. My writing is inspired by new experiences and

Disclaimer: If you are a Kahlùa and Baileys enthusiast, or an Avicii fan, you should probably know that this post has nothing further to do with either of those topics beyond the fact that that is what I am doing right now. Hey Brother is my new favorite song, and the only song that is currently downloaded onto my iPad, so I'm sure it will be my least favorite song before I'm finished writing this post. Ohhh if the sky comes falling down for you, there's nothing in this world I wouldn't do.  It has been a whopping two months since my

Those of you who are keeping up with the news at all already know that Thailand has been experiencing some political unrest. I don’t pretend to keep up with politics, but here is the gist of what’s happening: Thailand had a female prime minister who was bad news. Anti-government protesters took to the streets last November claiming that she was just a puppet for her notorious brother and therefor shouldn’t be in office. At the beginning of May, Thailand’s Constitutional Court did remove her from office on charges of nepotism. Of course that brought all of her supporters running to the

1. I survived my first year of being a college grad. I didn’t get sucked into the corporate world. And yet I somehow managed to not be a complete bum.  2. Except for those four months in Roatan where I was the very definition of a beach bum. 3. But come on, you have to admit that becoming a divemaster is pretty darn cool. 4. And if that doesn’t do it for you than how about a dive instructor! I can get paid to teach people how to breathe underwater. Anywhere in the world. 5. And of course that experience wouldn’t have been what