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The Crazy Couple!

Maryanne and I (Jared) are off to find adventure after working several years overseas. We are both in the IT field and have worked in some great places such as Guam, Diego Garcia, Kuwait and Qatar. There is no telling what we will find on this trip (about ourselves and what we want to do when we grow up), so we are just keeping an open mind and taking one day at a time. The only real planning we have done is our first stop to Thailand for our Dive Master Course. After that who knows, it will depend on whatever we feel like doing next. Our thinking is that we will pretty much travel around Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Micronesia. Hope you enjoy our blog and we will keep it updated to let you all know where we are and that I haven't hopefully been attacked by a shark!

Happy 09!!

January 7th, 2009

Well it has been a bit since we have posted.  Been doing some soul searching and trying to figure out what to do with life.  We for the moment we are headed back to Bahrain!  A friend of ours is going on Maternity leave so Maryanne is going to cover for her for three months.  This way we can save Read the rest of this entry »

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Back on land in Koh Lanta

December 29th, 2008

Before the liveaboard we came to Koh Lanta, but really wasn’t here long enough to really get to know the place.  Now that we are here, staying in a bungalow within spitting distance of the beach and only paying $10 a night,  we are loving it!  So wish we would have hung out here Read the rest of this entry »

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The rest of the liveaboard story

December 29th, 2008

Now that we are back on land my recollection of events won’t be as keen.  I wrote the last boat while on the boat, but failed to continue doing so.  Sorry all! After the dolphin sighting we made it to the actually Similan Islands and had much better visibility.  Absolutely amazing diving, not fish wise but seeing all the hard and soft coral as well as massive Read the rest of this entry »

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Random Pictures

December 26th, 2008

Phuket AquariumJared Phuket AquariumCute Phone BoxMeal time on the boat!We saw Dolphins!!Cozy place to lay after a dive!See very cozy!Yep Cozy!!Lovely Sunsets on the boat!Sunset time!New Friends!Our New Years Digs!!

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First Installment of the Christmas Liveaboard!

December 26th, 2008

Day one of the voyage, we got picked up from the hotel and then drove around getting some of the other guests.  We were all pretty excited about the up coming trip.  When we got to the pier, we could see our new home moored in the harbor.  Wow a pretty nice boat!  It wasn’t long Read the rest of this entry »

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Merry Christmas!!!

December 21st, 2008

Hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas and surround yourselves with friends and loved ones.  Know that we are thinking about you, missing you and wishing the best for you all!!

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Koh Lanta has Nintendo Wii!!

December 20th, 2008

Wow look at that two posts in two days!!  Don’t you all get too excited, just thought it best since we will have about 6 days of no posts as we will be on the diving cruise for 5 days!   Anyway the big news is we played the Nintendo Wii for an hour today.  Okay it was just Wii sports, but it was a lot of fun.  Made us really miss our system and hope Read the rest of this entry »

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Last Days in Phuket and Trip to Koh Lanta

December 19th, 2008

So much for seeing the Carnival in Phuket!!  We had heard there was going to be a carnival, we saw the signs and all the platforms and food stalls.  Although no carnival!!  Granted Patong is a decent sized area but we didn’t feel like walking all over the place to find it.  We did look but Read the rest of this entry »

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Putt-Putt and Men in Drag

December 15th, 2008

So what have we been doing?  I have been asking Maryanne and it is tough to remember when exactly we did things, probably should write more often. lol  Well I know a few days ago we meet up with our friends Caroline and Ryan.  We headed to Karon Beach to Dino Park mini golf!  It was a lot of fun, this was our second time there.  Made us remember what fun we had Read the rest of this entry »

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Another day in Phuket

December 11th, 2008

We have been in Phuket now for 2 weeks and started getting a little on the bored side, so we actually started getting out a bit more.  First we went Bowling. now I know that does not seem that exciting, but yeah what do you expect from us. We played 4 games and Jared beat me every time.  Grrrrrr!! hehe!  🙂 But we did have a blast as we were dancing around and just acting stupid as we normally do, like how Jared Read the rest of this entry »

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