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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!

New Visa rules for Thailand!! Be aware!

December 7th, 2008

As a lot of you may know, there was some issues in Thailand recently with the closure of the two airports in Bangkok.  But what we found out is that a new rule took effect during this time of turmoil on Dec 2nd.  Here is that story: Read the rest of this entry »

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Why I love traveling!

December 4th, 2008

Alright sorry for the second post, but this morning got me thinking why I love traveling! This morning while I got up early to watch footie, surf the net, drink coffee and basically have a typical enjoyable lovely morning! Maryanne on the other hand Read the rest of this entry »

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Footie, Rugby and the Male touch

December 3rd, 2008

I am starting to see what all the craze is with European football, it gets quite intense to say the least.  Everytime I walk past a place that has a game on, I want to stop and watch regardless of who is playing.  Although I am a Manchester United fan, mostly because it was the first team I watched play a match when I was in Read the rest of this entry »

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What a great Steak!!

November 30th, 2008

We did have a big meal for Thanksgiving, but after a fantastic workout which left me sore and a little tired, I was hungry!  Now I have been dreaming about a nice big piece of steak for a while now.  So I thought it was time to have one, figured I needed the protein and all.  Anyway I Read the rest of this entry »

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Happy Thanksgiving one and all!!!

November 27th, 2008

We were so worried we would miss out on having Thanksgiving dinner, but luckily found a place here in Phuket that served a Turkey Dinner!  So lucky us, we walked down to the place earlier in the day to find out when it started.  Man we had to wait till 6pm!  So as to make sure we got there before the crowds, we headed over Read the rest of this entry »

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OUCH!

November 24th, 2008

As you know we did not get into the gym we wanted, instead found a place to live that also has a gym.  So we hit the gym twice a day, it is not 8 hours a day, only 3 hours.  I tell ya though I am so glad we didn’t go to the kickboxing gym, we would have died!  As it is our muscles are really sore, even after the sauna, steam room and pool!  Can’t wait for the pain to Read the rest of this entry »

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Life in Phuket

November 22nd, 2008

Well it has been a bit since our last post, sorry to our loyal readers and to the rest of you I guess!  We left Koh Tao on the Songserm ferry which actually wasn’t too bad.  Got to sit in VIP section for $1 which means soft chairs and a movie.  It was about 3 hours to Surat Thani.  From there we got picked up by a bus to take us to a building to wait for the bus to Phuket.  They then had the people going to Phuket get on another bus to go somewhere 10 miles away to wait for an hour for the actual bus.  Thailand does a real good job getting tourists around the country by making it easy Read the rest of this entry »

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Still on Koh Tao

November 16th, 2008

Well we are still in Koh Tao, it really is weird not diving every day.  Tough to find things to do other than diving.  The weather has been up and down here, then again it is Monsoon season!  We will be here for two more days then off to Phuket, where we thought we might be able to volunteer for free on a Gibbon Rehabilitation Reserve, but that doesn’t appear possible.  Well we can Read the rest of this entry »

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Back on Koh Tao!

November 13th, 2008

Oh it is good to be back in Koh Tao, although it would be much better if the rain and clouds would go away.  Given the current weather we decided to rent a 4 wheeler instead of a motorbike for our week here.  It is awesome, well at least when Maryanne isn’t on the back with me as I can go fast through the water Read the rest of this entry »

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Long journey from Singapore to Koh Tao!

November 11th, 2008

Good ole traveling, got to love lugging around all the gear on and off buses and trains, carrying it around in hot temperatures sweating like crazy!  The joys of staying in cramped hotels, artery clogging food and 0’dark 30 arrivals at train stations. Okay it isn’t that bad, close though!  We got to KL in one piece and tried to find a place to stay nearby, unfortunately the nicer hotels Read the rest of this entry »

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