Well I've scratched a few destinations off my list but have a lifetime worth of travel ahead of me. It is now time to venture over to S.E. Asia for a few months. A much shorter time frame than I hoped for but I have decided to once again pursue my college career that has streached the last 7 years and finally become a Elementary Teacher (with very poor spellin and punkuation); I have a dream of being a teacher that emmerses themself into forighn cultures during the summer breaks and then incorpurates those cultures into the classroom. Thus acheiving both goals of making a difference in the lifes of children and imersing myself into the cultures of the world.

I love photography and am an avid fan of Photoshop 7.0 I will document every portion of my trip with the help of my Nikon and the cat-like reflexes of a gun fighter. I will spend a silent 10 days in the care of Buddhist monks (if I don't get kicked out for talking the first hour). Tackle the cliffs of Crazy Horse like a spider (with a slight fear of heights). Have a few weeks worth of good sense beat into me at a Thai Boxing camp. Capture and ride a wild elephant (or slightly tame one). Snorkel and dive the exotic sights surrounding Thailand (without a full dry suit like the ones we are forced to use around Alaska). Learn the abusive art of Thai Massage and eat many fried scorpions!