Bad news. I broke my laptop. Well that is an exaggeration. My lovely little Macbook Pro is not physically broken, it just gets stuck on the loading page. And it refuses to actually load. It started this weekend after my poor (stupid) attempt to create more space on my startup disk by deleting files. Well … More Broken
A couple of weeks ago Peter had an unexpected 4 day weekend, prompting us to take a last minute trip to Kuala Lumpur! With only a week to spare, we booked flights and a hotel and were off by Friday afternoon. Kuala Lumpur is less than an hour flight from Penang and provides a perfect … More The Petronas Towers and Becoming a City Girl in Asia
After our final scuba diving trip (sad face) we were happy and exhausted! The boat dropped us off at 3pm and we decided to take it easy for the remainder of the afternoon. Of course this meant another movie marathon in our room! Did you realize yet that we are total movie junkies? It is true. … More Phi Phi Islands: The Last (Thai) Supper
Just two days after my first scuba diving experience, we were back at the Leisure Dive Center ready for another day out under the water. I told you we couldn’t stay away. Sadly our instructor Jens went back to Sweden the day before so we paired up with John, an equally capable and cool French instructor. … More Scuba Diving in the Phi Phi Islands: Viking and Phi Leh Wall
Happy Memorial Day to my fellow Americans out there! Peter and I just got back from a long weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur and had a great time! We left Friday evening and spent 3 days relaxing and adventuring in the capital of Malaysia. Let me tell you, it made me miss the convenience and … More Expat Confessions: How to Stand Out (and Like It)
I have stayed in my fair share of Holiday Inns back in the States and have always considered them a low-end budget chain. So when I was booking the hotel for our stay on the Phi Phi Islands I was a little suspicious. High-end Holiday Inn island resort? No way. Well thankfully I was wrong! … More Phi Phi Islands: We Be Chillin’ At Da Holiday Inn
When booking our trip to Thailand, I only made arrangements for travel and lodging in Phuket and Ko Phi Phi Don. As for our daily activities, we were completely open and pretty clueless about what we would actually DO on the island (besides laze away on the beach and stuff ourselves with Thai food). So as … More Scuba Diving in the Phi Phi Islands: Koh Bida Nak and Maya North
Happy Tuesday! I think we can all agree that Tuesdays are not as great as Fridays. However this Tuesday is my last day as a 24 year old which makes me feel the need to commemorate this incredible year. So here is a list of 24 things I did or accomplished in my 24th year … More 24 Things I Did When I Was 24
Remember when we were in Langkawi about a month ago? I called this Malaysian island paradise. At that moment it WAS paradise. The sun was out, the beach was beautiful, and the ocean was warm. After several months in Penang we thought we had finally found our perfect island getaway. Well we were wrong. We found … More Phi Phi Islands: We Found Paradise
Hello friends! I am finally back in Penang after a week of pure relaxation and awesomeness in Thailand. The Phi Phi Islands were everything I imagined and more… so much more. It will probably take me a couple of days to download all my pictures, do 4 loads of laundry, fix our unfortunate plumbing situation … More Dreaming of Thailand
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