I find Nemo, and leave my mark in Thailand
Another early morning, out of the hotel and at the dive shop by 7:30am. Today My guide turns out to be the British girl I met the day before. We go over a few safety issues, and talk about the dive. We will take a longtail for 30 minutes to another island, Koh Phi Phi Lei and hit 5 dive …
Shawn Carlin, Shark hunter
On the way to the dive shop I stopped in at 7 eleven and got a croissant with ham and cheese to keep my stomach happy for my dive. I walk up to the shop and the doors are closed, one British girl is waiting outside and she asks me which dive I’m going to be doing this morning. “Shark …
I take a boat ride and find ‘The Beach’
My eyes opened to the sun rising over the ocean, and it took me a second to realize I’ve never seen the sun RISE from the ocean! I jumped out of bed and snapped a photo. 6am rolled around and I hopped in the shower and got ready, packed my things and made my way downstairs by 7am. I checked …
Room Service never tasted soo good
Checking out of the Baan Laimai turned out to be a very easy experience, I paid my laundry service, and mini bar tab (I couldn’t resist the nutrageous bar). And I called a cab to transport me to my next hotel. I left Patong Beach with an all new outlook on Thailand, so far up to that point I had …
It’s raining so I’ll have the ice cream
My eyes open and reach over blindly feeling for my phone. “4AM?!” I think to myself, ugh who wakes up this early? So I jump out of bed hop on my laptop and get to work. I’ve found a small area of my room that picks up the free wifi they offer in the lobby, much easier than going down …
It’s the Kings Birthday, so I piss off some plankton
5:30am and I’m already awake, take a quick shower and grab some breakfast. I find a spot in the outdoor lobby of my hotel, ocean water about 100 yards from me and get some work done. I wish this was my office, maybe it should be? Looking at the time I notice its time for my morning, evening local time …
If Las Vegas and Tijuana had a baby, it would be Patong Beach.
**Photos and videos will be updated soon, I’m having internet problems.** The 2 hour layover in Bangkok seemed to fly by while I wrote my last entry. Before I knew it, my flight was called and I got in line to board. Or so I thought. I get up to the front of the line, hand my passport and boarding …
The romantic days of air travel.
** Photos and video will be updated soon, I’m having internet problems** For some reason I seem to wake up at exactly 6am every day no matter what time I go to sleep. Which isn’t soo bad since I can get a few hours of work in before I go out. So far I’ve learned a lot about travelling internationally: …
My hotel receptionist is a lady boy, and I ate pizza at Daddy’s
I remember booking one hotel room where I knew I would be “roughing it” so I could get a sense of the “backpacker’s perspective”. Well today I checked into that room. I stepped our of the taxi where an older thai man was waiting and grabbed my bag out of the trunk, nearly falling over due to its size and …
I wander the alleys at night, I get denied a beer, and go shopping in the middle of the street
After returning from my massage I went out in search of some food. I grabbed my passport, some cash, and my camera and headed out onto the streets of Chiang Mai. The first place I saw was 7 Eleven, I kept walking because I knew that I could just stop here on the way back if I couldn’t find anything. …
