Matt’s Travel Blog

Yeah I haven’t posted in a while.. mainly due to lazyness. I’m mean, come on dudes, I’m in Thailand. I’ll get to it whenever.. which happens to not be now.

I have pictures of Jungle, of temples, of North Thailand and the Burmese boarder.. but they will come later. Yet again.. i am lazy.

I just finished some english teacher training camps, and right now I’m in Bangkok about to do another English Camp. I have to take the kids on the over night train to Chaing Mai, then do english camp with them there, then over night train back to Bangkok 4 days later. I’ve also hooked up a full time job in Korat for next semster and have to take a interview with a Thai teacher.

Other than that.. traveling..etc. etc.. at one point I fell down a waterfall.. seems that I have become impervious to physical blows while travelling Thailand…I am convinced of this due to the fact that I am still alive. Excellent.

Super powers completed list :
1. Being more awesome then humanly possible
2. Capable of turing into mist
3. Can use shadows as weapons
4. Does not need to breath oxygen
5. Impervious to physical blows.

.. I’ll be around.. I think im going to go to Vietnam soon.

Had my birthday yesturday, which for anyone backhome is today still..

It was good, I was in the middle of a jungle trek so it offically started while I was in the jungle sleeping in a bamboo hut. The people I was treking with woke me up at midnight and tried to convince me it was 7:30am and I was late… somehow the stars that were still out had me unconvinced. But it was fun, and we had a birthday beer at midnight in the middle of a jungle so that was cool. Eventually we got to sleep…After that it was elephant rides and white water rafting.. through the jungle until eventually we weren’t in the jungle anymore.

Last night was a big party… way to much redbull, coke and sam song… and Thai redbull is the real deal.. oi.

Today im just recovering and trying to figure out where i want to go next, I have to do some teaching in a week (payed!!) .. so I can stray too far of the beaten path.

I have moved on from the island paradise.. mainly cause its $$$$ and am now in the north of Thailand.. Chaing Mai. I left beaches and sun.. for mountains and moonsoon.

The islands were excellent.. its like living in a dream. And scuba diving is like being on the discovery channel..

And in the end.. we got to watch an Italian girl walk off the end of a peir.. second funniest thing ever! Luke.. nothing beats the “brown belt” moment.

Motorbike style on Kho Phan-ngan

Elepants!

This is Bottle Beach on Phan-ngan.. where i stayed for about 5 days.. The only way to get there is by boat taxi, no roads.


Bad light but this is supposed to be me on the beach.

Full moon party on Phan ngan, ever time some one dies at this party.. same same this time (dont know if its actually true though) ..

fire spinning ..

morning approaches after 8hrs of partying..not sure if you can see in this photo but people were pass out everywhere.. quite funny and pitiful.


Kho Tao island.. land of scuba.


Main strip in Kho Tao..

sunset numero uno!

duo!

Muai Thai night on the island.. i trained here for a few days, but constant scuba is tiring. It puts tonnes of Nitrogen in your blood which isnt so helpfull for exercise… plus my feet are covered in cuts from coral adding another level of pain.. oi.

I am for scuba!

After scuba.. there is only love.. and beer Chang.

More sunsets!


Boat we dive off of at a dive site somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand.. I dunno where.

Me giving as much love as possible to my air tank before going night diving. Diving at night is sweet…

Dive squad Turbo Delta Excellence.

Chang o’clock.

It wouldnt be island life with out surgary blue drinks.

You know it.. GUN SHOW!

And the train to Chaing Mai.. wake up to a Chang.

.. time to go see temples and stuff.