Back in the USA

Our last blog post while we were in Asia was about a month before we left. The last month we just kind of relaxed in some really touristy, but fun places in the south of Thailand - we were running lower on funds so we hung out on the beach a lot. We were going to go scuba diving and get our certification but we decided to save the money.


Now, we have been back in the USA as long as we were in Asia - Chelsea and I talk about it every day, remembering things we did.   In the amount of time we were gone we did so many things, we were gone about 150 days! It is fun to talk about all the really memorable events that we did while we were out there, but everyday we chat about little, less impressive things that sometimes escape the memory, but were the exact things that made our trip so excellent.  Remember when we sat with that vietnamese couple and had green tea and those little weird raw dumpling things? He was studying to be a doctor at the Hanoi University, and she sold shoe at a Vietnamese shop.

I really can appreciate the way that we travelled when we were there, it was as if we would get to a new country, and we would live with the people there. We made a million friends that we dearly miss - and they are from all around the world. (The exception to this is the first half of our second month in Thailand, when we were in the islands we lived like crazy, party going tourists)

More than anything I miss the food, then secondly I miss the adventure.  After backpacking around so much, if we were to stay in Asia longer than we did,  we would have needed to shack up in a town for a month or so, just to take a break from traveling.  When we were in the last two weeks of our trip, we were ready to go.

Anyways,  Chelsea is working at the downtown Seattle Nordstrom and I am focusing on music - gonna get my music blog going again here soon.  Finishing a solo album, and practicing the piano is my priority.  Next summer we will get married, then we will be off to the next adventure, to add more to the world traveler resume.

How will we decide where to go next? We have friends to go see in Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America!

I would encourage all of our readers to follow our good friend Hana's blog, click here to see it, or get it in the link section.  Also, our other friend Stephanie.  Here is her blog.  They are both living in Cambodia teaching English and helping out, so read their blogs!

I also want to say that we are thinking about all of our friends in Bangkok all the time, worrying about their situation with the horrible flooding.  One of our friends said that the families we became close with all fled town, except for the fathers of the households, who stayed back and are living on the top floor of all of their homes, to protect their valuables from thieves.  We are keeping them in our hearts.

Mack