Trip Planning

Friends and family,
It has been a year since our trip to New Zealand and we are getting ready for our next adventure that will last 4 months, yep 4 months. In a nutshell Breanna and I have decided to take a career break, or as my mom keeps putting it "a break from reality", to explore two different parts of the world and experience cultures other than our own.

We will spend our first month in Thailand traveling from a small island in the south called Phuket and will finish up in the ancient capital of Chiang Mai. The first part of our trip includes 12 days at the Kata Beach Resort where I will take a refresher course on instructing SCUBA diving. Breanna plans on getting her fair share of Thai massages, read a few books that she has been putting off, and relax on one of the best beaches in the world. We will then spend the rest of the time traveling north with stops along the way and will tentatively fly to Brisbane Australia on December 30th where we will spend three more months.

We plan to live in Byron Bay, Australia where I will work as a SCUBA instructor part time and Breanna will volunteer at an animal sanctuary working with Koala's, Kangaroo's, Tasmanian Devil's, and some other of Australia's exotic wild life. We will spend part of our time working to make ends meet while we are there however, our main purpose is to experience another culture, meet people and learn to live without all the crap that has cluttered our lives over the last 5 years. We both plan to learn to surf, spend long days at the beach, travel to other cities via public transportation, visit music festivals, be healthy, and just get a different take on life.

I am sending this out early, hopefully not to make anyone too jealous but, to extend an invite at any time during our trip to take part in our experience. Nothing is set in stone except that we will be in these two places so we are open for whatever as long as you are up for a new experience and a good time. Below is a map of the first month in Thailand that begins November 27th at 12:05am out of San Francisco. Check it out and make any comments, especially if you would like to join for any length of time.

Take care all,

--Ryan & Breanna


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