The movie, “The Beach,” was filmed on the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand. Another filming location was at the On On Hotel in Phuket, Thailand (the hotel scenes from the beginning of the movie). On our way to the Phi Phi Islands in 2009, we stayed at the On On Hotel and actually stayed in room [...]
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Flashback Friday: Goa, India
During the summer of 2010, Joe and I taught at a Summer Camp in Korea and after we spent about 5 weeks in India. We decided to spend the last week of our trip in Goa to just relax and hang out on the beach. A perfect way to end any vacation! We flew from [...]
12 Amazing Pictures of Tintern Abbey
After looking through my pictures of Tintern Abbey for Flashback Friday, I felt that Tintern Abbey deserved a post of its own. Tintern Abbey is in the village of Tintern along the River Wye in Wales. This area is beautiful and has many other places to visit as well, however Tintern Abbey was my favorite. [...]
Flashback Friday: Wales
In April of 2008 when I went back to visit Joe in England, we took a trip to Wales and went on a day long tour from Cardiff. The tour took us to various places in South Wales. Some of the places we went were Caerphilly Castle which is the second largest castle in Britain [...]
Flashback Friday: Absolut Icebar London
Back in 2007 when Jillian came to England to visit me in the winter I tried to plan lots of things to do before she got there as a surprise. One of my favorites was taking her to the Absolut Icebar London. The glasses, the bar, the seats, literally everything was made of ice! It was [...]
Flashback Friday: Camel Safari
In September 2010, Joe and I spent 5 weeks in India. One of the things we knew we wanted to do was a camel safari. When we got to Jaisalmer, which lies in the middle of the Thar Desert, we booked a two-day, one night camel safari. We left in the morning and drove out [...]
Flashback Friday: Jim Morrison’s Grave
The first time we visited Paris the very first thing we went and saw was Jim Morrison’s Grave, it was at the top of my list. It’s really nothing special, it sits off a main walkway in Père Lachaise cemetery behind a couple of large tombs. There is a security guard keeping watch over the grave site [...]
Flashback Friday: Stonehenge
One of the first places Joe and I went, when I visited him in England, was Stonehenge. Stonehenge is located in Wiltshire county, England. It took quite awhile to get to Wiltshire from Guildford and it was really cold but it was worth it to get to see Stonehenge in person! I would love to [...]
Flashback Friday: Guildford, England
It’s been four years since I moved to Guildford, England. This was the first place I lived outside the United States and the first time I had left North America. Guildford is a very small town about thirty minutes outside of London by train. This is the downtown area, High Street, where most of the shops in [...]
Flashback Friday: Phi Phi Islands, Thailand.
In August of 2009, we went to the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand. We stayed on Ko Phi Phi Don island which is the largest of the Phi Phi Islands. While we were there we visited Ko Phi Phi Lee which is a much smaller island and also the filming location for the Leonardo DiCaprio [...]
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