Koh Tao

Hi all, I was having some trouble accessing my blog, but its alright now. My group has been through Hawaii already, staying in Maui. We snorkeled at two great locations, saw a lava field although it had mostly been blown up as it was a former military testing grounds. Following that we went on a twelve mile hike through an erosional valley atop a volcano. The name of the area is Haleakela, which means house of the sun. We also attended a lecture presented by Ed Lyman of NOAA, the head of all whale entanglement rescues for both Alaska and Hawaii, on his work. On our day off I went with my new friend Andrew Swafford and taught myself to surf. I was successful for all of about five seconds, but I still count it. Hawaii was a great change after how cold it was in Alaska.

After Hawaii we traveled all day to Bangkok staying in China town for two nights and presently I'm in Koh Tao Thailand. I have so much to say on it all. I regret however that if I am not to be left behind as our boat leaves the island I must cut my blog short. My apologies for not having any pictures up yet, they're big files, take forever to load and I cant do it presently. I will be posting again, with pictures, from the airport in Bangkok on the 31st. Hi mom, and Farewell.