All good things come to an end

We have spent our last week in the Perenthian Islands and it has been the perfect way to end our trip in Southeast Asia! The water is as clear as a swimming pool and we have gone scuba diving every single day. We saw a giant sea turtle and two reef sharks and it was so incredible getting to swim along with them in their habitat! Chillin out at the beaches has been extremely relaxing and one of the most beautiful places we have ever been.

In the past three months the we have seen Mt Everest, learned to scuba dive, toured five different countries, ate incredible food, met great people, and much more. We are both incredibly lucky to have had this time to explore a little part of the world and have mixed feeling about returning to the States. On the one hand, traveling can be exhausting especially when (for the most part) we only spend about three days in each place. After three months of taking countless bus rides, flights, and trains we are really looking forward to coming home and staying in one place and getting in our routine. There are also those times, for example, when you stay in a shit hole of a hotel with moldy, wet carpet and the sheets clearly have not been cleaned in God knows how long. Then after checking into your shit hole hotel you walk down the street to grab a bite to eat and you see three rats the size of my dog, Jetta, scurrying outside the restaurants. Or when your hotel has an ant infestation problem and the ants love you so much they not only want to share your room, they also want to be cooked into your pineapple crepe. 

On the other hand, you get to spend your days swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Perenthians, exploring charming old towns, trekking in the Himalayas, floating through the mystical islands of Halong Bay, and creating memories that will last a lifetime. We truly have had a trip of a lifetime and I, for one, feel so fortunate to have shared it with the love of my life. Traveling with Tyler is always such a pleasure and he makes any trip that much more enjoyable. However, there is 

no place like home and we are both looking forward to seeing our families and our amazing group of friends, you have all been missed so much! So bring on the Stars and Stripes, some cold beer, and one hell of a BBQ we are coming home wahoo!