Author: bcox

Check out this video my buddy took of the stingray just off the island where we stay on our tours.nn...

I just hosted a couple of guests on a fishing trip. I've never been a fisherman, but I absolutely love spending the week on a local fisherman's boat. We are on the boat by 6:00AM headed out to look for bait fish. The sunrise was beautiful every day. The...

Hey I need some help. I'm teaching an English class at a resort and one of the lessons has to do with social etiquette. Asians are a bit different from the west in what they find to be rude. However since many visitors from the west come to the...

We had some of our friends over for dinner the other night and Kyndal brought her hamster into the living room. Our little friend gets so excited about everything. He has tons of energy. So he wanted to play with the hamster but not really. Kyndal put the real...

Our volunteer teacher actually saved a life this week. He was sitting in a restaurant that overlooks the sea having lunch with some students when he saw a young man being taken out by the current. The many was screaming for help. He asked the students at the table,...

Kyndal decided she wanted to be part of a club at school, so her friends invited her to the Carrom Club. Carrom is a board game that is super popular in India.nnnnNot convinced that she really wanted to do this (partly my fault) she missed the first meeting where...

Angie took Braden to the dentist today. Turns out he does need braces. However, to his relief… not yet. He still has two more teeth to come in before they will put him in braces. I guess this gives a little more time to save huh? Braden really was...

So yeah… we are boycotting the electric company. Well not totally. We still need lights and fans, but we have decided we can live without air conditioning. Last month our air conditioning bill increased 40%. Yikes. We ran 3 air conditioner units (kind of like window units)during the day....

It was like Christmas eve around here last night. Both kids came to our room about 11PM saying they couldn't go to sleep. Braden gets nervous and Kyndal was so excited. It really is cool to have kids with completely different personalities. The first day of school always brings...

We saw the eclipse today. It was pretty cool. I starred at if for like 10 minutes so it would burn the image into my eyes and I could see it for the rest of my life…. ha ha just kidding. I put my camera on speed burst, aimed...