Heather is coming to Asia!

    My good friend Heather is moving to the island of Macau, off the coast of China, near Hong Kong, with her husband Adam in a couple days! They signed a three year contract with a school to teach English and they are so excited! I am so excited to visit her and for them to visit me! She recently posted this wish list on her blog and I really loved it.  I stole it and changed it to fit my situation a little, because it had some amazing things to do on it! It makes me so excited to travel. When Heather and I met my sophmore year of college, we bonded over our love of travel and always talked about teaching abroad and now we are both doing it! Here is her South East Asian wish list! Look who is number 8....:-)

Our South East Asian wish list

50 things we hope to do and experience while living in South East Asia...

1. Scuba dive with a whale shark

2. Stare in awe at the mountaintop Buddha in Hong Kong

3. Eat a deep fried spider or scorpion (note: this is for Heather ONLY, she thinks they'll taste like crab- thanks Andrew Zimmern!)

4. Spelunk into the caves of Borneo

5. Make a difference in the lives of others

6. Gorge on Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches

7. Witness sunrise from the top of Mt. Kinabalu In Malaysia

8. Visit Chelsea in Thailand

9. Lounge on a boat down the Mekong River

10. Have fish eat our feet soft during a fish pedicure 

11. Relish Portuguese egg tarts at Lord Stows bakery in Macau

12. Learn Cantonese.

13. Feel like we're at the top of the world on the observation deck at the Macau Tower

14. Toast with a Singha in Thailand as the sun sets over the ocean

15. Savor laksa in Borneo

16. Explore a foreign country with friends and family from back home

17. Sail in a Chinese junk

18. Get a Chinese fighting fish as a pet, or is it just a fighting fish if you live in China?

19. Island hop through the Perhentian islands 

20. Ride in a tuk tuk through the streets 

21. Return to Bali to see old friends 

22. Be memorized by the sunset at Angor Wat, Cambodia

23. Take a ride on the back of an elephant 

24. Serve a meal we learned from a cooking class

25. Experience a live aboard dive boat

26. Discover the most friendly and yummy street food vendors in Macau

27. Move into an ocean view apartment

28. Love our careers

29. Volunteer in an orphanage

30. Take a stroll on the Great Wall

31. Experience a level 8 typhoon 

32. Pick Rick and Chris up from the Hong Kong airport

33. Go on a trekking adventure through the rural Lao wilderness

34. Make friends that will last a lifetime

35. Camp somewhere 

36. Devour a bowl of pho in Vietnam

37. Gamble a dollar in the Las Vegas of the East

38. Add 100 dives to our scuba dive log (Current count- Adam: 150 Heather: 99)

39. Zip line through the jungles of ________

40. Bungee jump off the worlds tallest bungee jump at 764 feet with Heather's sister Tiff (Note: Adam ONLY! Heather's not that crazy!)

41. Glide through the waters of Ha Long Bay aboard kayaks

42. Savor the romance of Luang Prabang, Laos

43. Relax while enjoying a Chinese massage

44. Meander through exotic markets 

45. Participate in a beach or underwater clean up

46. Attend the Formula One Grand Prix in Macau

47. Be dive and beach bums on Malapascua island in the Philippines

48. Take an overnight train ride complete with the smells and sounds from local culture

49. Gaze at a meteor shower from the beach of a remote tropical island

50. Enjoy the experience of a lifetime

Mel and I just got back from a crazy weekend and I will work on that post and pics later, gotta go to class! First class in two weeks and I have to teach a song called "The ASEAN Way." It is kinda creepy and cultish...Fun times! Love you all! See you soon Heather and Adam! :-)