What Happened
January
We started the year in a city called the Gold Coast, Australia. If you want a tour, you can have one for free here.
We took a trip up to Far North Queensland to horse ride, scuba dive, SUP and eat ice cream with some of our favorite people the Rumneys. They also make ice cream and it’s really really delicious.
We went to a billabong near Brisbane with some international friends. There we found a rope swing that we monkeyed around on.
Then we flew to Chiang Mai, Thailand. That’s a great way to start any year, right?
February
In Chiang Mai we met a lot of new friends. Ben showed us a secret local waterfall spot.
Justin showed us around the Night Bazaar.
We went to the Nomad Summit. Big thanks to Johnny for inviting us and organizing the event. Also for inspiring this post. Here’s his year-end wrap up post.
We drove some big motorcycles to the highest point in Thailand.
Then we took the sleeper train to Bangkok. It was fun. We made a movie about it.
Bangkok was a lot of fun. Johnny Ward showed us around his favorite spots and to a roof top bar. Thanks JW.
Then we took another train and bus to Krabi. There we rented a motorcycle from Moto Krabi and drove it to Ko Lanta where we found a place to live for a month.
March
In Ko Lanta we did a lot of CrossFit with Robert at Fit On Lanta.
We toured the Tiger Cave with Norwegian Ninjas.
We went SCUBA diving with Johnny at Hin Daeng.
Drove around the island and went to more caves with Daniella.
Drank a lot of coffee while working at KoHub.
Rented dirt bikes and drove all around the island with David, Johnny and Max.
Then we learned how to cook Thai food.
We met Chris and Sam for the first time. We became fast friends and knew we’d see them again soon.
We drove our motorcycle back to Krabi, then we went up the Coast for a 5 day Live-aboard Scuba Diving trip in the Similian Island National Park. We made a movie about that experience too.
Then we took a long tail boat to Tonsai and spent a few days there with crazy looking monkeys, paddling around the islands and jumping off cliffs.
I don’t remember how we got to China, but we did it for a visa run. You’ve got to leave Thailand every once in a while if you want to live there for more than 1-2 months.
Macau was really crazy. It’s the Las Vegas of China.
April
We flew back to Chiang Mai to kick it with Sam and Chris during the Songkran Festival. We spray painted our big guns gold…
We drove a scooter from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai along the way visiting the Sticky Waterfalls. We got stuck in the biggest rainstorm of the year. We made it, but it was uncomfortable.
We toured around Chiang Rai with V’s father for 2 days and then drove the scooter back to Chiang Mai. Wow. That was a huge drive on a scooter.
We spent the rest of the month working and getting strong at Chiang Mai CrossFit. After 3 months in Thailand we flew to San Francisco, California.
May
Our good friends Kimi and Declan had an amazing wedding in wine country, Napa Valley. Seriously, they have a cool group of family and friends and it was a magical celebration.
We then enjoyed horseriding and croquet with family and friends in Reno, Nevada. Also wakeboarding at Pyramid Lake.
I don’t know how everything worked out exactly, but next we flew to St. Maarten in the Caribbean, because my friend Dane was marrying Miriam. It was great to see old friends and explore the beauty of the island.
June
The Nomad Cruise picked us up from the capital and southern part of the island, Phillipsburg. We spent the next 10 days cruising from St. Maarten to Lisbon, Portugal. On that ship we met a LOT of really, really cool people.
David, Lily, V and I had a really massive power tour around Lisbon. Miles and Melanie joined us for some of it too. That was an epic day. I haven’t even made that movie yet.
We took a massive journey from Lisbon, Portugal back to Reno, Nevada because we thought we were needed at a party that had been cancelled unbeknownst to us. That was hilarious. V didn’t think so.
Next we moved to the Bay Area to house and dog sit. I met Seth Godin in San Francisco during Udemy Live. We explored the city and flew David’s drone alot. That was really neat.
July
We spent quality time with family after my grandfather passed away.
Then we moved to San Francisco and our good friends Jel and Sam visited us from Australia. I also studied really really hard to get into App Academy in San Francisco. Software Engineering is not easy.
August
I was accepted into Hack Reactor and App Academy in San Francisco. All that work studying software engineering paid off. It was a tough choice, but I went with App Academy. Getting accepted into that program was a really proud moment.
The program wouldn’t start till November so we took a road trip down South to Los Angeles and Huntington Beach after David invited us to the Magic Castle. We had a really great time. David took V on a private plane and I went surfing with John. We did a lot of cool stuff. Thanks for being the host with the most David. You Rock!
September
After we got back from So Cal V’s twin sister Vanessa and her husband Mark came to visit us in Reno. We celebrated the twins birthday and had a really fun week.
V went riding with her sister, I went riding with my sister.
We wakeboarded at Pyramid lake and did high speed aquatic push up competitions.
Then we went rock climbing with friends, Roxy, Jake, Brian, John, Vanessa and Mark.
We decided to take another road trip to Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon and Sedona to see Miles and Melanie. We met them on the Nomad Cruise, so the next logical thing to do would be hang out in the desert in Arizona right?…. right….
October
I got back into video editing in October and finally caught up on making the movies for the year.
On the way back from Sedona we stopped at Zion National Park, Utah before chilling out at the hot springs in Austin, NV. That was a fun drive.
We began V’s citizenship process.
November
Things got weird in November, but I wrote about what I’m grateful for that election cycle. But a lot of cool stuff happened too. We spent alot of time with family and friends. We also went on a boat ride around the Foster City canals with the family for Thanksgiving.
December
Despite studying as hard as I could, I failed out of App Academy. That was a big bummer, but life goes on.
V and I got caught in a snow storm but managed to make it back to Reno just in time for the holiday festivities. That was the first Christmas we had with my family in a really long time. Three years to be exact. We spent Christmas Day skiing with the family. It was a blast.
We’re back in San Francisco Bay Area for the time being.
That’s how the year went. Wow.
Happy New Year everyone!