Girls weekend in Phuket!

Beth, Gia, and I took a quick trip to Phuket Thailand to enjoy the weekend On the beach and by the pool. Fun girl weekend. We spent time at the pool, beach, shopping at Jim Thompson and enjoying the yummy Thai food. Of course we had to enjoy a foot massage :)

Here are some pictures

Gia, Beth, and I 

Pool side 

Sunset at the Hilton

Hilton loves us

Beautiful beach

Beth and Gia in the pool

A weekend in Singapore...

As many of you know, I don't spend a lot of time in Singapore. But this weekend I was in town. Mostly I caught up on sleep and worked but also got some time with friends and running. I captured some pictures of my favorites in Singapore! 

Merlion at dusk - only 82 degrees today so many people out enjoying the mild temps

View of Singapore - apartment to the center left

Beautiful gardens by the bay - a lovely park

View from the park

The city. Apartment is the last building on the left

Singapore getting ready for the biggest holiday - Chinese New Year

Famous Fullerton Hotel and Merlion 

Chinese New Year laterns - famous decorations 

The city at dusk

Ringing in 2014 in Hawaii...

I always love Hawaii! And this year to ring in 2014 with my peeps was the best! Cindy, Mitch, Mike, and I skipped a year of hiking in cold weather to top of some mountain and headed to Kona, the Big Island! Mary and Lena joined us. As well as Michael and Robyn from New York. What a blast! We went kayaking and snorkeling. This included some huge waves as we tried to get back to the beach! Hiked the Volcano National Park - always fun to hike through lava! Then we tackled zip lining - this was fun though I think Cindy would have done without it haha! We also enjoyed some whale watching where we got to see a young whale show off some of his moves! We also enjoyed some pool time as well as time together cooking / grilling meals and meeting new friends. So lucky to have such great friends! I can't wait to tackle more adventures when I return to America later this year.

Here are some pictures from the amazing trip:

The crew at the luau

Hilton Hawaiian village - lovely

Kayaking and snorkeling 

Just beautiful 

Mary and I

Lena and I

The ladies hiking

Volcano National Park

Zip lining

Cindy, Michael, Lena and I

Celebrating the New Year

Kona brewery 

Whale watching

Mary and Cindy on the boat to see some whales

Hanging with our turtle friend

Mitch, Mary, Cindy and I at the luau

Just beautiful sunset

This place is amazing

Sunset view

Cindy and I on our last day

Last beers at sunset

Christmas in Singapore

I am a little behind in my blog.... But here is a recap and some pictures from my Christmas in Singapore. So excited Matt was able to extend his visit and stay through the holiday. Some of us expats went to a lovely brunch at Capella's hotel for Christmas Day and then spent the day at the beach enjoying the water and playing beach volleyball. Here are some pictures.

Matt and I having drinks on Christmas Eve

Mary and I at brunch

The crew

At the beach - Charlie in is ugly sweater

The crew!

At the beach

A weekend in Bali...

Bali is always a favorite! And getting to travel there with Matt is the best! We had a short but fun time in Nusa Dua. We enjoyed some pool time as well as the yummy Balinese food. We also met some fun new friends. Here are some pictures from the fun weekend! 

Picking out our dinner 

Yummy dinner - squid and lobster

Pool time - Conrad pool is amazing!

Visiting Kuta with our new friends! The band even let V and I sing :)

Cocounts are yummy in Indonesia! 

Beautiful pool