Three Weeks, Three Destinations: Winter Break 2016
Happy 2016 Everyone! A good resolution for me would involve being more prompt on my blog entries this upcoming year. I will do my best to carry through, starting with this entry, just a short time after our winter break. One of the nice perks of the international education world is having three weeks off during the holiday season; typically, Marianella and I have divided these breaks between Lima and Minnesota, but knowing that we would be job hunting this year, we decided to stay in Southeast Asia in the event that we needed to attend a job fair in early January (we didn’t; more details regarding that at the end). We chose to divide our break into three distinct destinations and themes. Our first week was spent in Phuket, Thailand’s largest island, where our aim was to relax and relax some more. Our second week took us to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), which was new territory to explore while also meeting up with friends of Marianella. Week three was spent in the familia