Birthday List Beginnings

When I turned 30, I decided to make a list of 30 things that I had not done that I wanted to try to accomplish in my 30th year. After all, life is short, and I want to go out knowing that I truly LIVED the life that I had.
That year's amazing experiences, adventures, and fun times make me want to keep the list going. I've decided to use this blog space to document the adventures...and to update and add to the list each year.
To see what I've accomplished, click on the archive links on the right to go to specific items from the list in order of the date they were accomplished. New, partially accomplished, or not started items can be found under "November 2011," since I have the year to work on them.
Let me know what adventures you'd like to join me in! You can use the "comment" function to leave me notes. I hope I inspire you to create a list of your own...let me know and if you need someone to join you in your adventures. I'll probably be up for it!

December 7, 2010

See the Thai Fireflies - Completed 12/7/10

These amazing Fireflies blink in unison. Julie Gerberding brought these to my attention during her key note speech at the American Public Health Association Conference in 2007, and I've been curious to see them myself ever since.

On a visit to Thailand to see my family, my mom, dad, and cousin (Jeremy), took a van up to Amphawa, the little town famous for these fireflies. We rented a long-tail boat and toured up and down one of the tributaries off of the Meklong River not far from where it joins the ocean.

The fireflies love a special kind of tree that grows along the river and when it gets dark, you can see them lighting up the trees. It looked a lot like a string of blinking christmas lights, blinking together to the same beat, these tiny little white lights in the darkness. Apparently there are many more of them during the rainy season (their mating season). The males blink to attract females, but noone can really explain why they blink together.

Photos to be added soon.



Added to list: 11/22/07

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