Johnathan Winter:  

Life Well, it took a lot longer to graduate from CU-Boulder than I thought it would, but that was because I changed my focus from Business to Cultural Anthropology. That decision was to expand my horizons exponentially. I went to Osaka, Japan on a study abroad program and decided to go back after graduating University. The next 6 years were spent living in Japan teaching English. During my vacations I traveled all over the country and then starting venturing out into other nearby lands. During one of those trips I became enamored with scuba diving and ended up moving to Phuket, Thailand to become a diving instructor. When the tsunami came, I was lucky enough to be on a liveaboard cruise boat as the diving tour leader. We were warned in time to get out to deep water and thus we didn't notice anything catastrophic. We canceled the rest of the trip and headed home. The area of Phuket in which I lived in was relatively untouched. My house was quite a ways from the beach and so suffered no ill effects. The drop in tourist numbers however was devastating to the local economy. After weeks when by and the tourists didn't return many people started getting desperate. Unfortunately, my house was broken into and my notebook computer containing all my history and contacts was stolen. After living o...Expand for more