Archive: Who Are Ben & Brian?

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From the Ultimate Thailand Explorers Pattaya Blog Archive [originally published 5 December 2009].

With the official start of our blogging assignment underway, we took an opportunity to provide some background on who we were to hopefully attract more voters who may have just started to follow the competition. A family photo album was the medium.

I’ll see you out there…!

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Hey Explorers,

Chances are if you are reading this on Sunday we are on the plane flying from Orlando, to New York, to Tokyo and landing in Bangkok. From door to door it’s about a 29 hour flight. Yikes! Many of you readers have been following us along since the beginning, while we know many of you may be joining us for the first time today! We thought we would take this time to share with you more about who we are.

We each grew up in Massachusetts. Ben in Fall River and Somerset and Brian in Groton. Our families still reside there today. In 2005 we moved to Orlando, Florida to pursue employment opportunities. Ben graduated with undergraduate an graduate degrees in Communication from Fitchburg State College and Suffolk University respectively. Brian from Northeastern University with an M.S in Physical Therapy.

We met each other in 2003 and together share a passion for travel. Our one and only goal is to inspire you to travel to Thailand and add Pattaya to your itinerary.

In the past few months Ben has been managing the social media component of the competition while Brian takes care of the itinerary details. When they are not competing, Brian plays in a softball league in Orlando. His team does fairly well and they have competing in tournament all over the U.S.

Ben on the other hand avoids sports like the plague! He writes a small travelblog in his spare time. Experience is the best teacher. He’s learned so much from this competition he can’t wait to resume and try out what he’s learned. Every Saturday night we play in a bowling league. It gets us out of the house and brings us closer together.

While we’re flying, you may want to catch up on some of our previous blog posts. You may also enjoy this slideshow we put together with some of our favorite photos from our family. We hope you enjoy.

We’ve worked hard to make it to the finals. We’re thankful to everyone, our friends, family, fans and followers who voted during the semi-finals and helped us make it to this milestone. We’re proud to represent Massachusetts, Florida and the United States. If you enjoy following our adventures please support us and vote for Pattaya by registering and clicking the link above. You can vote every 24 hours until January 8th.

In addition to our blog you can follow our adventures on Facebook and Twitter. Our social media links are listed on the right.

We’ll see you out there!

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