Prisana Nuechterlein (pictured above fourth from the left with a group of ecotourism students in Thailand) has hitchhiked on the back of a coconut truck in Mindanao, flown in an ancient Russian helicopter in Laos, and nearly boxed with sharks in the Similan Islands.
A veteran traveler, her far flung adventures have been published in the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Bangkok Post, The Straits Times, Sawasdee Magazine (Thai International Airlines Magazine), Phuket Magazine, The Phuket Gazette, Thailand Traveller Magazine, Fragrant Harbour, Action Asia and numerous other international newspapers and magazines.