• Welcome to Chiang Mai

    Our plan for coming to Thailand was to spend 6-9 months in Chiang Mai which is in the northern part of the country.  After a week in Bangkok and then a week in Koh Samui, we finally arrived in Chiang Mai. Neither one of us had ever been to Thailand,…

  • Scuba Diving Koh Tao

    While we were vacationing on Koh Samui, I was able to go scuba diving twice while Chuck watched the kids.  The first time I went to Chumphon Pinnacle and Twin Rocks off the coast of Koh Tao with CSI: Samui.  I was REALLY hoping to see a whale shark on…

  • Koh Samui, Thailand

    After spending our first week in Thailand in Bangkok, we popped down to Koh Samui for a week. Of course we had to go the cheap (read: stupid) way which involved flying AirAsia from Bangkok to Surat Thani, picking up our bags and boarding a van to a bus terminal…

  • Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho) in Bangkok

    We visited Wat Pho (aka Reclining Buddha) after our visit to the Grand Palace.  They are a few minutes apart, and you can walk it, but it’s easier just to take a short tuk tuk ride. Wat Pho is one of the largest and oldest Wats in Bangkok and is…