• 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…

  • Bangkok

    We initially flew into Bangkok and spent a week there.  We didn’t do a whole lot the first couple of days as we recovered from the flight and adjusted the time different (17 hours ahead).  After a few days we swung by the Grand Palace and Wat Pho to see…

  • Hong Kong

    I first flew into Hong Kong in 2005 when I flew from Washington D.C. to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  It was back when the airport was in the middle of the city (and one of the most dangerous airports to fly into in the world) and I could see the city…