The village of Bo Sang (aka the umbrella village) sits about 20 minutes outside of Chiang Mai, so we took the kids there for a visit one afternoon. Right past an archway going into Bo Sang is a factory + showroom which demonstrates the entire process of making umbrellas by…
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,…
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…
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…