What a wonderful time in such a beautiful place! I have had a Thai massage – where you are pushed and pulled in all directions and feel like a million dollars afterwards, kayaked, snorkeled, taken a motorcycle all over the island, watched the preparation for serving food to the ancestors and leaving it on the alter (plus lighting fireworks early in the am) and watched the sunset in awe every night. Tomorrow we start the long journey back to Thailand, Korea and then home. It h

Yesterday all I did was blog in the morning and read all afternoon. The excitement of the day was the snake chasing the lizard up a tree, right in front of where i was laying, (of course) and everyone came to watch the 2 struggle and eventually watch it eat the lizard and head back up the tree. NOT ME! I jumped up and moved quicker than you can say lickety split!!!! Yes a snake needs to eat, but i see no need to watch or be near…. As we watched the sunset we took a walk dow

Tuk tuk to airplane to tiny airplane to mini-van to high speed motorboat to scooter, and we finally arrived here in Koh Phayam. PARADISE!!! It was a long adventure, but so, so, so, so worth it. Thank you Ina!! We found a little bamboo hut rustic resort, that is so cute, and here we are. Last night I picked the fish I wanted for dinner and they prepared it in limes and Thai spices. One of the best fish I have ever had. In the day we sit on the beach, under the pine trees watch

In the morning we got up, geared up, took the bike out and went to see a waterfall before we headed to Chiang Mai. Afterwards we grabbed a tuk tuk and off we went to the airport. We landed in Chiang Mai to find even more smoke and pollution. We were heartbroken as we had heard so many amazing things about this city. The pollution really is so awful. We even saw articles in the paper about how the air is poisoning people in the North. It is a terrible situation. One of my favo