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Goodbye Thailand

All packed up and ready to head back to Bangkok… We checked out of our condo and drove up the coast making our way slowly to the Phuket airport. Check out the Surin Beach viewpoint. Just gorgeous! We are going to miss this place! We stopped...

Ban Nam Sak & Chinese New Year in Phuket Thailand

After leaving Khao Sok National Park we drove out into the countryside through coconut farms to find Ban Nam Sak (Village Water Clear). We had no idea what to expect, all we knew is that Iris told us there was beautiful water to swim in. Turns out...

Khao Sok National Park Thailand – Overnight Adventure & Boat Safari

Superman was the one who found out about Khao Sok National Park by watching YouTube videos about the best places to visit in Thailand. Cheow Lan Lake looked absolutely amazing and we figured we couldn’t pass up the once-in-a-lifetime chance to...

Banana Beach Phuket Thailand

One of our favorite things about traveling is being able to try new foods, especially tropical fruits. This is a mangosteen. They have a hard purple shell with white flesh in sections inside. The fruit is very soft and tastes like a cross between a...

Bang Wan Waterfall, Patong & Fantasea

After two big excursion days in a row we were ready for a slower pace today. We started off with some pool and workout time. We decided to check out the Bang Wan Waterfall that was only 10 minutes from our condo. The area is pretty sketchy and...

Relax & Play Day – Kamala Beach Thailand

After the long excursion yesterday we were ready for a relaxing day of sleeping in (until 8am, haha), getting a workout in, and swimming at the pool. Miss A and Spud had a blast coming up with funny ways to jump in the pool – Spiderman pose,...

Phi Phi Islands Tour from Phuket Thailand

Today was an amazing adventure! Early this morning a van came to pick us up at our condo and drove us across the island to the Royal Phuket Marina – as usual on these excursions, Littlest girl got a nap in while we drove for an hour and a...

Google Lied

There is only one small branch of our church in all of Southern Thailand. We were lucky that it was only 45 minutes away from our condo. We were also lucky that when a box truck hit our rental car on the way to church that we only clipped mirrors...

You have to go North to go South

The tooth fairy came to Thailand! Spud was so excited to get gummy teeth, a little hamster toy, and a 10 baht coin. Long long travel day today to get to our next destination… First we packed up & checked out of our rooms. A van from the...

Service Week Wrap Up & Beach Day

This morning started out with a lovely breakfast of…. Grilled cheese and corn sandwiches! And if you didn’t want that, you could have grilled cheese and sausage (think bland hot dog) or grilled cheese and raisin. Yum yum. Blech. Today...