Reblogged from Spinning Free: If there was one thing I was going to do when I arrived in Chiang Mai for the first time, back in March of this year, it was ride an elephant. Vain visions of myself communing with nature while riding atop a massive elephant as we ambled through the Thai jungle … Continue reading »
The first thing that came to mind when I read this weeks photo challenge was our lives. Adam and I eloped a little over 2 years ago at this spot in Koh Samui, Thailand. We eloped at The Kala Samui. You can read more about that amazing day here. To merge is to blur the … Continue reading »
Transport around the world varies a bit when you consider geography, socioeconomic climates and practicality. Traveling outside the states you begin to notice a few rather distinct differences on the roadways. Take Europe where the largest thing they’ve got is a Land Rover and as Britishly cool as they are, you don’t see all that … Continue reading »
Real men wear Purple… Purple Aprons… and take cooking classes! My wife and I were on our 5 month backpacking trip through Asia and Europe when she wanted to sign up for Thai Cooking classes in Chiang Mai. Not only did I make curry with a mortar and pestle, but I donned a purple apron. … Continue reading »
Being back in Bangkok after our lengthy bus ride from Chiangmai served as in instant reminder of why it’s fallen low on my list of “likes” in Southeast Asia. The fine mix of trendy Jason Mraz hat wearing backpackers along with the smatterings of homeless and relentless tuk-tuk drivers was a far cry from our … Continue reading »
Arriving in Chiang Mai is a little like arriving on I-Drive…there are tons of tourist things to do…whitewater rafting, elephant riding, cooking classes, massage classes, bungee jumping, biking, hiking and well it goes on forever and you can spend all your travel money here if you wish.We decided to rent our own motorbike to save … Continue reading »
Unfortunately, our time in Koh Samui had to come to an end and so it did on Saturday which brings us to our mini adventure to Surin Beach near Phuket. Now, The area of Thailand we were in is what I considered the skinny part and in my warped feeble mind, the trip to the … Continue reading »
It seems as though we are hitting a little bit of daily afternoon showers. The rain here is beautiful though, just like everything else. Check out some pictures from the storms. http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=Sweetpik2&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=174179157X&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrhttp://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=Sweetpik2&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0756661846&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr Continue reading »
Today we say goodbye the the Kala Samui which has left us with so many fabulous memories. Today, we are heading to the ferry dock enroute to Phuket…which is then a 4 hour bus ride. We have booked a place to stay in Surin Beach.Tonight, we will make the Capri Hotel our home for the … Continue reading »
A little over a day ago, we had our wedding. Im not sure how other brides have felt, but my emotions were on full blast. We spent the day by the pool, Adam went kayaking and then we got ready for the ceremony. Getting ready doesn’t take nearly as long as you think it will…and … Continue reading »
The internet is very slow,…but we are here in Koh Samui. When we arrived on our very little airplane, I was a bit nervous that I had picked a hotel for our wedding without having read multiple reviews and seen tons of pictures…as we drove through the island town, I had to keep reminding myself … Continue reading »
After 3 days of tooling around the city and sweatin buckets, Nicole and I took an opportunity Wednesday to take a break in the shade and give our knees some much needed rest by spending the afternoon at the Siam Paragon shopping mall. Yes, I know, a mall but we initially decided to go in … Continue reading »
Yesterday we spend the morning decreasing our load and packing up…we booked a new place to stay on Agoda.com and headed for the skytrain with our less bulky bags. Although the walk wasn’t far…we were sweating like animals by the time we got there. We took the sky train to the other (east side) of … Continue reading »
Yesterday, after a P90x workout and a nice hearty breakfast, we set off to find the tailors. Not just any tailor, but the recommended, hand made suit kind. We took the sky train to the Nana stop, onto Sukhumvit Rd…and found Rajawongse Clothier. They came highly recommended on Tripadvisor.com. They measured Adam and had him … Continue reading »
We’ll do our best to keep bloggin as we go and with a few minutes to kill before I pass out, lemme fill you in on today. (side note; we’re watchin Delta Force with Chuck Norris right now…they play the same cheezy inspirational song everytime Chuck kicks someones ass, its awesome) Anyway, we woke up … Continue reading »
Well, we made it. Our first official country on our trip and with that some brief thoughts while the wifi is strong and my memory is operational. Our first day was pretty great and the Thai’s are pretty cool and very smiley…sometimes you have to smile first thought or you might mistake their stares as … Continue reading »
