I can’t believe it–we’re finally onto the last country we visited in Southeast Asia! We’ve been home for three months, but sometimes, it still seems like just yesterday. Thailand is a magnificent place. When we visited there last winter, we knew we needed to spend more time exploring this beautiful country, so we made it [...]
Arrival in Phuket
Phuket greeted us kindly with instant sweat and mosquitos while we waited in customs for at least 30 minutes. Not the best start to our “relaxing” portion of the trip. Even better was when some white guy (couldn’t tell where he was from, but I don’t think an English speaking country) ran into a restricted [...]
Worth the Wait
As I sit in my freezing cold office today, the only thought that is getting me through is this: today is our last day of work before we leave this… For this! For fourteen days we’ll be traveling to Kuala Lumper, Malaysia and Phuket and Koh Phi Phi Island, Thailand. I can’t wait to try [...]
The Light at the End of a Very Cold Tunnel…
In just over a week we will take off for our Malaysian and Thai adventure…and it could not come at a better time weather-wise! We just have to suffer through the snow and Arctic winds for one more week (not to mention a broken heater in my office at work), and then we will be on the [...]
Countdown…
Today is the last day of classes before the kids go on winter vacation. Then we just have to get through teaching two weeks of English camp, and in 25 days time we will be here… …here… ….and here! These images are helping me get through the freezing temperatures and Siberian winds we are currently [...]











