Asia

Chaing Mai

Thailand 2011

Koh Lipe is an amazing little island in the middle of the Andaman Sea.  After three days at Castaway Resort we moved to the northwest side of the island and ...
Castaway Dive Shop

Castaway Divers

26 December We made our way to the dive shop about 0900 to get our gear and set up our tanks.  Everyone boarded the long tail boat and we were ...
Thailand Koh Lipe

Island Hopping

24 December, Christmas Eve We made our flight arrangements into Phuket before realizing the distance to Koh Lipe and that Hat Yai is the closer airport; although the 6.5 hour ...
Dragons

Chiang Mai

23 December  We are a couple of days behind getting this out but our days have been full of fun site seeing and the hassle of getting this all set ...
Siam Rice

Doi Suthep, Spa, Cooking Class

22 December This morning we took advantage of our jet lag and headed out early.  Doi Suthep is Chiang Mai's most famous temple; they say if you don't visit Doi ...
Elephants in Thailand

Elephant Nature Park

We arrived early evening on Tuesday and were able to take a walk through the night market and get a feel for Chiang Mai.  We Immediately felt how polite and ...
Mall of America

Testing Flexibility and Accepting the Adventure

We have been trying to figure out how to start this post for a few days now and keep saying ''we will write it when we get there", well five days ...
Map of Thailand

Refreshed and Ready for Stand By!

Katie and I completed our Scuba refresher course on the morning of December 11 and feel 100% more comfortable to jump into the ocean and explore the under world of ...