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Chad is in Burma (Myanmar) for the next few weeks.  He will be traveling throughout the country.  He  started his trip in the country’s largest city, Yangon (also known as Rangoon).

It’s been a crazy week! We’ll post some updates soon. Keep a look out for Chad’s Burma (Myanmar) trip and mommy, Sammy and Jack’s Krabi trip — all happening this month.

Today is Loi Krathong in Thailand.  Loi Krathong is a festival celebrated mainly in Thailand and Laos paying respect to water spirits.  The event is meant to thank the spirits for allowing our use of the water and to apologize for polluting the water.  Individuals pay their respects to the spirits by floating a small…

Last day of “vacation”!  Today we went to Gardens on the Bay and took a river boat cruise along the Singapore River to Clarke Quay for dinner.

Chad had to go to some briefings today.  So,  Sam, Jack and I were on our own until early evening.  We decided to go to the Singapore Zoo.  I am really over seeing animals…but the boys are not–Sam insisted on seeing everything twice.

We departed Chiang Mai mid-morning and arrived in Singapore early afternoon.  We changed time zones…and… we also changed languages! Back to English!  The boys did a great job on the 3-hour flight, although, Jack did switch between watching “Yo Gabba Gabba” and playing with some blocks about one thousand times during the short time we…