Tag: Travel
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Chad’s Trip to Burma (Inle Lake Boat Tour).
Chad is wrapping up his visit to Inle Lake. Yesterday he went on a boat tour of a local water village and checked out some of the local small businesses (lotus weaving shop, cigar shop, preschool and cat preserve). Inle Lake is located in the Shan state. Burma is subdivided into states much like the…
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Chad’s Trip to Burma (Kalaw British Hill Station and Inle Lake).
Chad is at his final stop on his Burma tour, Inle Lake.
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Chad’s Trip to Burma (Rangoon, Bagan, Mandalay).
Chad is still in Burma. His phone and Internet connection has been sketchy but he has managed to e-mail some photos of his travels. He is traveling throughout the country via overnight train, river ferries and air. So far he has gone to Rangoon, Bagan and Mandalay. It’s been quite the trip for him. He…
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Krabi: Day 2 (Jungle Hot Springs, Emerald Pool and Tiger Cave Temple).
Today Sammy, Jack and I went on a tour of the jungle. We went to the Krabi hot springs, Emerald Pool and Tiger Cave Temple.
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Chad’s trip to Burma.
Yep, still there. He has been slow getting me photos because of slow or non-existent internet. Will post what I have soon!
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Krabi: Getting There and Day 1 (Koh Hong; aka Hong Island).
Sam, Jack and I are in Krabi for a few days to celebrate the Thai December holidays. We are LOVING Krabi. Getting to Krabi via plane is a quick, cheap trip. The flight is a little over an hour and getting through check-in and security for domestic flights is pretty painless.
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Asiatique.
To be honest I never thought we would go to Asiatique. I thought it might be a tourist trap. But I am SO glad we went. The boys had the most fantastic time. We didn’t get home until 11 pm because I just couldn’t get them to leave.
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Chad’s Trip to Burma (Yangon or Rangoon).
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).
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Updates coming soon!
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.
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Happy Loi Krathong!
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…
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Singapore: Day 3 (Gardens by the Bay, river cruise and Clarke Quay).
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.
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Singapore: Day 2 (Singapore Zoo and Chinatown).
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.