Tuesday June 15We arrived at Baan Talay Home Stay in Tanjong Tokong at about 6pm. I was still pretty much a zombie, so I blankly stared at KD as he talked to me about our room. By this time I had lost my voice, and couldn’t speak above a very painful whisper....

What were we thinking?

AKA: The Road Trip from Hell.Actually, the road trip itself wasn’t that bad. We took 13 hours to get from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, with approximately 5 hours of that being rest stops for the kids. Timothy has an impressive set of lungs, and by the end of the trip...

Potty Talk

Today’s topic will cover automatic toilets and accidents in the swimming pool. If you are a sensitive soul, leave now. Otherwise, read on.I hate automatic toilets. There’s nothing worse than sitting down to ‘attend to one’s needs’ and...

Kuala Lumpur

On Saturday afternoon we arrived in KL, greeted by the tropical heat and Jenny, our Malaysian Host, who took us to the house where we are staying. It helps to have parents (Sean’s) with connections all over the world, as instead of crashing in a cramped hostel...

Home Sweet Home…2009

We’ve been home in Chiang Mai for a week now, and things are going quite well. The trip was good – the kids slept most of the time, and Samantha made some friends in Taipei Airport, where she played for about 2 hours in the Hello Kitty playground. I LOVE...

The Journey Begins

We’ve spent the last couple of days trying to decide what to keep and what to leave and madly packing what little we can take with us back to Thailand. Whew. Finally done. Now the Journey Begins. We fly to California in the morning, stay with Sean’s uncle...