We booked a tour on GetYourGuide to visit the Maeklong Railway Market and Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. We have been so impressed with all of our tours booked online in advance (we also used TripAdvisor)- everything has worked out perfectly with pickups and the tours have been better than we imagined. This one was no […]
Read MoreOur flight to Bangkok was scheduled at 10:45am so we got up early, finished packing, and left in time to return the rental car to the airport by 8am. We went to check in with the airline and found the counter for Nok Air closed…. Superman went to ask the information desk and was told […]
Read MoreToday we planned to go to Doi Inthanon National Park, home of the highest peak in Thailand, nature trails run by the Hmong and Karen Hill Tribe people, multiple waterfalls, as well as the King and Queen Pagodas near the summit. Doi Inthanon is about a 2 hour drive from Chiang Mai. At the bottom […]
Read MoreLucky boy turned 10 years old and gets to celebrate in Thailand! Spud & NixiRay had a challenge going on for the last few days to see who could find enough coins to get to 1 Baht first (yes, they have smaller coins than that!) Loser had to do a polar plunge. Last night Spud […]
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This morning during breakfast NixiRay was looking at her arms and said “I’m tanner than I was yesterday. Yesterday I was a ghost, today I’m a…” She paused, thinking. Littlest chimes in “Zebra!” We all laughed about that. Then Littlest adds “Tomorrow if you’re tanner you might be a giraffe. Or a goat.” Ha! I […]
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This morning Superman decided to try a Thai breakfast (the hotel has 4 choices). Below is Littlest’s reaction to the smell of the fish chili paste. Not gonna lie, I nearly lost my breakfast when I smelled it. Superman talked to the hotel workers and they don’t even like it! Church was a short 15 […]
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Such an amazing day!! (Even though we had a bit of a rough start… Keep reading, haha) Be prepared for picture overload! We booked this excursion on GetYourGuide.com (highly recommend!) A van came and picked us up and drove us an hour-ish up into the hill country. Littlest one was in the back of the […]
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Breakfast was waiting for us this morning covered with little baskets to keep bugs off. The littlest thought they were giving all of us hats. Superman & NixiRay went off on an adventure this morning. A van came to pick them up and took them to a jungle zipline roller coaster. They had a blast […]
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Hotel breakfast included salad with a dressing that tasted like bacon. Not gonna lie, I don’t think salad is a breakfast food. We also had eggs, ham, sausage that tasted like bland hot dogs, and bread with butter and jam (which doesn’t dry out in 5 seconds like it does at home). Oh, and they […]
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Monday night, with 6 backpacks, 6 carry-ons, and 1 suitcase, we headed to the airport in Salt Lake City. (Pro packing tip: pack whole outfits in gallon ziplock bags and sit on them to squeeze out all the air! Bonuses– you don’t have to think about what to wear with what while you’re on your […]
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