Saigon is a concrete jungle. Lots of motorbikes, traffic, and buildings. It is also very, very hot. In order to...
Read moreDetailsWe spent two weeks in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam for Christmas and New Year’s. It...
Read moreDetailsIf you do a quick search on Chiang Rai’s famous Wat, you’ll read words like “contemporary,” “creepy,” “unconventional,” and “strange"...
Read moreDetailsLike other countries we have visited, Thailand celebrates “Children’s Day”(how did the US miss this holiday?!). We wanted to do...
Read moreDetailsAfter settling into a bit of routine on our extended stay in Chiang Mai, we decided to explore some of...
Read moreDetailsThere, I said it. In the past 1 1/2 years that I have been sharing this blog with the great-wide-world...
Read moreDetailsOur first day in Chiang Rai consisted of surprise adventures with our homestay hosts, and the next day where we...
Read moreDetailsSeveral weeks ago our church congregation in Chiang Mai planned a children’s activity to have the kids help plant rice...
Read moreDetailsWe booked an early morning VIP bus ride from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai, which cost about $10 per person....
Read moreDetailsWe knew we wanted to take the rare opportunity to ride elephants while in Thailand, but wanted to be extra...
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