Thailand was memorable for many reasons, but chief among them were the people we met and friends we made. All of them so giving and so full of life. Here's the credits of some of our new Thai friends: Andy and his family - for showing us a great time after having not seen him in over ten years. We dived right into local Thai life on our first day in Bangkok and got together for a great dinner filled with memorable dancing. The building management saff at t...

Hi everybody, Nina here! Tomorrow we're leaving for Hong Kong, but we are going to miss Thailand because of all the amazing things we did. My favorite thing in Thailand was riding and playing with the elephants. I also liked all the little markets that have everything you would need. Goodbye King Soopers, hello street markets! The markets had almost everything, but no diamond tiaras :(. My 3rd favorite thing we did was all the amazing TEMPLES. There was a beauti...

The day before we left Chiang Mai, my dad and I went on a bike tour. My mom and Nina were wimps and didn't want to get up early so it was just the two of us. We woke up at 6:30, ate breakfast at the hotel then left. In Chiang Mai you can ride in these trucks with seats built in the back. We were a little worried that the driver was going the wrong way when he started driving into this neighborhood, but it ended up being right! We had very nice people going on the...

Today was so incredible it is hard to put into words. Before I lay my head down tonight I have to try though. We started our day with an hour van ride with a great couple from Paris that were on their honeymoon. We were all on our way an hour outside of Chiang Mai to a more remote area where 11 elephants awaited us at Woody's Elephant Home (www.woodyelephanttraining.com). We spent the morning learning commands, feeding, cleaning up after them and sadly hearing ho...

Arrived in Chiang Mai early yesterday afternoon just in time for a fabulous local event, the Flower Festival. Before getting to the festival we checked in at our place, the Baan Booloo Guest House (http://www.baanbooloo.com/). The owner, I'll call him A for short, built the entire place four years ago. He also planted all the trees which shoot up forty feet high. It's a lovely location and completely local. Even better is that the other owner, O, has a cute ...