Thailand

A repeat of yesterday, with some slight changes. After breakfast we once again got suited up and headed to the beach. All day yesterday Millie asked to go on a kayak and this morning Nick offered to take her. I blissfully sat on the beach and almost finished my book. There is a bookshelf here…

We have been promising a beach to Millie for what feels like 4 months, and today we finally delivered. We kept putting it off because the weather here has been unseasonably rainy. She woke up at 6:45, put on her bathing suit, and begged us to take her. We insisted on breakfast first but she…

Today was a doozie of a travel day. Alarms went off at 5AM which was extra painful after Nick and I stayed up too late planning out the next couple of weeks. Everything is so expensive and many places we were hoping to go are entirely sold out. So our plan is to be beach…

Millie woke up excited this morning to FaceTime with her Papa Jeff and her great grandparents. How cute is this? She was desperate to show them her new camera but it was out of batteries. We tried to recharge it but it wouldn’t turn on. We left it charging all day and it still won’t…

Nick and I stayed up late last night spiraling about the special visit to an elephant sanctuary that we had booked. First, we worried it was a scam because no one had contacted us about the promised pick-up. We worried they would just take the money they had charged us and run off with it.…

Very full day today! We called a Grab from our Airbnb and drove the 20 minutes or so to the trailhead for Wat Pha Lad. The trail leading to this is known as “monk’s trail” because it’s a sacred walk up through the jungle to the temples. During Millie’s complaining I tried to explain the…

Another lazy morning where we just hung out. The condo we are staying at has an excellent coffee shop downstairs so Millie and Nick have been going down and bringing me coffee in bed. It’s a big treat, both to be brought coffee and that it’s GOOD coffee. Nick and I spent a bit of…

We had a lazy morning in the Airbnb. Nick went and got his hair cut while Millie and I played. We finally got moving at about Noon and walked north towards the walled old city. On our way we saw a semi-bad scooter accident where somehow three different scooters collided. Everyone was able to get…

Boring day today with not a lot to report. We had a simple hotel breakfast and then showered and got packed up. We took a taxi to the airport and got through checkin, passport control, and security in about 15 minutes. We were crazy early as always and killed two hours waiting for our flight.…