Month: December 2018

It's not often we get to start start and end the year in Thailand – but in 2018, we did. Our family rung 2018 in

We came upon Kokulo by accident two days ago while walking around the Hat Bang Niang area of Khao Lak. Due to a local ordinance

"I LOVE IT!!!" Ailyn exclaimed after trying a sip of Emily's beer. "I LOVE IT!!!" after a sip of coffee "I LOVE IT!" after her

Ailyn asks all kinds of questions such as, "Why are there no sea gulls in Thailand?" and "Why is everyone staring at me?" (which I

My masseuse clearly paid attention in class – likely taught by monks. She was a by-the-book traditionalist like my high school French teacher. Mrs Myer

"This is our biggest adventure ever!" Sennen said after we waded through a long, often low-ceilinged cave the led to an emptied-out lagoon in the

You've been in Thailand awhile when you become indignant about the price of a $15 taxi. In Thai terms, it's practically scandalous – although if

"I can't believe we're going to Khao Lak today! This is going to be amazing!" said the boy who has never been to Khao Lak

"I want to take her home, I want to take her home!" an older Thai woman said feigning grabbing Ailyn's cheeks. Ailyn's curls and general

By 10 am, I felt that old, familiar sweat – the special overheated, drippy sweat caused by air trapped below corrugated metal roofs, plastic tarps