...somebody asked to take a picture with me, Devin and/or David.
I'm not complaining, mind you. But living in a world where I'm a giant compared to the locals and David is "cute" in the minds of the locals, and Devin is exotic makes life interesting. When we're in the le...
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One of the joys of traveling (for our family, anyway) is observing cultural disconnects. For example, two years ago when I hiked into a hill tribe village that had only had electricity for a month when we got there, I observed a brand new pickup truck near the rice paddy where the farmers were tak...
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I just finished the trip report for our adventure up to Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai.
Check it out here.
Last weekend we were in Bangkok at the tail-end of our vacation hosting my sister Evie and her friend Carrie. (I've known Carrie since I was a kid also...) We had a great trip. On Saturday, Evie and Carrie were lounging in the hotel after a hair-raising experience on the elev...
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We've been hit with some pretty heavy rains lately. Today was no exception, and our street got flooded from the rains. It's not too bad...only ankle deep in the deepest sections, but it still makes life a bit unpleasant. That said, I'm thankful I still have a house. L...
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I actually took this picture in March, but it's definitely worthy of a picture of the week. I spotted this on the Bali Hai pier in Pattaya on the way to a day of SCUBA diving. I just went diving yesterday, and the ship has been floated, as it's no longer there.
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In an effort to post to the blog more often again, I decided to go back in the archives to a family trip from February. I've been meaning to post some pictures from this trip, so I'll start with this one.
These are some statues around a Wat on the Royal Palace grounds in Bangkok...
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David and I were riding into school together today, as I'm borrowing the car of my carpool mates while they are in Laos for a school function. (I get to go to Vietnam later for my own version...)
This morning, there happened to be a very large number of mosquitoes outside in the car...
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In February, 2007 Devin and I took a trip to San Francisco that would change our lives forever. (Wow, that sounded knid of dramatic...hehehe.) We attended the ISS Job Fair for international schools and I came away from that with a job at ISE. A favorite past-time for us is to vis...
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How's this for blending cultures...
We went to the local mall this evening because Devin wanted to put up a Christmas tree in our house.
So we're riding home in the tuktuk, with a new (fake) Christmas tree, singing "Felez Navidad" in Thailand where it's about...
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