a peek inside the fishbowl

The Thailand diaries continue! To read past posts in this series, click here. After our extraordinary time with the elephants, we decided to chill out by the pool for the rest of the afternoon. In the afternoon I went back to our 7-11 to pick up a few staples, which included a cup of coffee […]

The Thailand diaries continue! To read past posts in this series, click here. In my previous post I wrote about a questionable spa treatment we received while we were in Thailand. Thankfully, nothing bad happened as a result. (Yay us!) I know a few of you are probably wondering AT WHAT POINT THIS TRIP GETS […]

The Thailand diaries continue! To read past posts in this series, click here. Lynn‘s comment on my previous post made me wonder if I was making our trip out to seem perfectly horrible. Yes, we got stuck on a hot train in Paris while we were practially fainting with fatigue and jet lag. Yes, I had […]

The Thailand diaries continue! To read past posts in this series, click here. It probably sounds ridiculous, but it took me a couple of days to get comfortable with crossing the street. I thought about this as I crossed “our” main road to get to “our” 7-11. I was finally looking the right way before […]

The Thailand diaries continue! To read past posts in this series, click here. We bought snacks to eat on the plane. Who wouldn’t? Among these snacks was a sizeable bag of honey-roasted mixed nuts from Bulk Barn that the youngest splurged on but never got around to eating. One morning, like every morning so far […]