I will try and keep up with the blogging a bit better. The last time I wrote we had no clue what we were going to do for 3 weeks before I started school. With Susy having an afternoon nap in our lovely air conditioned room in Hua Hin, I took the time to read the lonely planet for an hour to figure out where we would like to explore! Many neat places in central Thailand and more beaches/islands around the gulf! Also a visa run to Cambodia by September 2nd so we do...

Sawasdee Ka...another update? OK!!! I've got plenty of time on my hands at the moment as Susy sits here fiddling around with her new camera. All I hear is the random giggle, "check this out" and "SMILE". We are currently in Hua Hin. Off the islands, a much needed break after feeling the constant sea sickness for the past 3 weeks. It wasn't THAT bad though, so here's the gist of it... island hopping started on Koh Samui...we had heard its not the greatest place ...

Back to the mainland we go... Ao Nang was recommended to us by the ferry ticket taker, so thats where we went. Gotta trust a local, right?! Our first full day there we decided to venture out on our own. Hopefully getting outta the tourist crowds, we hired bikes. The lonely plantet tells us that Khao Phanom Bencha National Park is only 20 kms north of Krabi and it has the beautiful 11 tier Huai waterfall. We were keen for some hiking, so we packed our day packs ...

So here's the scoop... 8 days in and we've covered alota ground/sea/sky As a novice backpacker we decided to ease ourselves into the culture by staying in a prebooked hotel in Bangkok. It turned out to be great, cheap by Canadian standards...faking expensive according to thai backpacking standards. Oh well we enjoyed the air con and gym for our first 3 nights. We mastered the train system and bartering at the markets, and toured Wat Pho (which inhabited one of...

Steph and I were both lucky enough to have Mr.D kicking around GLS when we were going thru. I'm unsure of what grade we both did this trip in. But we definitely had different experiences...mine was one of enjoying time on the beach soaking up the sun, and Steph's was more of looking for the next place to take cover because the another round of snow, sleet, or rain was coming. So in April, when I suddenly had 3 weeks in June available before leaving the country, ...