Today is our last day in Patong Beach so we decided that it was going to be one of relaxation. We grabbed a Tuk Tuk from the hotel to the center of Patong (200Baht) and from there headed the couple of blocks from the main shopping mall - Jungeceylon down to the beach. We came across Miss Patricia on the beach who gave me an exceptional one-hour full-body massage (while Deborah watched I promise) for 400Baht or $12US. After being rubbed down with coconut oil, pre...

Today was a very busy day. We awoke just after 5:30 a.m. - it was still dark outside but the sunrise was scheduled for about 6:00 a.m. I wanted to get some daybreak shots of the sun coming up over the beach so we were out on the large patio taking some early morning photographs before breakfast. Breakfast was included in what I booked online so we were treated to a huge Asian breakfast buffet that had so many varieties, I couldn't believe it. We were scheduled t...

Thailand is a new destination for both Deborah and I. First impressions are always so important for me when I arrive in a new city. So this might get a little wordy, I hope not. It was my first time traveling on Malaysian Airlines ever, even with the tens of thousands of airline miles over the years. That being said my thoughts still went back to those 239 poor souls on Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared completely off radar on March 8, 2014 - almos...