Category: Asia

Brilliant! Our snacks were safe last night. We still hung them up on the wall but triple wrapped them in plastic bags so the ants wouldn’t be lured to them but the real reason the ants didn’t come was because I put a circle of bug repellent around the hole they were coming out of. I watched them come out this morning, walk up...

I miss going to church. That’s all. It’s just something on my mind. I miss singing, worshipping, and being with other people. Knowing I can pray and worship any place, any time is so comforting and freeing for me but I still miss being in a church. Oh, look a chameleon in the bathroom on the wall. Alright, this little guy can live with...

Yesterday’s down day, prepared us for a 14-hour travel day to Bangkok. We’re up at 6:30 am to pack, have breakfast of French Toast and check out of our bungalow at the Mountain Reef Resort. We pay 100 Baht ($3), for a four-wheel-drive truck/taxi to take us to the west side of the island. Interestingly, we paid 400 Baht ($12) to get here three...

Everyone traveling needs a down day. A day where nothing is planned and you don’t talk about plans for tomorrow. Today is our down day and I’m so glad it is. I woke up feeling like a Mack truck ran over me. I was up with Nosey, our resident bathroom gecko, twice last night. I’m sure I slept but I don’t remember sleeping because...

I must say sleeping under mosquito netting makes me feel protected and secure. Protected from nasty bugs and insects but not from Nosey, our resident gecko. It turns out when he’s not walking the walls of our bathroom, he hangs out on top of the bathroom door threshold. It really is nice that our bungalow has its own bathroom but the tin roof is...

When we get off the ferry from Surat Thani, we’re not sure where to go on the island. Where we are now; has no beaches, lots of boats and too many tourists. We decide to go the other side of the island and pay 400 Baht ($12) for a four-wheel-drive truck to take us. The four-wheel-drive is definitely needed over the rough roads, steep...