Day 22: Travel Day!
“It’s bad manners to keep a vacation waiting.” We traveled from Bangkok to Tokyo on an overnight flight, but before that, we went back to Laser Tag at the kids’ insistence. It was really fun. We played against each other, and then against other…
Day 21: Grasshopper Tour of Bangkok’s Lung
”You’re only one mountain bike ride away from a good mood.” Bangkok has a large green peninsula they refer to as the lung of the city, and today we went for a biking tour through it with Grasshopper tours (the same company we went…
Day 20: Bangkok Temples
“There’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this” Soooo much to write about today. We went to see some of the big temples in Bangkok. This involved taking the public transit boats on the Chao Phraya river. The boat…
Day 19: Market Tours
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us” Today we went to see 2 major markets: the Damnoen Saduak floating market and the train market Talad Rot Fai. It was really interesting! To get to the floating market, we…
Day 18: Aquarium & Asiatique
We had a great day. Spent a couple of hours at the Sea World beneath the Siam Square shopping mall which was a sight to see in and of itself. I’m not sure why, but we always love a good aquarium, and this one…
Day 17: Travel day, noodle house & laser tag
Day 17 was a travel day from Kata Noi to Bangkok. We are all settled into our new hotel, swam in the pool, took the water taxi and subway to a mall, found a noodle house and a place to play laser tag. It…
Day 16: Ziplining
This morning the kids and I played a giant game of chess, and then petanque (basically bocce) while Derek went for a long run. Then we did the ocean/pool combo that we love so much. Then we went zip lining with a company called…
Day 15: Big Buddha
Another day enjoying the hotel, but with a little side trip to see Big Buddha (a giant marble Buddha tourist “attraction”). Our guide book says that we should not export photos of Buddha, so we’re not publishing any, just in case that’s somehow considered…
Day 14: Hotel Day 2
It’s not about “having” time, it’s about making time. We spent another day at the hotel today, taking advantage of the activities here. Blake tried scuba diving and thai boxing. Clara and Cole tried a junior master chef class. Between those, there was much…
Day 13: Hotel Day
Do one thing a day that scares you. We are all pretty tired out from the adventures of the past 2 days, so we are hanging around the hotel today. It has several pools, so Cole, Clara and I have been enjoying those while…
