Happy Holidays
December 25, 2008 · Print This Article
Happy Holidays to all of our friends and family!
Everyone here had a great Christmas and are enjoying an extended week+ of downtime from our travels at the beach here in Thailand. We are on Koh Phangan, an island on the Western side of the Gulf of Thailand. The journey involved an overnight train, bus, ferry and 4×4 totaling a mind-boggling 18 hours of travel time. Good thing the beach and our little resort are truly relaxing. It will be hard to leave the life of leisure and return to our enjoyable, but at times tiring travel schedule. Next up is a short visit to Laos (to fix our visa issue previously mentioned), a stay with the father of a work colleague who lives on a rice farm in the Northeastern part of Thailand, a visit to Chiang Mai, Thailand and then we are off to India and after that New Zealand. We will see Bangkok for a day or so a couple more times as it will be our hub for travel in between these places.
We’ve enjoyed all of the e-mails, Skype calls and photos of everyone’s Christmas back home. Thanks for keeping us up to date on all of the celebrations! Here are some pictures from our time in Thailand so far.
First, some pictures from our short visit to Bangkok.
Next, pictures of our travels to the beach.
Lastly, pictures from Kho Phangan.
Key dates for our future plans include:
December 27th - train back to Bangkok
December 28th - train to Vientiane, Laos (actually Nong Khai, Thailand and then cross the Friendship Bridge over the Mekong river)
January 1st - return to Thailand via bus
January 15th - flight from Bangkok to Delhi, India
February 4th - return to Bangkok from India
February 6th - flight from Bangkok to Christ Church, New Zealand (via Melbourne, Australia)
hey, merry christmas. your family was referenced during the christmas eve service at meeting - so we are all thinking of you.
cheers -
rob
OMG (as maddy would say) that pic of eliot meditating just made me laugh and laugh.
cheers -
R
Here are Teddy and Gabi’s comments. Teddy said “Jack must be a really fast swimmer since that’s who wears that kind of swimsuit!” Gabi said “Ahhh, Ainsley looks beautiful in the picture in front of the waterfall.” Gabi asked “Is Eliot doing a special dance in his swimsuit?” and Teddy wondered why Eliot doesn’t have a swimsuit like Jack’s. Thanks for sharing!