Aleksandra’s entries
Our family of 5 has been on an extended journey outside of the US for the past 10 months. During this time, we have seen several doctors, had over a dozen physical therapies and even more sessions with two osteopaths and all of us have had lab work done at some point. This occurred across … More Our Experience with Healthcare Around the World
December 25, 2019– January 8, 2020 From the beaches of Thailand, we flew up to Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi turned out to be our home-away-from-home. My cousin’s cousin (and now considered our honorary cousin too) Ana and her family have been living in Vietnam for little over a year. They offered us to stay with them, … More Hanoi, Vietnam (Part 1)
It’s 5am on 1/1/20 in Hanoi and most of our family and friends are still waiting to step into 2020. So this is a greeting from “the future” for all of them! We peacefully stepped into a new year a few hours ago and even had enough time to sleep the celebrations off. All the … More Happy New Year
Hanoi, Vietnam Even though Christmas celebrations are over for many, we are just starting to get ready for ours. We arrived to Hanoi and are staying in the most beautiful home of our incredibly generous hosts Ana and Simon while they are celebrating their holidays in their home country.Today, we even got to put up … More Christmas on the Road
After almost 2 months in Thailand, this crew is leaving beautiful Thai beaches for somewhat cooler temperatures of the bustling city of Hanoi, Vietnam. We hit a snag at the airport this morning as it turned out that Nina’s passport number was entered wrong in our visa pre-approval letter. I guess Vietnamese immigration is quite … More Leaving beaches of Thailand, heading to Hanoi, Vietnam
December 19 – 25, 2019 After 8 days of complete laziness on Koh Phi Phi, we continued the same trend on Koh Lanta. We didn’t pick nice accommodations but they were manageable. We had a peculiar neighbor outside of our balcony – a big lizard that was roaming around the property. We spent most of … More Koh Lanta, Thailand
December 11 – 19, 2019 It was a hot, hot, hot day when we arrived to Koh Phi Phi (Tonsai Pier). We had 2 hours to kill between our arrival and the next time we had a boat scheduled to take us to our accommodations on the opposite side from where we were. I spent … More Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
December 4 – 11, 2019 We spent 3 weeks in three different locations in south Thailand – 7 days in Ao Nang (Krabi), 8 days on Koh Phi Phi (Koh means island in Thai) and 6 days on Koh Lanta. This post is only about our first week in Ao Nang. I wasn’t impressed at … More Ao Nang, Thailand
While most of our friends and family are heading into winter and looking forward to snow, five of us will spend the next 3 weeks on beaches of Thailand, first in Ao Nang and then on the islands of Phi Phi and Koh Lanta.
November 26 – December 4, 2019 From Chiang Mai, we flew to Bangkok. We contemplated taking a sleeper train that would add about 12-13hrs to our travel but then decided against it. The cost of the train was not less than flying and we felt that we were busy enough in Chiang Mai and were … More Bangkok, Thailand
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