Left Chiang Mai for Bangkok and Feeling Nostalgic

We’ve been in Thailand for only 3 weeks now, all this time spent in its northern city of Chiang Mai, Thailand’s mountains region.We moved to Bangkok yesterday and my first impression is that it’s fantastic, so much to do and see here. We’ll spend 8 days in Bangkok before we head south to the beaches … More Left Chiang Mai for Bangkok and Feeling Nostalgic

Elephant Sanctuary, Dok Ko Ki, Thailand

November 17-18, 2019 Typically, we are not into animal tourism where animals are used to perform entertainment services for people. It is usually not natural for animals to do tricks under questionable living conditions and training circumstances. Thailand has been infamous for exploitation of animals for tourism purposes and even today, there are plenty of … More Elephant Sanctuary, Dok Ko Ki, Thailand

Silly Kid – Maki

Maki’s writing assignment today: “How can I improve my relationship with my sister” His response: “Stay away from her” (straight to the point, no need for a 2-page assignment he was asked to do) The End (so that I know he has nothing else to say on this subject).

Silly Kid – Nina

Never a dull moment with Nikola. He kept asking grandma when he will have his 15th birthday (again). As we were celebrating his 16th yesterday, I realized that we never celebrated his 15th birthday because I had an unexpected surgery on that day last year and then a bit of a rough recovery and in … More Silly Kid – Nina