We left the hotel for a day trip up to the Choi Phu Ka National Park. On our way to find coffee, we stopped off at Wat Du Tai. Wat Du Tai I was particularly taken by the roosters. But there was other good stuff, including a great view of Nan. Erabica Coffee We were […]
Our first full day with Peter and Lek at their wonderful home in Chang Rai. After a cold shower, (the water heater was just going in), we started the day with coffee on the veranda. Actually, this is where we have all of our meals. We’ll cover this in another future blog. Do Home They […]
It’s Thursday. Day 1 of our Magical Mystery Tour across northern Thailand. today we head from Chang Rai to Phayao, via the home that Lek grew up in. In Phayou, we will relax at the pool, watch a sunset, then visit the night market for some street food. Stop 1 – Hemps on Thailand Although […]
Pete and Lek met us at the airport. The airport was small and welcoming, and the Thai Lion Air flight was tight and quick. There will be more about Pete and Lek and their place in the future. Turns out, the village that their place is in, was having a party to welcome the new […]
Saturday My volunteered to take the girls to their various dance and piano lessons, thus freeing up Kook to play with us. She wanted to take us to Ko Kret and the Chatuchak Weekend Market. Ko Kret Ko Kret is a small island in the Chao Phraya River, just north of Bangkok. It was a […]
Kareem’s barbecue is ranked the #5 restaurant on Caye Caulker by TripAdvisor. He has a few grills set up just before The Split. It is pretty good, or as they say on Kareem’s sign, “unbelizeable,” and not expensive. A few random shots:
Not surprisingly, the best places to see sunsets are on the Western shore. There are plenty of restaurants. This night we chose Maggie’s. When we arrived, all of the picnic tables on the deck had been taken. We were seated in the back. The owner asked us why we were there, to which we replied […]
We were supposed to go snorkeling on this day. There were 21 knot winds, so we chose to push it out. Instead we went to Bliss beach on the north Island. I’d read about it somewhere so we headed out to The Split (the northern tip of the south island). We got tickets and Harry […]
We made our first stop of the day at Ice n Beans, a nearby Coffee, smoothie, ice cream, and various breakfast kinds of food. We were greeted with a shot of iced coffee when we entered. It was here that we met Thomas, a retired Swedish teacher, who became our first travel friend. Look closely […]
Boquete is the coffee growing area of Panama. Panamanian coffee has been having a huge surge in popularity over the last several years, particularly with the “Geisha” coffee, which has won the world coffee championship for the last several years. Naturally, touring a coffee finca, our plantation, needed to be on our itinerary. Finca Lerida, […]
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