You know we can’t leave a country without giving you a good chuckle at the funny signs and language blunders we found here. This version is multi-national thanks to our visa run to Malaysia and Cambodia. Enjoy the LOLs!...
Thailand Happy and Crappy
I almost couldn’t put the word “crappy” in the title of this blog post. It sounds too harsh for our sweet Thailand. But I do like consistency and since I’ve done this post for many other countries, Thailand gets...
Scenes from the Street
Chiang Mai is a really interesting place. I think it might be one of the “most different” places we’ve ever visited. Just driving around the town is so fascinating and you see so much that is new and unusual...
The Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai
It’s almost time for Zoe and I to say goodbye to Thailand, but we are so glad we were able to watch – and participate in – this very well-known festival in Chiang Mai. Before I get into the...
So Wat Dii Kaaaaa (aka Thai language)
When we arrived in Chiang Mai in July, one of the first things we did was to sign up for language classes. The Thai language is not very intuitive and the girls and I wanted to find some way...
Chiang Rai’s White Temple
Now that we are back in our comfy Chiang Mai house after the Visa Run That Went On and On and On, we are not getting a lot of enthusiasm from the Shermanitas when we talk about more exploring...
Thailand Island
By now you might be thinking “For the love of Buddha, Shermanos! When is this visa run going to end?”. True, we have been updating you about our activities on our visa run for awhile now and we promise...
Going Luxe in Phuket, Thailand
Let’s just get one thing straight right away. You pronounce the name of that town “POO-GET”. Seriously, are we in middle school here or what? For reals now. After our blink-and-you’ll-miss-it stop in Cambodia, we had one more place to...
Thai Dye
I feel like one of my roles in this family is to scour Facebook like it’s my full-time job. I look for local classes, workshops, opportunities, excursions… basically anything that can add to our well-rounded education. Sometimes I fall...
Waterfall Hopping
When those fancy travel agencies try to entice you to buy a package to Thailand, they usually use pictures similar to this: Well, I’m here to tell you it’s not fake, that’s really what it looks like, and...