Shucking our own oysters was more fun than I had imagined. There was an oyster farm down the road from us in Orcas, and another one on San Juan Island;…
Do you like Thai food? We love it. So when our host in Chiang Mai said she taught cooking classes from her home, we signed ourselves up! We scheduled to take the class the day…
I first learned about the lantern festival when I saw a picture on Pinterest of thousands of sky lanterns being released into the sky; it was absolutely beautiful. I did…
Loi Krathong and Yi Ping (also known as the Lantern Festival), take place at the same time in Chiang Mai during the full moon every November. For centuries Loi Krathong…
Let’s see… airplane, metro, taxi cab, Tuk Tuk, Rikshaw, sky train, bus, hitchhike on a motorbike, and hitchhike in a car, walking, scooter. We’ve never taken so many forms of transportation…
Have you ever been mugged by a monkey? I have. In Lop Buri, Thailand monkeys roam the temple and streets causing mischief. I was excited to see the monkeys! We…
I love fruit stands! We found them along the sides of the road in Southern Hawaii. They were selling pineapples, coconuts, bananas, apple bananas, dragon-fruit, passion fruit, lychees, and mangoes.…
This beach is called Black Sand Beach, Punalu’u, or Turtle Beach for it’s commonly seen sea turtles. I was excited to collect some black sand, my mom was excited to…
Exploring around the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island was better than we expected so we went there twice! It was a couple hour drive from our rented…