Chiang Rai
After a few days of bustling Bangkok, we flew for an hour on Thai Airways up to Chiang Rai. We loved our hotel – Le Meridien in Chiang Rai – on the banks of the Kok River, with its open air lobby, infinity pool, balconies, comfy …
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Thailand Adventure: Bangkok!
The volcano eruptions on Sumatra finally settled down enough for our flight to take off from Bali to Bangkok. We had an amazing Thai adventure of canal tours, temples, markets, elephant riding, flying gibbons, and seeing friends. After a long ride from the airport to …
Bali Holiday!
After an exciting 5 days in Borneo, we arrived in Bali on July 7. Cristina’s amazing driver, Kumang, picked us up and took us to Villa Zen in Canggu, so the kids could recover from the virus they picked up in Borneo. Our first day, …
Borneo Blues!
On Tuesday, we moved out of our Hong Kong apartment; and, two days later, we were on a flight to Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. While watching the safety briefing on our DragonAir flight to Kota Kinabalu, Asher exclaimed, “Hey, they copied the safety video from Cathay …
Japanese Birthday Adventure!
Three days after Aliya and Asher’s school year ended at the Canadian International School in Hong Kong, we hopped on a plane on June 15th to Haneda Airport for a 2 week holiday in Japan. Fortunately, Raquel had found an amazing deal that gave us 2 …
Modern, Clean, Adventure Parks Galore: Singapore!
Singapore is like a multicultural (Chinese, Malay, Indians, and Expats), modern, clean metropolis, rich in activities for kids, but somehow a bit sterile or at least lacking the gritty, rough around the edges, mystery behind every corner nature of Hong Kong. It is also incredibly …
Temples, Monks, & Monkeys: Cambodia!
For the May Day (Labor Day) holiday on May 1, we flew for a long weekend trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Our adventure began at the Siem Reap airport when we filled out 4 sets of 5 different Cambodian entry forms (health declaration, immigration, customs, …
Vietnamese Safety?!
Forget seatbelt laws, especially for kids! (we had to specifically request a van with seat belts after our private tour company sent 2 different vans to drive us without them). But that was nothing compared with the motorbike helmet law for the local vietnamese. It …
10,000 Buddhas!
Today (April 17) we went to the the New Territories in northern Hong Kong to see the 10,000 Buddhas Monastery–the trip to the monastery turned out to be as “interesting” as the temple….but more on that later. The monastery sits at the top of a …
Vietnam HIghlights!
We just spent 9 days over Spring break in verdant, motorcycle-filled Vietnam, from the smoking hot and humid south of the Mekong Delta to the cool, island-dotted north of Halong Bay. The highlights of our trip were: (1) the many modes of transportation (2) The delicious Vietnamese food …