One of the must-do’s for Northern Thailand is a little quality time with the pacaderms. While Chiang Mai is a great place to make this happen, there are a few options in terms of how you experience these amazing beasts of burden. I have broken it down into three options and explained the pros and cons of each: Option 1: The Elephant Camp This is one of the stops on the main tourist road and […] View full post »
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Every Friday evening I’m reminded that I live in a tourist town. The grocery store is flooded with people shopping for their weekend away, the parking lots and streets are busy and hectic and I tend to curse way more than usual. Then I stop, breathe and look around at my beautiful Lake Tahoe surroundings and remember the days when I used to come up here for the weekend because it is such an amazing […] View full post » Today Callie and I participated in the Patara Elephant Farm Elephant Owner For A Day. Now I have to admit I had my reservations about taking a three-year-old to go and learn how to bathe, ride and care for an elephant, they have big feet. It turns out she may be small is size, but not in attitude and she made me so proud with how brave, careful and interested she was. Here are some […] View full post » **A quick note: I wrote a post two days ago saying that if it was me I wouldn’t cancel Thailand travel. Well it must have inspired me because Callie and I got on a plane and we are now in Chiang Mai, Thailand for a few days with plans to take the train to Bangkok this weekend. Not only is it a fun adventure, but I am hearing and seeing the state of Thailand for […] View full post » I love Thailand, I loved it as a backpacker on Khao San Road, I loved it when I had my first baby there and lived in my first apartment, I loved it when I was schlepping that first baby around while pregnant with my second baby, I loved it last month when I got to hang out in the islands and go to Princesses on Ice with my friends. I loved it during the first […] View full post » It was a week of festivals and holidays around the globe so check out these amazing festival shots, Nicole’s from Laos are especially stunning…enjoy: April O’Connell-Cole/Tour Consultant/Truckee, California Sunday was Easter so we went to my mom’s house to have Easter Brunch and hunt Easter eggs. Gavin soon realized that the plastic eggs have candy in them so he insisted that the real eggs were for Grandma and the plastic eggs were for Gavin. It […] View full post » Okay, so while Photo Friday has the advantage of alliteration, it has the disadvantage that I am too busy and the time zones of my team make it too hard a challenge. Hence, Photo Funday (like Sunday, get it?! I do love alliteration!). To celebrate the move to Sunday primetime we themed our Week in Photos to a restaurant and food theme, I know my team, and this is close to all of their hearts! […] View full post » If I were told I could only bring one thing with me to keep my 2 year old entertained while traveling what would it be? Simple, it would be his Thomas the Tank Engine blanket. His blanket has been used as a pillow, a fort, a playground, a sanitary place to sit and eat, a familiar item from home – and so much more. I honestly do not travel ANYWHERE without this blanket!! Last week when I was in Bangkok I took this photo and told Jeab it would be part of Photo Friday. I then totally forget when I put together Photo Friday. So Jeab gets her own entry and I am going to add it on late to last weeks! I super-sized it because I feel bad and because they both look so cute! Kwanchanok “Jeab” Meechai/Thailand Director/Bangkok, Thailand This week Jeab won the lottery! She […] View full post »
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Have you seen the new US passport? Couper has one and it’s pretty fancy. On our drive from the Thailand/Cambodia border to our home in Siem Reap we were starting to get a little travel weary so we started looking through Couper’s passport. On each page they have included quotes as well as images from across the US. You can read the quotes below and then see my questions and a fun contest at the […] 