Monthly Archives: December 2008

Koh Lanta

Posted on December 30, 2008 by jemacy

Just wanted to share what we have been up to on our Thailand vacation. Kind of weird to take a vacation from travel, but we needed to slow down after our nine weeks of non-stop activity in New Zealand and … Continue reading →

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Fun with Lollies

Posted on December 30, 2008 by jemacy
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Sorting through our favorites

Posted on December 30, 2008 by jemacy

We finally have had some time to sort through more than a thousand photo’s from Fiji and New Zealand.  We know it is hard to look at all of the photo’s we put up so we were able to narrow … Continue reading →

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Cooking School

Posted on December 25, 2008 by jemacy

How did we spend our Christmas Day in Thailand? At school! Cooking school, that is. We learned to make pad thai, cashew nut chicken, tom yum soup, green curry paste, a veggie stir fry in oyster sauce, and deep fried … Continue reading →

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A tuk tuk, a train, two bus, two mini bus, two ferries, and 22 hours later. . .

Posted on December 25, 2008 by jemacy

In order to get to Koh Lanta, our chosen destination for the Holidays, we decided to go for a more adventurous travel option. As of Tuesday afternoon the only thing we had booked for certain was a train from Bangkok … Continue reading →

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A video from our time with the Bauers

Posted on December 25, 2008 by jemacy

The video accidentally ended up backwards but you will get the idea.

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World’s Largest Market, Pushing Cars, German Brewery… A Day With The Bauers

Posted on December 23, 2008 by jemacy

Sometimes it’s nice to venture out on your own and other days it’s really great to have someone give you a little guidance and a really good time. That’s exactly what the Bauers did for us. Jeff, Jan, and Maddie … Continue reading →

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Arriving in Bangkok

Posted on December 20, 2008 by jemacy

After 12 hours of being pampered on Thai Air, we have arrived in Bangkok. The flight went by very quickly as we were entertained by many movie options from “Casbalanca” to “Ghost Town” to a Thai movie about a tug … Continue reading →

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New Zealand Top Fives

Posted on December 18, 2008 by jemacy

This is a summary of our top five New Zealand favorites for a variety of categories. Again, this post is probably more for us and our memory of the favorite things we did, ate, and saw, but if you are … Continue reading →

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Losing Weight

Posted on December 18, 2008 by jemacy

We have been hauling quite a bit of gear around in order to make our NZ tramping dreams possible. Those have now been fulfilled and we are leaving New Zealand and entering a non-tramping (at least not long backpacking trip types) … Continue reading →

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