Thailand

Perhaps one of my favorite places in the world - PAI Our bungalow happiness IS a hammock

so many sweet outdoor cafes and coffee shops, Pai was filled with live music, night market shopping, and was just a chill mountainous town

It was about a 3 hour (very curvy, fast, windy, vicious) drive up the mountain to this quaint town

The view from our hotel in Koh Panang

The most beautiful beach ever (next to Abel Tasman, NZ of course) where I walked post food-poisoning once I could leave the room

The Art Cafe, great little half-outdoor cafe with organic munchies and coffee and books

Karissa and Buddha

Karissa practicing meditation at a local temple

i love Engrish

Banana pancakes at our fav restaurant (Juicy 4 U) Chiang Mai - on Christmas Day

Combination lovely AND fantastic

Fresh coconut juice my FAVORITE!

We did a cooking class in Chiang Mai, first they took us to the market to teach us about the ingredients

Then we cooked one dish after another

...and cooked some more (while eating each dish we prepared)

and when we couldn't eat anymore of what we cooked....we got foot massage.

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Thailand was a magical experience, I would definitely go back and spend more time traveling around. What they say is true, the food is amazing (as long as you eat the right stuff), the people are so friendly, it's colorful and beautiful. Being a Buddhist country, there were temples on just about every corner in Chiang Mai, we shared a taxi with a monk a time or two, the night markets are crazy crowded and it's one big stimulus overload, but so fun!

I was just there for 2 weeks and then Karissa stayed to get her Yoga Teacher Training certificate on the island of Koh Panang for 3 months. Wished I could have stayed...