For all of who have been waiting oh so so patiently

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Hi everyone.

First of all, I am totally lying about the Diary Date. As most of you know, I have been back for a few months now. Back in the swing of things with city life but still savoring memories of our 2 month trip to SE Asia.

Anyways, rather than re-creating the trip, I have chosen to take my e-mail excerpts and share them with those of you have seen them already and those who have not. This time, there are pictures so enjoy!

E-mail #1
Subject: Hello from Thailand

Sorry if you got this twice...seems like the first one didn't make it from my end...anywho, here goes:

So hello there...long time no communicate! It has been about 5 days since we left Vancouver and it feels like so much has happened.

We are currently relaxing on one of the many beautiful islands, Ko Tao. We spent what seemed like a whirlwind eternity in Bangkok trying to just adjust to the time change, the culture, and arranging our visas. The last two days of our stay were particularly trying with much of our day spent trying to arrange our two visas for Myanmar and Laos. The difficulty is trying to stay sane when it hits over 30 degrees by mid morning...I have never been so drained...like walking through the desert and hoping for a mirage of crisp cold water! Other than that part of Bangkok, I really enjoyed being able to eat at whim off of a street vendor, wild tuk tuk rides, excellent SUPER CHEAP shopping, and just the Thai people themselves who are very courteous and polite. Bangkok will act as our center point through the trip so now that we know the routine, things will run much more smoothly. We arrived on the island yesterday and it now truly feels like a non-working vacation. Today, we spent the whole day touring the island with Nick taking charge on a dirt bike. The snorkelling is pretty cool...lots of cool fish and we saw 3 reef sharks today...it freaked me out, that's for sure! I'm like the size of an otter which always makes me feel like prime bait! The next 3 days will be scuba diving time and then we are going to try to make our way out of Thailand to avoid the water throwing Thai/ Asian new year in favor of hopefully more mellow celebrations in Laos.

Hope everyone is doing well! Be in touch a week or so from now!

xo

Kel 😊

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Photos

Bangkok
Traffic galore! Wild tuk tuk rides!

human shower
from Canada to Asia- too hot!

Chumphon- on the way to Ko Tao
On the way to paradise

Ko Tao
Paradise itself

Ko Tao Night Shot
Buddha rock on the left

Ko Tao bungalow view
250 Baht a night...that's $8 Cdn.

Ko Tao bungalow
Sorry, enamoured by Ko Tao, the bungalow itself