This Is Where We Live

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It has been years since our last blog entry and this one is long overdue. Just to catch up, we started our "trip" in 2008 with one and a half years of travel in SE Asia with a side trip to Europe. (Check out our previous blog entries to see all the amazing places and things we did during that time). We returned home to New Orleans for a couple of months then back to Thailand again because we missed it. We spent two years more on Koh Phi Phi before returning home. Then the big one…we sold our house and everything in it and returned to Thailand, again! We have now been living and working on Koh Lipe nearly three years.

During this time we have been enjoying the island life, have taken trips throughout Asia and visited friends and family at home in America. Here's our life on Koh Lipe in pictures and we will be adding more posts with our travels over the past years. We hope you enjoy!

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Photos

Monks at sunrise
You've got to wake up early to see this

Mali Resort
This is where Ruthie works and we live here, too!

Sea Urchins
Mali is collecting urchins for dinner. We tagged along for the experience.

Walking Street
Shops, restaurants, mini markets all are on Walking St.

Yoo Hoo Lady
We met her years ago on Koh Phi Phi and now she lives here

Speedboat unloading on Pattaya Beach
It is a 1.5 hour boat ride from the mainland to Lipe

Sometimes it gets bumpy
On this day it was low season and really big waves

Comments

[Gary E Mintier]

Good to see your Blog Again
Good to see you are blogging again. I live across the street from Stephanie and so enjoyed your blog from years past. It doesn't surprise me that you returned and this time if not for good at least a long commitment. My wife and I were in Korea with the Peace Corps in the early 70's and stayed on after service for another 4 years. Only having two babies brought us back to the US or I think we would still be there. Was only in Thailand for a short period but enjoyed every minute. I still miss Koreaa even though we have been back to visit a couple of times. Good luck to you both and keep on blogging when you find time.

[Gary E Mintier]

Good to see your Blog Again
Good to see you are blogging again. I live across the street from Stephanie and so enjoyed your blog from years past. It doesn't surprise me that you returned and this time if not for good at least a long commitment. My wife and I were in Korea with the Peace Corps in the early 70's and stayed on after service for another 4 years. Only having two babies brought us back to the US or I think we would still be there. Was only in Thailand for a short period but enjoyed every minute. I still miss Korea even though we have been back to visit a couple of times. Good luck to you both and keep on blogging when you find time.