Pics from the waterful south

Happy holiday everyone!

The following are pics from our travels down to Phuket where we had fun in the amazing waters!

The first set of photos is from our sea kayaking trip to the Phang Nga islands off the east side of Phuket.

It was just amazing pattling around the island and how we accessed hidden mangrove by going through partly submerged sea caves... what fun!

The group we went with was great. Check them out at: http://www.seacanoe.net

The second set of photos is from one of our dives off the west cost of Phuket in the Similian islands.

We did a 7 dive over night live aboard with Similian Pro Dive.

Very top notch group and the water conditions were just amazing (clear and warm!).

Check them out at: http://www.similanprodive.com/

Hope everyone is doing well.

Later I will post some more pics from our trip back up to Chiang Mai. Take care!

Could it be the last blog from Thailand????

Hi all.

Well Danielle and I have just about completed our stay here in Chiang Mai which also means we are very close to heading back state side.

Over the last few days we have been having a great time with elephants at the only conservation site in northern Thailand as well as checking out the local "summer" palace of the royal Thai family and a few more Wats.

Oh yes and can't forget the shopping, eating and more shopping at the markets and vendor booths all around :-)

From here we take an over night train back down to Bangkok, spend a few hours there and then depart Thailand for now on the long flight back home.

Thanks soooo much for everyone who has kept in touch via email or updates to the blog. It really meant a lot to hear from friends this far away from home.

But wait there is more... I will continue to update the blog as I start the next phase of my journey as well as post additional links and pictures to some of the neat things Danielle and I have been doing over the last two weeks.

Catch you all on the flip side!

-Larry }:->

Bangkok to Phuket and under

Hi all.

Just wanted to add a quick post since I have not done so for a few weeks. Danielle and
I have been having just a blast with our time in Bangkok and Phuket.

Bangkok was just chock full of things to do between seeing the Kings birthday celebration (OMG soooo many people, very little celebration area!!), figuring out the boat systems to get from place to place and visiting a number of very amazing markets and location (ie Grand Palace, Flower Market, Bangkok Zoo etc).

Phuket very late in the game (as in we were already in the air port and decided to change all the plans!!) replaced Ko Samui because of all the rain and flooding they were getting.

Best thing we could have done! Weather has been just about ideal here in Phuket and we have check out a number of the beaches and the islands off all three major coasts with boat trips, sea kayaking and scuba diving.

I will be adding pictures at a later day so don't worry.

Well that is about it for now. From here we head back to Chiang Mai tomorrow and have some more fun up there (ya ya I will look both ways..... :-)

Thanks!!

-Larry }:->