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Stylin' Islands in Thailand

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 Thailand has a bunch of beautiful islands and we picked four to visit, three we had never been to and one (Koh Ngai) which was our favorite the last time Matt and I were in Thailand. It's quiet with only resorts on the island, not packed with tourists and has clear water with great snorkeling. Z had his first experience snorkeling with fish and he begged to go again and again for several days until unfortunately the weather brought some jellyfish. Zane loved meeting the other kids at the resort and collecting hermit crabs. They filled in an entire bucket and had hermit crab races daily. Go Crabs Go   We had the best time! After a wonderful stay (wish we would have stayed longer) we went to Ko Muk. Our hotel room (Muk de Tara, $50/nt) had a private small pool on the balcony. We enjoyed tide pooling during low tide and sucking on passion fruit, pineapple and coconut shakes. One day we invited some local kids to kayak and drink smoothies with us. They didn't speak much English b...

Chiang Mai, oh My!

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Chiang Mai, Thailand is in the northeastern part not too far from the Myanmar boarder. We stayed at the Astra Sky hotel, actually it was an Air BnB apartment, which was just like the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore with a few minor differences. The pool does run across the entire roof but is only on the 17'th floor. The price per night for our stay was $50 a night, much cheaper. And the grounds around the outside of the hotel were "slightly" unkept by comparison. For those who've been to Thailand before know what I'm talking about, anything goes in Thailand. For those who have not, well outside sometimes trash has a well defined resting place and sometimes it does not.  Weekend market, super busy! Downtown Chiang Mai The location was great we were only a few blocks from the night market and we discovered some really great things to eat. My favorite was mango sticky rice. It's a Thai dessert where a half of a mango accompanies a scoop of sticky rice which is driz...