Scratching tigers’ bellies in Phuket!

My fear was that the tiger “keeper” would cut our time short if I did something I wasn’t supposed to, so that kept me in check. While I have great respect for the beautiful big cats, the naïve little girl in me wants to just snuggle right up, look deeply into their eyes and scratch…

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Bangkok – OK, we gave it a look

5+ weeks in Thailand, but less than two full days in Bangkok? Beaches, diving, sailing, mountains and elephants won out, but we wanted to explore Bangkok at least a little bit – Grand Palace, Wat Arun, Wat Pho, the flower market, Chinatown…

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Thailand & Cambodia! Elephants, Tigers, Temples, Sailboats and SCUBA!

Thailand and Cambodia will be firsts for us! We’re diving, beaching and sailing in the Phuket and Khao Lak areas, then exploring Cambodia for a few days, then to Chiang Mai to volunteer with rescued elephants at Elephant Nature Park (ENP)…

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