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Our very last port of call on the journey home to the USA was Abu Dhabi. It was an unusual choice , even for us. On booking our return flights from Sri Lanka , Etihad airlines had a promotion offering free hotel stays in 5 star hotels to encourage tourism as well as being theContinue reading “Abu Dhabi , Three Arabian Nights”

Our stay in Sri Lanka was only seven days ,but wow , did we pack a lot of adventures into that week! We ventured south to Kandy , a major city in the Central area for 2 nights. Our hotel was a little out of town, but on the way we visited the Cave templesContinue reading “Sri Lanka Continued”

We arrived late, after our flight was delayed, into Colombo airport , Sri Lanka. Happily, our 4 checked bags made it to our destination intact and after clearing immigration, customs and our Corona Virus temperature check ( 6 soldiers sitting behind a thermal camera) , we connected with our chauffeur for the week , Sanath.Continue reading “Seven days in Sri Lanka”

The last day was the hardest , both in packing everything from the last six months into four bags, and the emotional agony of saying goodbye. Our time in Thailand has been full of adventure and drama , highs and lows , broken teeth and chikungunya virus , bus , train and banana boat rides.Continue reading “Time to Go”

Thailand has between 3000 and 4000 elephants , of which approximately half are domesticated in some way , be it for elephant rides for tourists , in a sanctuary or rescue , or sadly chained up next to a village for work. We took a trip up to Kanchanaburi last year and were fortunate enoughContinue reading “Elephants”

It’s about three weeks until we have to leave. Our time is up, and soon back to the USA we must go. I’ve been thinking back to how scared I was of the unknown three weeks away from coming here to Thailand. I was weepy , I was fearful , I was unsure as toContinue reading “Home is Where The Heart Is”

We started out planning this trip by looking into international private schools abroad , but we quickly realised that most of the children enrolled in this type of school here are financed by their parents’ employers. We were on our own dime. We couldn’t afford it and it would have taken up so much time.Continue reading “Homeschool , the Morgan Way”

Our 90 days were up again , and off we flew, to Malaysia this time and a reunion with the leader of our family , Justin , flying back from the USA ! First stop was Kuala Lumpur on peninsular Malaysia , and then next was east to Sabah on the island of Borneo. TheContinue reading “Several Days in Sabah”

My father met and married his beautiful Thai wife many years ago. She is small and refined , strong and hardworking , funny and loving , and most of all she is a devout and faithful Buddhist. She loves my father and cares for him so I never have to worry being so far away.Continue reading “Our Experience of Buddhism in Thailand.”

When we planned this trip we knew that being a firefighter family meant having to work holidays and high days. He has his schedule a year in advance and if his shift is on for Christmas there is very little we can do to get out of him doing so. He had to fly backContinue reading “Christmas in Siam”