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In Taiwan and Thailand

February 4th, 2012 · 3 Comments

I didn’t get a chance to post a blog while we were in Taiwan last week, but having been there several times it doesn’t seem too “postable”. Devon had the week off for Chinese new year, so we got to spend lots of time with him. We went to the Taipei Costco, which is very similar to the US version. There are lots of different foods, and most items are different brands, but the general layout and merchandise is about the same, even with the free food samples and the hot dog/soft drink combo at the food court.

We arrived in Phuket, Thailand a couple of days ago, in time for the wedding of Gisele’s nephew Tim. Today we flew to Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand. We are enjoying it much more here. The villa we stayed at in Phuket was far from town, but here we are in the middle of the city, with a great restaurant downstairs and a night market across the street.

We have arranged a tour tomorrow. We’ll probably see elephants and tigers and I don’t know what else. We’ll be in Chiang Mai for three nights, then two nights in Bangkok before heading back to Taiwan for a few more days.

Tags: Family Updates

3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Mom // Feb 4, 2012 at 11:18 am

    Glad to hear from you. Your life sounds much more exciting than my little old boring existence. Enjoy places I never even heard of; hope you are taking pictures of the wedding. Did you get to see any places where Devon works? Tell him I am thinking of him, and wish him all good things.

  • 2 Daryl // Feb 4, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    Devon’s TV station is near Costco, so we rode bus with him one morning, but we didn’t go in.
    I’ll post pictures, but probably have to wait till we return I can’t get them from the camera to the internet right now.

  • 3 Donna // Feb 6, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    Do you feel like celebrities walking down the street with Devon?

    Sounds like a fun trip!