The inaugural Rebecca Dowling Impact Award, won by Con O'Rourke
This is the story of how life can change too fast. From Asian beaches to Irish chemo wards, we document it here.
All in Thailand
We take Mary to relax and unwind. She attempts to clean the beach.
Dorry and Max are whisked away to a luxury villa, high upon a hill in a remote island...will they live to tell the tale?
In our new family tradition we rented 2 private pool villas ay Mai Kao in Phuket and thoroughly took advantage of EVERY. RESORT.FACILITY.
Short weekend in Chiang Mai to pick berries, climb walls and covet roadside furniture.
Take a long weekend - add an uber, then bus, then ferry and song taew then mix with a little beach and hope relaxation ensues!
Mike makes an apparance in the blog to review his first eventful year in Bangkok.
Get in a van at 7am, drive for 2 hours, arrive at a pristine river framed with free water slides. Happy Birthday Jacqui!
Rebecca has 'le hook up' with Anantara, so we went down to check it out and meet a cousin who was golfing there from Australia.
It cannot be said that Mike did not roll out the red carpet when arrived in Bangkok. It was early in the morning and he took the day off to come and welcome us. After a long and extremely multinational customs line, we were in with no fuss. Mike met us after customs and shuttled us into a rented BMW (with driver of course), the bags taking a while to Tetris into the trunk.
When planning for my move to Thailand, I tried to time it so I would be with Mike by my birthday. We talked about going away somewhere fun and when Alex and Jacky decided to come visit, that sealed it. Blessedly, Rebecca and Mike took on the planning as a surprise and gift for me. Never thought I would get bored of Kayak.com, but it happened.