Formerly Mr. & Mrs. Espionage

Cori and I enjoyed a lovely time in Thailand. We ventured to Chiang Mai, Bangkok, and Phuket. This trip has taught me many things: 1) Buddha, he is taller than you, even when he is not. 2) Thai people are impressed when you can eat the real "local" level of spice. 3) Always request a new credit card when the old one is shut down due to fraud. Always. 4) Do not believe a man who says he is an english teacher if he is hanging out on the street with a towel in the back of his shirt at 11am on a Thursday. 5) Just because a hotel has cleaners doesn't mean that they will follow their namesake. 6) Bangkok is hot. 7) All the hippies in California moved to Chiang Mai 8) Elephants make great gifts. 9) Bangkok is hot, but in the way Phoenix is hot if Phoenix was next to the Ohio river. 10) Would you like that fried? Of course you would. 11) Thai is a hard language to pick up once you start learning Chinese. 12) Just because a sign is in english doesn't mean its in...

Not 7, but 8 days of Buddha.  THAT'S AN EXTRA BUDDHA FOR FREE! They are not afraid to show you how ridiculous they think white people look. Rawr.  I'm a sea monster.  Their umbrellas hold THEMSELVES up. Yo dawg, I heard you like roofs, so we put some roofs on your roof so you can have shelter beneath your shelter.  While you ride.  In case of flood, remove shoes, hop three feet, but DO NOT ENTER. The trees are covered in thoughtful Public Serenity Announcements.  There are hot girls there. The animals live in perfect harmony.  Perfect, tense, hair-raising harmony. They have Monkey School and Elephant Camp. Your kids have to stay at the hotel, but your Elephants and Monkeys will be highly educated and entertained.  Your dad's old pickup with a custom cap and tail job is the new local bus. They invented the StairMaster(tm) Anyone can be a designer label there.  They have a super highway.   The ch...

I'm very happy that there is a place and a way to examine one of the deepest historical aspects of Taiwan: the native tribes and their culture. Our friend Jack was kind enough to get all the details in order so that Cori, myself, Mattheus, Isabelle and Jack himself could all go to the Aboriginal Cultural Village.  After a long, soothing bus ride, and then a wobbly, car-sickness-inducing bus ride, we made it to the gates of the Village. Upon entering, we realized we'd accidentally gone to Versailles, so we got back on the plane and went back to Taiwan.  After getting to the ACTUAL park, we were all perplexed (as Cori is seen here smashing her hand into her head) as to why aliens had taken over the park.  There were spaceships everwhere.  The carnage was massive.  No one was safe from their armada. We ran to the nearest cave, hoping to hide out until we could formulate a plan. Regrettably, the cave was infested with dinosaurs. Who were not happy with us....