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Things I Have Not Done in a Year 22 Jun 2011 | 11:48 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In the past year I have not . . . 1) Driven a car. 2) Worn a seatbelt while riding in a car. 3) Used a vacuum. 4) Used a dishwasher. 5) Used...
The Beach 19 Sep 2010 | 11:10 pm
Our Bungalow After summer sch ool ended the Kirby's really needed to get away and relax so we planned a trip to the beach before the school started. We headed to Pranburi which is south of Hua Hin. T...
Kanchanburi 31 Jul 2010 | 12:00 am
Last weekend was the beginning of Buddhist Lent, so I had two days off! We took our long weekend and headed to Kanchanburi to visit the Bridge over the river Kwai (pronounced like square with out the ...
Buses, Taxis, Boats and Skytrains 23 Jul 2010 | 10:17 pm
Last weekend we took the kids to see the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Rob and I have been before, but this was the first visit for the kids. We decided to go by water taxi, so we got on a bus and headed d...
Toilet Paper 17 Jul 2010 | 12:22 am
When we went on our excursion last week to Koh Kret I knew I wanted to buy a piece of pottery. I was thinking about getting something practical that we could use around the house. Originally I was thi...
City Tour 11 Jul 2010 | 12:32 am
Today we hired a taxi driver named Chanok who spoke English to take us around Nonthaburi. We started the morning by driving through the expensive well secured village that backs up to our house, Nicha...
Bugs and other Creepy Critters 9 Jul 2010 | 10:01 pm
I know many of you are wondering about the bugs and other creepy critters. As I wrote earlier, Katie ate a fried grub the other day that we got from a cart that came by our house. We have seen many li...
Our House 9 Jul 2010 | 12:49 am
We moved into our house on Tuesday, June 29th. It wasn't my first choice, but it the other house I liked more we could not move into for two weeks plus it was more money. We have a two store house wit...
Hampton International School 26 Jun 2010 | 01:27 pm
On the flight over I kept reminding myself that I would need to adopt the Thai attitude of Mai Pen Rai, which basically means never mind, no problem. When we went to see the school for the first time ...
We Are Here 23 Jun 2010 | 06:24 pm
After many hours on two planes and a few hours waiting for our connection in Japan we arrived in Thailand late Tuesday night. As soon I stepped off the plane the familiar smell of Thailand hit me in t...
