Hello Thailand

While we love the Jungle Living we are experiencing in Sumatra we were told by the people we work with that getting "off the island" will be an awesome experience as well. Well as you may have seen from the pictures we are off of the island...at least the island of Sumatra. We are here with the Austin Family and so the kids have friends to play with which has made it really great. Dave was our travel agent for all of this. That guy could sell water to a drowning man. He was able to get us a great deal at the Laguna Beach Resort. I am never again using Expedia as long as Dave is around.

We came in very late on Friday night. Just in time to get settled and get to sleep. After waking up to a beautiful view of the Andaman Bay we headed down to breakfast. Just outside the restaurant here at the resort we were greeted by a baby elephant and her handler. She was amazing. It was great to see her handler being so gentle with her. She was very well trained and you could tell she and the handler were very good at what they do. She gave all of the kids high fives and he really liked giving Brooklyn kisses with her trunk.

After the Elephant we went in to an amazing breakfast buffet. They have everything you could want. You can have an omlete made just how you like it or waffles or pancakes. This was only a small sampling of what was available. There was also BACON! We have not had bacon in a long time. It was such a treat to get it. They even had a honeycomb sitting there with the fresh honey dripping out of it for you pastries or tea. So good!

Yesterday we spent the first part of the day playing in the ocean. The waves are very small here and pretty calm. Since our kids have only been to the ocean in Washington they were not used to being able to spent so much time in it without turning blue. After that we hit the pool. There are 3 different pools and a water slide also. It was great. The kids have been loving it. So have the adults. It is so beautiful.

Last night we were on the beach to watch the sun go down. Breathtaking! At sunset another baby elephant walks the beach. The pictures Kathi put up earlier were of that escapade. The elephant was told to give Kade a back massage and he ended up "pantsing" him. It was hilarious. Kade was a great sport and it was pretty neat. Not many people can say they have been pantsed by a baby elephant. Kade got on for a ride and the elephant put his truck around Brooklyn's arm and let her lead the way.

Last night we went to the Lotus Restaurant which is right on the beach and had a ton of food. They have tanks with live Crab, Lobster, Prawns, and fish that you can choose from for dinner. I had Black Crab and Kathi had some prawns. I also had a plate of Pad Thai which I love. On the beach they were selling these things that look like box kites. They would light something on the inside and then the heat would take it several thousand feet in the air like a hot air ballon. They would stay lighted in the sky for several hours. It was really cool to see.

We are here until next Sunday so we are in for more sun and fun. Kathi will be getting more photos up I am sure. We hope you like seeing them.