Phi Phi "Pee Pee" Islands and more shopping

We decided to take one last excursion to do some more snorkeling. We went to the Phi Phi Islands and it sounds like "Pee Pee" When you say it and so the boys were so excited to be able to say potty talk and not to have to get into trouble. The snorkeling was fabulous. The water was beautiful and clear and we could see coral and beautiful fish. Isaiah was a little nervous at first to just jump right out into the ocean, but figured out that it could be fun quite quickly. Just by holding onto mom's hand made all the difference. Unlike our first snorkeling adventure Isaiah just wouldn't let go this time and I was okay with that too. As we were finishing with our snorkeling, we got out some bread that we had brought with us and threw it into the water while Brandon and Braxton were finishing up with their time out. Breathtaking! Wow! These islands were the most beautiful that we had been to while we were there. We also found out that Braxton gets sea sick! We took a slower ferry this trip and Braxton's tummy didn't like the trip too much. But once off the boat he was great again.

We finished our trip up with shopping and more relaxing. With more massages. I can now say that my neck knots were affecting my headaches and I am going to need to get them a little more often.

We had so much fun in Thailand and Isaiah cried so loudly because he said that he loved it there and didn't want to go back to Korea. It also helped having a live in dog "Rascal" living at the hotel that he could play with daily and a wonderful staff that we became quick friends with. The boys had to say goodbye to the restaurant server Ean three times and hotel receptionist Gay two times. I guess this trip topped every trip that we have been on. We can't wait to go again! I am also very sad that we had to come home, but glad to be back. Not glad to have to get back into responsibilities again.

Thailand Day 6 and 7

We took the boys to a dinner show Called Siam Niramit. Let's just say that the food was amazing. Buffet style and mostly Thai food. Yum! Everything delish. My favorite of the night was the crackling Thai noodle salad, and the curry soup. They provided a preshow show outside and brought out a traditional elephant army procession and let us take pictures. The show was just as good as any Broadway performance that we have seen. The front of the stage turned into a river within the first 30 minutes and then there was a Thai downpour which we were experiencing most of the time we were there. They brought out live animals including elephants goats and chickens. They has fantastic costumes and the dancing was amazing. It kept both boys attention. And better than that we were in Thailand during the slow season and the cheap seats were great. We were next to the stage and were very pleased.














Not much to see at the Phuket zoo, but it was fun to be able to see a few of the different shows that they had. This was the hottest and best weather day that we had while we were there and had a great time.


A little scary and sad as to how these elephants were in the cages. They were out in the open like this and just chained into a thing in the ground by one foot chain. Humm. Are we really safe?



















This was how close we were to these lovelies.











This guy had just stuck his head inside it's mouth. My camera was too slow to capture it!

Thailand Day 5

This was our lazy day in Thailand. The boys got to experience a massage because they are so cheap here. Braxton loved it and fell asleep within minutes and Isaiah was wiggling the entire time. We then took the boys down to the beach and let them play in the ocean for a little while. It downpoured on us while we were playing but it didn't matter because we were already wet and it had pretty much been raining off and on while we have been here. Fun, fun day!

Thailand Day 4

We took a very fun excursion this day and were very entertained. We first were taken to a monkey show where they showed us some ticks that one particular monkey could do, one being riding a trike. We were then brought to another area where we watched and participated in the snake show. It was so crazy what the trainer would do with the snakes. We were then brought to a 30 minute elephant ride where we started out riding in a seat strapped to the elephant's back and then about half way through the boys were allowed to ride on the elephant's neck. The Boys were thrilled. Isaiah pulled a leaf off of a tree and put it in front of our elephants eyes to get it to go a little faster. But the experience still wasn't over. We were then led out to the ATV's and rode around for a bit on some of the same jungle trials that we took the elephant ride on. The boys loved it especially when it started to downpour. It just made the mud fly and bigger puddles to splash in. We then were taken to a "fish spa" where the fish eat the gross skin off of your feet. We have tried this in Korea, but the fish were a bit bigger here. They loved
Braxton's feet.

Thailand Day 3

We had a brand new adventure in Phuket again. We arrived at Phang Nga Bay where we were loaded onto a long boat and taken around to different islands in the area to enjoy different types of activities. What a beautiful place that we're enjoying here.






We were taken to Tum Tulu to have a guide take us to some caves by way of sea kayak. Very beautiful to say the least.








We were taken to James Bond Island where the 1974 Golden Gun was filmed. Pretty cool! We could hear bats in the caves and the boys had a great time exploring the many different areas of the cave. Beautiful!




We stopped at a floating fisherman's village "Koh Pan-yi" to eat lunch. It is built right along the side of an island. It was fabulous. The served quite a lot of varieties of food. All quite delicious including the squid and octopus. One dish was too spicy for us to try more than one bite. We even tried the fried chicken that looked to be very spicy (red stuff all over it), but surprisingly not at all. Good stuff! We were then allowed to walk around inside the village. There are quite a places to eat, buy clothing and jewelry. Very neat to see.



The last stop of our trip was to what they call here "Monkey Cave" Suwankuha Temple. Here there were monkeys all over the place. Fun to be able to be this up close and personal with the monkeys. Inside the temple were shrines and a monk watching everything going on. There were so many bats that we saw and heard in the caves. What a great day!