Railey Beach!

the sand was blinding white, turquoise water and limestone cliffs

pool at our 'splurged' resort

Blaine now has the talent of folding towels like swans...so get ready future house guests!

We are wrapping our 10 week trip up! Have been doing our diving certification and now are Advanced Divers! Yay! We stayed 3 days at a beach near Krabie on the Andaman Coast...just relaxing the entire time...felt like a second honeymoon. Now we are on our way to the Similan Islands to get on a live aboard boat for 3 days to do more diving! We are loving it! More later...

OUR ADVENTURES AS OF LATE

Elephant ride in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Tiger Kingdom, 30 minutes cuddling tigers...no, Wesley they were not drugged or asleep (just blinking)

Waterfall in Luang Prabang, Laos

Blaine's daring video from our Gibbon Experience. Such a great time, zipping around the gorgeous jungle up above the forest. We slept in treehouses 150 feet above the ground!

Trip to the Blue Lagoon

Steffie/Blaine/Kate on tree swings

Our last day in Vang Vieng we rented mopeds and rode the 43 km loop to an amazing cave and blue lagoon. Blaine and a guy from Chicago we met (Shane) must have jumped off the top of the tree into the water at least 30 times! We even came back for another round at sunset after we had been riding on the dirt roads and got so dusty. It felt like a scene out of a movie, the crystal clear turquoise water, colorful fish and mountains all around. The cave was about a 200 meter climb up the mountain and we were really suprised at what we found--the biggest cave we've ever seen with beautiful formations, bats, and a buddha statue/incense burning to boot!

We have now split from Steffie and Linh Sa and are in Luang Prabang for a few days. Very warm here but nice and laid back. We fly home in exactly 4 weeks from today. Crazy.