Back "home", changing plans, and the next few weeks...

Last Saturday, after we had said goodbye to Andrea’s parents, we moved into Union Tower, our home for the next few weeks before we return to North Carolina. We moved in three years and two days to the date that we moved in last time we were here in 2009 AND we are in the same apartment we lived in too – it’s like we moved home…one of our many homes scattered around the planet! For pictures, go here and if you want to know how we ended up at this apartment originally, go here. The street is just as busy, the brothel below us is still just as busy and the Express Rail line out to the airport that was being built last time is finally running. Phii Fai, the front desk receptionist/manager is still here and it has been great to see her again. Since we were last here she has battled cancer but thankfully is doing well now.

We did have two great weeks with Andrea’s parents exploring Bangkok for a few days (top photo at the Grand Palace) before heading north to Chiang Mai (Andrea's parents with elephants in Chiang Mai) and finally to Siem Reap, Cambodia and Angkor Wat (final two photos). We have some great pictures to post which may have to wait until we have access to faster internet access as what we have currently is a little slow. We are also aware of how fast time is going. Andrea was always scheduled to return on March 14 while I was going to leave two weeks later after spending some time in Maehongson where I grew up. Plans have changed a little as I will actually leave the day Andrea leaves and instead fly to Singapore to spend the two weeks working there. My company back in the US is setting up an office in Singapore and I’ll join one of my supervisors to do some training. I am excited to do this but it means that the two weeks in Thailand I had planned for after Andrea left have vanished and so I am going to go up to Maehongson this next week for a few days while Andrea stays here and continues to work on her thesis. Prayers much appreciated as she is hoping to finish it in the next 10 days!

So hold on for more pictures and highlights of the past two weeks. They will be coming - and there are some good ones. I have also updated our trip advisor account and reviewed the places we stayed in case anyone is interested. Find them here.