Travel has a way of distorting time like nothing else. It’s been nearly six months since we left our home in Ottawa. In many ways, the days have flown by. In that time, we’ve travelled in six countries on two continents, lived in two apartments, and visited with many family and friends, meeting new friends on the road. I feel like I’ve blinked and we’re now in 2012.
Koh Lipe
It’s hard to believe we’ve been in Malaysia for nearly three months!
Knowing that we had to step out of the country to renew our visa, we had a hard time deciding our options.
We definitely didn’t feel like getting back on an airplane just yet, especially just for a weekend getaway, but we also wanted to do more than just drive to the Thai border and do a bit of cross-border shopping for a few hours. I had done some research on the Thai islands near Langkawi, and while they seemed pretty awesome and easy enough to get to, the ferry options looked expensive.
But when we learned that our Canadian friends Rob and Lois were planning on going to Koh Lipe this week, it seemed like fate was telling us to go for it. So we booked a beachfront cabin at the same resort and bought our ferry tickets for a fun weekend away.
Adoption Bloggers Interview with Amy Thompson
On a whim, I signed up for the Adoption Bloggers Interview Project, which is exactly what the name describes ~ a chance for people who are connected to adoption to get to know each other. For the project, I was introduced to Amy Thompson, a prospective adoptive parent who lives in Athens, Georgia. Amy and [...]
