Thailand

After Hong Kong we headed off to Thailand.  Hong Kong was chuck full of day to day activities with not much down time.  We landed in Thailand very tired.  It was the perfect place to be to relax!  We had our own private bungalow with our own pool, with a view of the beach.  We both had massages thai style!  Elephant rides are a common thing there and a must do.  Here are a few pictures of us with the elephants.

Here Norm is doing a cooking class making a Thai salad.  Now he can do dinner when we get home!

We were also able to go for a 4-wheeler ride.  Bonnie rolled hers and I  had to go rescue her.  I forgot to take a picture of the accident, was to concerned to take a picture.  She was fine just a few bruises.   We also saw thai kick boxing!  Norm took those young boys out!

The float behind Norm holds a Buddah monk who flips water at you as you walk by, hopefully blessing you.  In return you are supposed to put money in the kettle as thanks.  These floats are all over the city.

Hong Kong

After we spent a few days with Nathan and Erin in Taiwan we popped on over to Hong Kong.  An amazing city!  Nathan has all the connections!  He and Erin have a friend who recently moved to Hong Kong her name is Nichole.  She was so great.  She had our days planed out hour by hour and knew all the right places to go.  One highlight was going to a tailor shop.  We both got clothing made for a perfect one of a kind fit.  We both looked through catalogs and found something we were looking for and then we were measured and came at the end of the day to pick up our clothing.  It will be hard to go shopping for clothing the old way after fitting cloths so perfect.  Hong Kong is a very western and wealthy city.  An amazing place to be!

Taiwan Day 1

We have landed in Taiwan, we have actually been here for a while, but this is our first blog post so it has to start with day one.  We went to the Taipei Temple.  It looks very much like the Boise Temple, but the Moroni column is a separate from the Temple.  This time we had to have headsets for translation.  Fun to be in a foreign country and yet be somewhere so familiar.  Was such a great way to start a great vacation!