by Paul Kortman | Jun 8, 2014 | Family Update, Travel Update
We're in Bangkok. Despite the #ThaiCoup we decided to carry on with our flight plans and spend a couple days in Phuket before heading to the heart of the disturbance and anti-coup protests of Bangkok. We spent well over 5 hours out and about today and saw less than 12...
by Becky Kortman | May 26, 2014 | Travel Update
Hard to find the actual protesters in this image, "Will all those in the media please raise your hand?" (as snapped by @newley) We are sure some (if not a lot of you) have read or heard in the news that Thailand has experienced a military coup. The head of the Thai...
by Paul Kortman | May 9, 2014 | Travel Update
When we first started this trip we were planning on spending months in 4 countries with a "vacation" in South Africa. We were going to spend time in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Viet Nam. However we quickly discovered that we're not cut out for the heat....
by Paul Kortman | May 4, 2014 | Lifestyle
Freckles and all, I love this girl! (Edit: We wrote about Alia's ADHD which might have an impact on how important this article is) With Josiah's recent Surgery I feel that the spotlight has been on him. However, I'd be remiss if I didn't post about the lesson I have...
by Paul Kortman | May 3, 2014 | Family Update
Josiah is released! Two nurses wheeled him and a grocery cart of our bags down to the front door. When the doctor came and checked on Si this morning he found that the fluid had drained and stopped draining. So the doctor removed the tube and sent us...