Thailand 2007

We made it! After 36 hours, 6000 miles, and 6 airports, we finally arrived home Saturday afternoon. Completely exhausted, and with our Thailand adventures and new friends behind us, we will resume life as usual on Monday. And start planning for the next trip - Oktoberfest '08! I'll post some pictures here as I get them uploaded.

Here we are awaiting departure at LAX. We had a great visit with some old friends, Matthew Ralston and Amanda Blake who live in Seal Beach and were great hosts as we spent the night in Santa Monica. We enjoyed a walking tour of the Santa Monica Pier, 3rd Street Promenade, and Main Street, and a sunset cruise along the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu to watch the surfers and the sunset. No celebrity sightings, however. This morning we woke up early, full of excitement, and strolled along the beach to Starbucks for breakfast, and back by the Santa Monica Sunday farmer's market before checck-out. Now we're watching our 747 pulling up to the gate before boarding. Next post will be from Seoul in about 12 hours.

One more sleep until we are Thailand Bound! The trip we have been looking forward to for a year has finally arrived, with the final week whittled away daydreaming, perusing trip advisor, assembling travel necessities and making final preparations. Alisa is positively giddy with anticipation, while Nathan has been overwhelmed wrapping up work and completing his grad course final prior to departure. Incidentally, our screen name, Nat-Ali is our celebrity couple moniker, ala 'Brangelina' or 'Bennifer'. Cute eh? So off we go, to write when we can, and absorb 14 days of stifling heat and humidity while exploring Buddhist temples (or 'Wats'), jungle trekking, adventurous eating, and elephant riding. This trip was a screaming deal and an experience of a lifetime. Not bad for spring break/second honeymoon!