Many, many thanks go to my sister Lori and her friend Alex for our current stay in paradise, otherwise known as Phuket. We have been feeling, in some ways, a bit traveled out and in need of a break. Richard remembered meeting Alex and Jeremy at Lori's house, at the fabulous party she threw to help launch his book, who owned a beach house in Thailand. Well, I emailed Lori, she emailed Alex, and Alex, bless her heart, took pity on a family traveling on a backpackers' budget, and made her lovely home available to us at rates we can afford.
We have done nothing for two days, and it's been so wonderful. The boys have been delighting in having a kitchen to forage in. For all that eating in restaurants for all meals sounds heavenly, it's incredibly luxurious to be able to wander into the kitchen for a quick handful of cornflakes or a piece of bread when the munchies strike.
We are on our way to bed, after a strenuous day of doing nothing (I can't tell you how nice it is to have no "sights" nearby). First though, the kids are advocating for eating all the duty free chocolate we bought with our remaining Ringit before leaving Malaysia. (Note, I'd intended to buy a bottle of gin, but we didn't have enough Ringit left. Chocolate it was.)
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