Happy New Year from Koh Samed, Thailand!

This year, we spent our first Christmas here in Macao! Kylisha arrived just before the 25th, but we headed to Koh Samed, Thailand for some New Year's island fun. Koh Samed (or Samet) is and island located in the Rayong region approximately 3 hours from Bangkok. After a speedy 15 minute boat ride, we arrived on the powdery white beaches and enjoyed the sun, water, sand and each other's company. Happy New Year to all our friends and family around the globe!

Our Latest GoPro Adventures!

Here is some footage of what we have been up to since the summer began. We spent the summer back in Canada doing Canada stuff! We then came back to Macao and made a quick trip to Singapore to celebrate Jason's 40th birthday!

Welcome Summer 2014

Another year in the books and we started the summer off with a much needed last minute trip to the Maldives! A few months late, but here is a vid of our week in paradise with the eagle rays and black tip reef sharks!

Macao Meets Jesse Bourne!

Amanda's brother came for a quick 10 day visit and he packed in a boatload of activities. Here is a sneak peek of what he did for the past week and a half. Thanks for coming Jess!

A Quick Trip to Singapore

At the end of May, we traveled to Singapore again for this year's Sundown Marathon and to see our good friends the Plamondons. We had a great day at Universal Studios with their boys while ma and pa were at work and we cruised around experiencing some hawker food. We also managed to squeeze in a little X-Men movie and an afternoon in their pool! Here's a short vid of our long weekend!

UPDATES to "The List"

I just took a browse through the list and it seemed that it needed to be updated. Below are the latest updates:

3. Ride in a long tail boat COMPLETED EASTER 2014, Koh Lipe Thailand (I'm surprised this one was still on there! For some reason we did not even come close to riding one in Phuket during xmas 2010, but we spent a couple days out on longtails this past Easter in Koh Lipe, Thailand)

8. See a turtle in the wild COMPLETED OCTOBER 2013 GILI TRAWANGAN, INDONESIA
(This one will make Amanda mad. There is nothing she wants more than to see a sea turtle in the wild. While snorkeling in Gili Trawangan, Lisa and I were snorkeling together and happened to see a sea turtle making its way along the ocean floor. Hopefully, she will see one soon now that she has her diving cert!)

21. Buy and eat squid on a stick COMPLETED SOOO MANY TIMES!
(Not my fave, but it's doable!) Obviously, Amanda did not complete this one, but Kylisha and I have many times!

43. Become a certified diver COMPLETED EASTER 2014, Koh Lipe Thailand
(Kylisha got her cert back in 2013 in Cebu, Philippines and Amanda got her cert this past Easter in Koh Lipe. It has always been on their bucket lists and they are in love with the underwater world.)

48. Bungee jump COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 2012, MACAO TOWER
 (Been there done that! So scary. I think I blogged about it.)

 50. Snorkel in 3 different countries COMPLETED 2010-2013 Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines
(So many trips that they start to melt together. We've been snorkeling many times, but sometimes in the same country. If I were to rank the snorkeling, Koh Phi Phi Thailand would be the best by far followed by the Philippines and a distant 3rd for Indonesia.)

Koh Lipe, Thailand 2014

Here's a video of our recent trip to Koh Lipe, Thailand!