The Terrific3 travel blog

We are at the Phuket airport waiting for our flight. It was a curvy vomit inducing hour ride to get here from my hotel and my boys are acting like they are high on steroids, running and jumping all around the airport. I’m looking forward to plunking down in one place now for at least…

We’ve settled in here and I considered extending our stay but Air Asia won’t let you change your itinerary less than 48 hours from travel. We haven’t done any tours or real touristy stuff but we have gone to the beach, played in the pool, and eaten lots of food. And slept—at least for the…

Let’s start by saying I slept almost 9 hours tonight and awoke a different person. I took some unisom last night and stuffed ear plugs in my ears. Z did wake at 3am and I did hear him, but less so, and I was able to fall asleep. He said it took him an hour…

Let me start by saying that I know I’m incredibly lucky and privileged to have a sabbatical and extended time and the means to spend a summer in Asia with my kids. That is not lost on me. That having been said, I’m struggling with exhaustion. My average sleep per night is a broken 4-5…

We flew to Phuket today. Here we are after a 2 hour plane ride and an hour drive to the hotel. Part of the reason I came here was to be by ocean. The other was that this place has a “kids’ club.” It’s the Novotel Phuket resort. The kids club is a joke—it’s a…

So… sleep still isn’t happening…except for S, who is sleeping quite well over in his own room alone. Z didn’t wake fully until close to 4am today but did toss and turn and kick mr much of the night, which made for very fragmented sleep. We are now going on about 6-7 days of poor…

Given the 2am wake up, we had a pretty chill day yesterday. In the morning, took a cab to the local upscale supermarket that has more “western” products. As much as I had fantasized about eating Thai food every meal, it’s just not happening—my kids don’t want it, I can’t quite cook it yet, and…

This is what I’m doing right now after yet another 230am wakening by Z. I’m sharing the bed with him and he’s been waking at that time every single night. And most nights, tossing and turning, which means neither of us can go back to sleep. I’m super exhausted. We don’t have much planned today…

Today was our first day of doing touristy stuff. We were supposed to do a cooking class, but the coordinator emailed me and asked if it would bother us to cook with people who were cooking meat. So thoughtful as I hadn’t even thought about it, but the smell of meat and fish is pretty…

Yesterday was our first full day in Chiang mai. I can’t believe it as it already feels like we’ve been here forever, a sign perhaps of how relaxed we are. I did not sleep well the first night here (4.5 hours) but better than the zero before. The morning started with a very short and…