The Terrific3 travel blog

Let’s say that the night wasn’t great again. Still headachy and waking a lot. My Garmin watch told me my stress levels were high and sleep score was poor (nothing I didn’t know). My belly hurt like it does when you’ve been vomiting except no vomiting or diarrhea yet during this mysterious illness, that I…

I’ve spent most of the day laid up. My symptoms are a headache, intermittent chills, no fever, abdominal discomfort (but no diarrhea). I think I have some version of mild “Bali belly,” as I’ve been eating salads at the hotel. Thankfully the boys are ok. I’ve been in bed most of the day except an…

Sleep was better for me last night, but not great. The kids slept super well. I got to experience this gorgeous sunrise this morning from my hotel bedroom. I went for a 3 mile run this morning and then we all swam. relaxed by the pool, and the kids and I took a snorkeling lesson.…

I didn’t sleep super long last night (4.5 hours), which is often the case with a new place, and once I woke at 4am, I started worrying about the passport scam from yesterday and went online to update my credit monitoring services etc. I’m glad my credit card is closed but definitely worried about identify…

We had an 830am flight today to Bangkok with a 1.75 hour layover and then on to Bali. I was advised to leave at 7, but that felt a little close to comfort for me, so our driver came to pick us up at 615am. Our lovely Airbnb host helped us with luggage, and gave…

Our last day in Chiang Mai—Z and I ran this morning, the boys played in the pool (well, mostly fought, but some playing), and our Airbnb host left us a very sweet note and got these 2 lovely Chiang Mai t-shirts for the boys. We are so lucky to have found this as home base.…

I asked my kids earlier this week if there was anything else they really wanted to do before we left Chiang Mai. I had already vetoed all the borderline or cruel animal places such as the tiger “sanctuary,” the zoo, the night safari, and monkey “school.” They asked for the Grand Canyon, which is basically…

As many of you know, I’m in the middle of a sabbatical, and one of my goals has been spiritual exploration and trying to incorporate other healing modalities into my practice with patients. To that end, I recently certified as a yin yoga teacher and as a Reiki master. Because both these modalities focus on…

I wanted to learn how to make a few more Thai dishes, and most of the schools have the same standard menu for you to choose what to cook. I reached out to Tom yum Thai cooking school, whose Facebook page I’ve been following for a year, to see if they would be willing to…

When we return to Portland, the kids and I have a sprint triathlon we are doing, with a 250 m swim, 4.8 mile bike and 1.5 mile run. I’m pretty sure I can do that with my current level of fitness but my kids have never done that type of endurance distance. Z is very…