Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

We spent our first day in Kolkata walking. After getting our train tickets sorted out for Varanasi, our next stop, we headed to the Indian Museum. I had been hoping for an overview of India’s long history but instead got a history of time. The exhibits ranged from the Neanderthal man to preserved animals to Read more

The next bunch of posts I add are going to be an attempt at describing our time in India. This is a place that can’t be put into words. At least not by me. It’s too detailed and too extreme from what I know to capture it all. The pictures may help but since they Read more

Our time in Langkawi flew by and soon enough it was time to fly out. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur with no trouble and found ourselves a place to sleep. Unfortunattely all of our rest and relaxation that we had in Langkawi quickly ended in KL. It was a much nicer city than Bangkok but Read more

As part of our beach getaway we decided to spend some time on Langkawi. It’s a relatively small island off the west coast of Malaysia. I was not disappointed. Since Malaysia was a British colony until the 50s it reminded me a lot of Hong kong. The people all spoke excellent English and it was Read more

In case you haven’t gathered Thailand was not my favourite country. To be fair, we only saw a very small portion and it poured for almost our entire stay. That being said I think the surrounding countries are much more appealing. Things went sour for us almost immediately after crossing the border into Thailand. We Read more

From Phuket we set sail to Koh Yao Noi an island in between Phuket Island and Krabi. It’s relatively unknown especially compared with PhiPhi or Ko Samui which is why we picked it. We had learned about it from friends who had visited earlier this year and raved about it. The island is quite small, Read more