Julie Smith Travels

One of my best friends from grade school, Kayla and I decided to take a ski trip during Mardi Gras with our families.  So we rented a condo in Breckenridge and started planning.  Going on the trip was my family (Me, Mike and Rylie), Kayla's family (Kayla, Shay & Race), and Kayla's mom (Heather), Dad (Paul) and brother (Kolby). We had a super early flight out of NOLA.  We got to Denver early, but then had to catch a shuttle to Breckenridge that took almost 3 hours.  We got to our condo, unpacked and walked to town to grab a bite to eat and let the kids play in the snow.    The next morning Kayla and I took the kids dog sledding or "mushing."  We had to walk to town to wait for our shuttle.  When we arrived we had a quick safety talk and were off.  We first got to see the dogs.  They seemed so happy to see us... Rylie and Race were excited to see them too. Our guide explained to us a bit on how things worked. ...

BANGKOK After our drive to New Orleans, we had a 45-minute plane ride to Houston, short layover, then a 12-hour flight to Istanbul.  We had enough time during our layover to stretch our legs before our 9-hour flight to Bangkok.  Our driver and guide, Nat, met us at the airport and took us to our hotel, Chatrium Hotel Riverside in Bangkok.   We had a beautiful view overlooking the Chao Pharya River and the city.   We got to our room around noon and took a 7 hour "nap" (Thank you jet lag and the 12-hour time difference).  After our "nap" we had dinner at the hotel.  Our first meal in Asia and Julie orders a hamburger, but in her defense, she didn't know if this would be her last chance! After dinner we walked to a night market, Asiatique.  There were tons of shops with a huge ferris wheel, Mekhong.  It was HOT!  We found some hard ice cream type treats that looked like a pastry.  Trying to ward ...