Tailing it to Thailand

Initially planned to get a break after the annual reporting and our big partners meeting, Thomas and I had scheduled one of my new year resolutions during the Easter holiday: visiting Thailand. It helped that it was also the dates for the Thai New Year celebration (Songkrun, basically a big water fight in the streets of Bangkok)  and that it would allow us to meet up with Silvija and Eliza, who were coming over from Myanmar. It didn't help the annual reporting still wasn't finished and the partners meeting got postponed till May, but hell, once the tickets are booked, not much else you can do but enjoy, right?

And enjoy it we did! After just a first lay over in Bangkok, we went to Koh Tao, an island south of Bangkok, where I finished of the report and Thomas initially wanted to get certification as a PADI Open Water diver, but time turned out to be too short, so we just explored the island on hired motorbikes and snorkeled tons... After four nights, back to Bangkok, where new year celebrations were starting, and we got splashed a lot. We also visited some temples and palaces. and started looking for silk and some other stuff we wanted to buy. Silvija and Eliza arrived and after a memorable first night, we were off by bus and boat to Koh Samed, 3 hours east of Bangkok.

It's definitely been a very nice break, and it made us realize how much we miss sun, beaches and the sea in our landlocked Nepal. But all things considered, it really isn't very far to come for a holiday...