Preparing for next vacation

Well here we go... planning for another vacation. We are taking our girls and joining Ted and Laela in Costa Rica. Looking forward to the sun, the ocean, the waves, boogie boarding, exploring, finding monkeys, showing the girls all our favourtite things about this country.

Pages from Thailand book

Next to every temple there is someone selling Lotus flowers which have a deep and rich historical connection to the Thai Buddhists faith. In this layout I had some fun with digital stamps and brushes.

Pages from Thailand 2010 digital book

Another wonderful template from Scrapbooks etc. I love all the colours of Thailand

Just wanting everyone to know about a great blog that I have found through Jill.

I love their stamps and the ideas that are generated from this blog. Check it out!
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More flowers from Thailand

Page 2 of flower pages. I used a template from Scrapbooks etc. to design this layout. It's great fun and quite simple to use these templates. The Scrapbooks etc. website has instructions on how to use the many templates available. I have used these templates in both digital as well as traditional scrapbooking layouts.

Scrapbook pages from Thailand

Hi All,

It's been a while since I posted. Have been working on some digital scrapbook pages from Thailand.

Similan Islands

Our boat.
These rocks were beatiful to snorkel around

the rock that Ted, Laela and Bern climbed to for a photo shot. I stayed below and looked under the sea.

Bern on top of the "rock". A hot climb up.

After lunch political discussion in the crystal clear

Photo op on the white sand.

A multitude of sail boats and other boats enjoying the vast underwater gardens.

Yesterday was a day of snorkelling at 5 different sites around the Similan Islands. These islands are about 65 km west of southern Thailand. We took a speed boat to the islands and saw more fish and choral than I have seen anywhere else. Ted and Laela state it's not quite as good as The Great Barrier Reef near Australia, but a definite 2nd place. For Bern and I it was definitely some of our best snorkelling. The clarity of the water allowed you to see for meters under water. We saw a sea turtle wending it's way accross the underwater garden. Then we saw so many fish that it felt like we were in an underwater aquariam. Unfortunately we didn't bring an underwater camera, so all my posts will be above water. Ingrid, I know it was your birthday and I know you would have loved to be here enjoying the snorkelling. Happy belated birthday!