Dec. 18th, 2008 was a Thursday. I woke up early but Jennifer was starting to get a bad cold. She slept almost all morning. I went to breakfast. The breakfast room was next to the pool area and workout room. They had a pretty good breakfast bar with 4 or 5 stir-fry dishes, eggs cooked [...]
Jen and I departed Knoxville on the morning of Dec. 16. The flight to Chicago was uneventful but when we got to Chicago it was like, “hurry to the connecting Gate so we don’t miss our flight”. “Do we need to check in?” Yes then lets get a bite to eat and relax.” Then while we [...]
We rented bicycles and began the day by stopping at a produce stand for some fruit. After biking for about 45 minutes, we found a cave that was being turned into another tourist attraction. Then a man recruited us to take a ride down the river in a bamboo raft. The guy told us that the [...]
December 14, 2008
We didn’t really know where to start because we wanted to do so much, so we walked around for a little while before deciding to take the hot air balloon ride!!! The other two people that were passengers with us were from New Zealand.
Oh, my goodness! The view from the balloon [...]
December 13, 2008
We went to Reed Flute Cave, which is one of the more well known caves in the area. Lots of foreign diplomats and political figures visit when they are “in town”. It was beautiful and lit up with lots of neon lighting that accentuated the natural beauty. After we left-as we [...]
