Butler Family Travels

There are several reasons that a family may decide to set off on a trip around the world.  One is to have experiences that are unavailable or unlikely at home.  We hope for this trip to be a real positive for our family.  That sounds pretty vague and the idea was, in fact, a little […]

Toby was Jeb and Levi’s diving instructor for 3 days. He is originally from England, but now has a tapas restaurant in Edmonton, Alberta. It turns out he has great business partners who let him leave for the winter each year to travel the world teaching diving. Last year he was in New Zealand. He […]

Getting off the island of Kho Tao was easy enough and we knew a little better what to expect this time. In Thailand, it is common for tourists/backpackers to use local agencies to book one’s travels from one place to another since there can be so many awkward connections. If you aren’t aware of a […]

Congratulations to my nephew Dillon for guessing that Rebekah doesn’t like her dad to look like some old dude trying to ignore real life on Key West.  Button that shirt all the way up!  That’s gross!   Thanks to everyone (you all obviously know Rebekah well) who participated.  We are trying to get another good […]

We were able to easily hike back and forth between Sai Nuan and Mae Hat, the main town where the pier is, so we did that a few times in our attempt to find better food and change money. We found a Pancake Man whose sign read, “The Best of the Best Pancakes” so they […]

We headed to the west side of the island for our last days on Koh Tao. As we walked along the beach we found ourselves deeper in Gilligan’s camp. This is where we would spend Thanksgiving. You will see from the pictures that they (or maybe I do) have a thing for swings.

As promised, here are a bunch of pictures from our time on Koh Tao. Rebekah and I wandered the streets, shopped, ate, and read a lot while we waited for the boys to do their thing.

I was always quite satisfied with the simplicity of skin diving. Sometimes I feel silly about the number of activities that I have equipment and skills to participate in and Scuba was one that I figured that I could pass on. Right up until, two years ago at Thanksgiving time in Kaui, I was snorkeling […]

As you might remember, the Butlers flew away from our good home, the USA, and due to that marvel, the International Date Line, arrived in Thailand on Election Day. Of course, we are in the future and so you all had to wait another day for the big event. (Technically, so did we, but whatever. […]

So Thai don’t wear their shoes indoors, including at shops and restaurants.  In a practice quite counterintuitive to the usual travel security, everyone just leaves their flip flops out on the street while eating or shopping.  Sometimes this leads to involuntary participation in the traveling flip flop game.  I was privileged to join this game […]