Backwards Blog: Easter in Thailand

I have to give The Man (my husband) credit. He works hard. Not kind of, sort of, maybe hard - he works seriously hard. It is not in any way unusual for him to put in 7 days a week for weeks on end and he's been known to log 96 hours of work IN ONE WEEK. That's just crazy.

By April of 2010 The Man had finally been on the project a year and could take a day of vacation so I put together a trip to Thailand that would celebrate Easter weekend and BGC's 10th birthday. The Man needed to see more of Asia than his office and we needed to see more of him. This time around we were going to stay in Nai Thon which is another area of Phuket with great beaches. I started looking for things to do and found something called Snuba. Snuba is similar to scuba diving except your tank is resting on a raft above water rather than on your back and you don't descend as far. The company had a great reputation on tripadvisor and the owner seemed to really have his stuff together. The only bad thing was that Miniman wasn't old enough to participate and I wasn't sure I would be able to equalize. The Man had tried to introduce me to scuba diving several years before but my ears would kill me every time. BGC (baby girl Castello) and I were scheduled to begin scuba diving lessons a few weeks after Easter so I thought Snuba would give me a chance to see if my ears were going to cooperate or not.

Snuba wasn't exactly cheap but was worth every penny. We LOVED it. The Man went down with BGC while Miniman and I swam and then we traded places. There were fish everywhere and the water was absolutely beautiful. Miniman was getting sad that he couldn't see Nemo and Dory like we all had so The Man decided to introduce him to free diving and he took to it immediately. Miniman would be pushed underwater about ten feet and swim around for as long as he could hold his breath. When his lungs were about to pop he would tuck his arms by his side, propel himself to the top, and repeat.

After the first dive we stopped at Racha Yai island for lunch and they surprised BGC with what was supposed to be a birthday cake. Something got lost in translation and the birthday cake was delivered as a huge pancake. No matter, BGC was thrilled that her birthday had been acknowledged and gladly shared her "cake" with everyone participating.


This day was truly one of the best days we've ever had as a family and has inspired all subsequent family vacations. The following month BGC and I became certified divers and Miniman is still an avid free diver.