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Mauy Thai Family

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Today was awesome, my 5yr old has built up excitement ready to do boxing….to him it’s like batman fighting the bad guys….LOL!!!

So today as a family on a journey around earth we started our Mauy Thai and it was different and very hard… ( Mauy thai is basically like boxing but in this case you add your legs to the fight).

So for an hour and 30min  we where just boxing and learning to fight and defend. Pretty cool.

As a mother I was very happy to see my slef being able to do this activity with my kids.

What I personally loved about Mauy Thai is the fact that I can beat up the teacher and he will not beat me back….great way to let out your aggression…LOL!!!

Some great pictures of us getting ready to start our first class.

And the kids loved it so much they are actually looking forward to our next lesson on monday.

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Here we are just having fun beating each other up…

Think twice before you mess with any of the Manns Girls. …and definitely the Manns batman….

Bangkok exploration continues. …..

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Phillippines here we come

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So yesterday I went to the Phillippines embassy here in Bangkok to apply for our phillippines visa.

Now with American and Ghanaian Passport you can enter phillippines without a visa for up to 29 days stay. But since we will be staying for 59days and I did not want to deal with filling our visa forms at the airport and also with language barrier I decided to go on and apply for our whole stay visa while here in Bangkok.

Also when you decide to extend at the airport  it’s $50 but if you apply before entry at least from Bangkok it’s $30… so there you go…I got to save some cash.

Now I have applied for visa’s in a lot of embassies and I tell you what the requirement for the phillippines visa was nothing that you can’t provide…I mean ticket and 1 passport photo and copy of passport picture page.

And I submitted it at 10am which took me about 20min.

My visa was ready for pick up at 2pm the next day….super fast and efficient embassy.

So we are all set for phillippines. Will be staying in Manila around Makati. We are all excited.

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12 more days and counting before we head out of Bangkok…

Phillippines I hope you are ready for the Manns clan….

As of now

Bangkok exploration continues…

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Meet Lucky

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Today we spent the day at the park…with so many park options we did go to a new one today.

And my 2nd daughter Aasha decides to rescue a bird and feed the bird with food and water. Then she named the bird Lucky.

So here I would like to introduce to you our newest addition to the Manns clan….Lucky Manns….LOL!!!

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Lucky drinking some water

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Look at that smile knowing that she is saving a birds life….

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And I guess that will be a head massage….

Bangkok exploration continues

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A Treat for the Family

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Spent a little mommy and kids time at Swensens. ….

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Time to order….So many choices

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Ok time to order buddy

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One option

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Time to dig in son…..

This is really a one in million treat for our family so we really enjoyed it.

Bangkok exploration continues. …

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Friends visiting us

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On our travels we seem to have inspired friends and love one to follow our journey through social media, but we have also create a reason for them to visit us in which ever country we are in.

Last night Marcus best friend arrived to visit and spend some time in Bangkok. He is also our son Mj’s Godfather.

Some pictures below show the excitement the kids had when they saw him….

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Love is in the air

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Kisses all around…

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Welcome to Bangkok Uncle Aaron  (as the kids call him)

Bangkok exploration continues. …..

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Brazilian Blow Out

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Wow…what a stretch….

My first brazilian blowout….it’s a 4 hour process and next time I will make sure to have dinner before I get to the salon.

I absolutely loved the passion by my stylist. She checked each strend of my hair to make sure it’s all treated properly.

Now remember I have never done it before so I don’t know what to expect and with language barrier they could not really explain it well to me. But over all its really worth it and am satisfied with the finish product.

Here are some before and after pictures and also my stylist.

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So that’s my before..which I kind of love sometime…afro style.

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My after…so smooth and soft and light…love it.

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My super duper passionate stylist…

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My 2 girls smiling all because they love my hair…..

Bangkok exploration continues

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The Manns in the GyM

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Gyming everymorning has been out routine for years when we use to wake up at 5am and run to the gym.

Now as we are on the road…thank God we have a gym downstairs so we wake up at 6am and hit the gym.

Family that works out together stay healthy together.

Today my 5yr old wanted to show off his tiny muscles…lol!!!

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And there he is doing some weights stuff…

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Almost there son…lol!!!

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And it’s abb workout time….father and son in the corner and girls by the side…

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After our workout it’s swimming time..

Bangkok exploration continues…..

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Rescue of the Turtle

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Spent the whole day at the park today…and my brave kids decides to feed some  birds but while at it also jump into a lake a supposedly rescue a turtle….they brought it to me where I was laying and asked me if they could bring it home with us? Lord help me…LOL! !! I asked them to return the turtle back to it habitat or it will die….due to their great intentions it made sence for them to return the turtle back to the lake….wow!!! Our days are filled with great experiences….

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Bangkok exploration continues. ..

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My Girls Made Dinner

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Today was defiantly an awesome day…with my 2 older kids decided to be responsible for dinner.

They said dinner is on them…LOL!!! They asked me to just sit and relax while they create a dish for  dinner…pretty awesome right…for a 13yrs and 12yrs old.

So here some pictures below of our family enjoying the dinner.

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They are in the kitchen

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I got caught taking a picture…I was asked politely to leave…

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And that’s their dish they created called chicken and potatoe gumbo….

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Daddy about to do justice to the meal

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And justice he did with his plate empty in about 5min….

I am truly  a proud mama bear….

Bangkok exploration continues. …

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Bugs don’t have a fighting chance

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Well in some parts of the world…bugs don’t get to have the luxury of living life fully…

They get fried and consumed by 2 legged creatures (I mean humans) …lol!!!

All of Bangkok streets, you will be wowed  with a trolley filled with bugs from cockroach, to worms and to many I really don’t want to mention…let the pictures do justice for it self…

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Scopion kebab….yuk…

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Yeap it’s what you are seeing….

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Now this one…I almost throw up…sorry buy am from Ghana worms are not our buddies like that…LOL!!

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Yuk!!

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Ready to be eaten

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OMG…. that’s not my take at all…

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Dinner is served…

So in other to take the pictures you have to pay 10 baht which is about 30 cents….
It was worth it.
Now if you buy some then you keep your
10 baht and get picture…

Bangkok exploration continues

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