We landed safely (even survived the fumigation 😉 as the sun was setting across the tarmac in Kuala Lumpur. We lost an hour in this flight. We were now in a new time zone. As our descent brought land into our sight lines, I was amazed…

Please accept my apology! I accidently hit publish before proofing or finishing the next blog entry: Nice to meet you, Malaysia. I’ll finish it in the next 24 hours and post it more properly! If you didn’t read your email yet, please delete ;-/ If…

OK, so this little bit I am sharing for your laugh of the day. The only ones who truly may find it funny is our children but just put your imagination hat on and all of you may snicker a bit… So my hubby and…

…After riding elephants bareback you can count on a bit of soreness, #horsesonsteroids…So of course that called for massage, really any excuse will do! Meeting new friends was a highlight of Chiang Mai. The second set we met while dining at @The Teak. A beautiful restaurant,…

Seems only a couple days have passed since arriving in the north, but here it came, moving day again. As I told you in an earlier post, we had decided not to book the entire time at one hotel. We wanted to leave the second…

We left Pattaya the same way we arrived, via SUV taxi. This transport was of course booked by my agent (aka, the hubster) via email with The Limo Pattaya. The service both directions was superb. Not only timely but the vehicles were immaculate, air conditioned and…

LK Empress sits gracefully in it’s plantation era style at Pattaya Beach Road and Soi 12. Painted in sedate cream toned hues with marble accents, it felt luxurious after our ride from Bangkok. Sun was setting across the street over the waters of the Gulf of Thailand as…

After a few hours nap, the day we woke up was Sunday, the 12th. It was nearly noon in our new time zone, UTC +7 hours and we were in need of some nourishment. We enjoyed a slow waking with our in room Nescafe. The Ambassador Hotel Bangkok is…

We left the states from LAX via China Airlines at 2:30 PM Friday 2/10. Smooth, easy check in and our bags were checked all the way through! (Is this relative to the relationship between Taiwan vs China and the USA? Last year flying through Guangzhou we had…

A week ago, Friday found us at the home of life long friends for a nice dinner of edmami, fried rice and assorted tunas caught and cooked by our host. Camaradarie of long time friends just can’t be beat. Dinner and enthusiastic conversation were followed…