Travel
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They’rrrrre grrrrreat….
Luckily for Nick and Lexi, a Jerseyshoreish couple from New York City on the tour with us, Bob and I were big animal lovers. Otherwise, Nick’s promise to his recently deceased brother would have gone unfulfilled. Our tour leader was not going to allow an impromptu visit to Sriracha Tiger Zoo if only two were… Continue reading
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What happens in Pattaya stays in Pattaya…
The early morning light revealed nothing of what lay bubbling beneath the surface of this city. Pattaya, southeast of Bangkok on the Gulf of Thailand, had lived up to its name–the Other Sin City. There was the familiar atmosphere of hedonism and excess that one would expect in Las Vegas. But layered upon this was… Continue reading
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Siam I am…
My second greatest regret of our tour was the brevity of our visit to the province of Ayutthaya or Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya as it is officially known. The area was the former capital city of Siam (now known as Thailand) before the designation was moved further south to Bangkok. I was fascinated by the… Continue reading
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Cutting a swathe…
Our tour guide reassured us that the rice rats we were about to sample were of the highest quality. These were not filthy city rats who ate leftover scraps in dark alleys but their country cousins who feasted only on the organic insects and snails that thrived in the lush rice paddies. Tour members would… Continue reading
