Backpacking then…and now

In January 1991, I left on a solo six-month adventure “around the world.” It was going to be one year but the company I worked for at the time said they’d hold my job for 6 months so I shortened the trip and then it was really a “half way around the world” trip to […]

Wat a Day

Back at the hotel after spending most of our first full day in Bangkok visiting different Wats (Buddhist temples). Our first stop was the Grand Palace, the official residents of the Kings of Siam (now Thailand) since 1782. Over 8 million people visit the Grand Palace annually and the complex’s contains numerous gardens and buildings […]