Second Cities

This past October we spent nearly a month in Portugal visiting Porto, Lisbon, Douro Valley, and The Algarve. This was our second time in Lisbon; we were first there with our kids in 2012. It was our first visit to Porto, the second city of Portugal, and we fell in love with the city. Now, […]

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 […]

Relax

For some of us of a certain age, when I hear the word relax, it takes me back to college and the band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Now it will have an additional meaning for me as we just spent the last couple of days at the Phi Phi Relax Beach Resort. Since my last […]

American Ramble

Welcome to the Andaman Sea. I’ll admit it, I never heard of until earlier today when we arrived in Krabi. We got here today by first taking a 40 minute taxi ride from our hotel to the Koh Samui ferry terminal. Upon arrival at the ferry terminal, we were delayed getting our boarding passes since […]

A Pool and a Pond

The sun just set in Koh Samui and the third day of our stay will be coming to an end tomorrow morning as we are taking a ferry to Krabi. We arrived here Sunday around noon and checked into our boutique hotel, The Privilege Hotel Ezra Beach Club. The hotel is located in Ban Bang […]

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 […]