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SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS THANKSGIVING

The Thanksgiving Holiday for me is a magnified reflection on all the many blessings in my life. I have been very lucky to have reached an age where almost every day is a day of Thanksgiving and of supreme gratefulness. I am very happy and thankful to have Marla as…

RELAXING ON THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF KOH SAMUI AFTER A HECTIC PACE IN CAMBODIA

The heat and touring in Thailand and Cambodia with the grandsons was wearing us all down a bit. We were ready for some R & R. We flew on Bangkok Airways from Seam Reap, Cambodia, down to Bangkok, and after a layover we flew to the island of Koh Samui…

MONKEY BUSINESS IN CAMBODIA. EXCITING CAMBODIA AND ENCHANTING TEMPLES.

The next stop on our exciting Southeast Asia adventure with our grandsons was Cambodia. We flew on a prop airplane from Bangkok to Siem Reap by Bangkok Airways. Our last trip to this fascinating country was in 1997 and I must say things have definitely changed! The photo above is…

MARLA AND I TOOK A NOSTALGIC VISIT TO OUR CHIANG MAI SOURCES OF FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES, AND ANTIQUES FOR OUR COMPANY.

Have you ever felt impelled to revisit a place which was once very important in your life? While in Chiang Mai during the July trip to Southeast Asia with grandsons, we hired a driver to take us to Hang Dong and Baan Tawai Village, where we spent over 20 years…

A SIMPLY MAGICAL DAY WITH…ELEPHANTS

After lunch our driver drove us to Elephant Eco Valley an hour north of Chiang Mai to visit the elepants. Everyone was excited to see how they live in this unique protected environment. We climbed into the truck and headed up the bumpy dirt road. Elephant Eco Valley is a…

EXPLORING BEAUTIFUL TEMPLES ON DOI SUTHEP MOUNTAIN IN CHIANG MAI INCLUDING A SECRET JUNGLE TEMPLE.

We planned a big exploration day for the grandsons in Chiang Mai with fabulous temple visits followed by an amazing immersion with elephants. AP Good Travel was our guide for this trip and we can’t recommend them highly enough!. We used them previously in 2019. Our first stop…

WONDROUS CHIANG MAI…MY FAVORITE CITY IN THAILAND…GRANDSON VAUGHAN PLAYS CHESS WITH THE 9 YEAR-OLD CHIANG MAI CHESS CHAMPION!

Chiang Mai was one our our prime furniture/accessory/antique sourcing areas for many years when Marla and I had our business. Only an hour flight north of hyperactive Bangkok, it has an unique old city charm with walls and moats and hundreds of beautiful and often elaborate Buddhist temples…

LAST DAYS IN BANGKOK & THE MOST UNUSUAL SHOPPING CENTER I’VER EVER VISITED!

Our grandsons loved the vibrancy and energy of Bangkok. The city of Bangkok ranks 12th in the world with 11,000,000 population. We explored and shopped at fascinating and trendy shopping centers as well as gigantic weekend markets. The photo above was taken from our hotel room terrace showing…

THE WONDROUS JIM THOMPSON HOUSE IN BANGKOK. VAUGHAN’S FIRST SILK SHIRT. A STORY OF “THE SILK KING”, AN ART COLLECTOR, A SPY, AND HIS MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

The nice thing about Bangkok hotels on the Chao Phraya River is that their boats take you places, most importantly, Central Pier (Sathorn), where you can walk to the Saphan Taksin station for the air conditioned BTS Skytrain close by. Our hotel boat was running about every 20 minutes so…

BANGKOK’S FASCINATING KLONGS (WATERWAYS) AND…A 5′ LONG MONITOR LIZARD!

Our first day touring in Bangkok included a canal tour on a long-tail boat. Bangkok is often called the “Venice of the East” because of it’s many klongs, or canals, which crisscross the city. There are about 1680 canals of various sizes in this amazing…