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Monthly Archives: September 2023

FABULOUS ADVENTURE IN TUSCANY ON 2 WHEELS.

My good friend and inveterate world traveler, Tom, ask me to join him on a Butterfield & Robinson bike tour of Tuscany. I told him with all my travels this year I was in pretty mediocre shape. He said “Come anyway, and use an e-bike and you&#8217…

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…