Adventures in Traveling the World
Millipedes. Yuck! I killed another one in the bathroom this morning. I don’t even want to think how these little guys get into this high-rise building. We start our day with a delightful breakfast sitting outside on the roof where the breakfast buffet was served. Fried eggs, mystery meat aka bacon, sausage aka little hot dogs, Phad Thai, lettuce, cucumber slices, watermelon, pineapple, cereal,...
Somchai Nitiwanakul was born in Bangkok. At the age of nineteen and with $800.00 in his pocket Somchai came by himself to the United States. That was in 1967 and the city and state he went to was, Seattle, Washington. Small world. He went to Shoreline and Green River Community College while working his way through the restaurant world. He was employed at The...
After standing for thirty-minutes outside the Bangkok airport on a balmy night, a gentleman comes up to us holding a sign with my name. He’s with an air-conditioned van from the Thirteen Coin Resort ready to drive us 25 miles to the hotel. Thirty minutes later we were at our final destination. We walk into an enormous hotel lobby. Old, dark, and along one...
The wanderlust in my life is a gift. A gift of time, resources, health, and a sense of adventure. I’m on my way to meet Andy and travel together to Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. I’ll be gone for six and a half weeks, the longest I’ve been away from home. My journal reads, “Saying goodbye is the hardest. Even now, sitting here in...
Fruit in SE Asia was heavenly. There is such a plethora of fruit; pineapple, watermelon, mangoes, mangosteens, rambutans, dragon fruit, longans, stinky durian, and others I didn’t get the chance to try. All delicious, all served in the markets, on the streets or restaurants. They would take a fresh mango, slice off both cheeks of the mango, and dice it. The diced mango would...
We’re up early on our last day in Bangkok. I start packing my backpack and organized my souvenirs, shower, and dress before heading out to our partially-filled minivan to drive to the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. We head southwest of Bangkok for an hour and a half drive before arriving at the Damnoen Saduak Canal. This market, Lad Plee, is the most famous floating...