Category Archives: Travel

Goodbye Thailand

August 7, 2012 – 9:35 am

Monday morning at 5:40 I departed from Thailand after a two month sojourn with my family and friends. Suvarnabhumi airport was empty in the early morning hours. I walked the long distance to Gate G5 to board the waiting Airbus. I took this photo of the jetway. It says anywhere in the world. Goodbye Thailand.

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Highway 1040 Again

July 14, 2012 – 8:01 pm

Yesterday morning I sat at a small coffee stand in Umphang. I was the only farang in sight. My daughter and her mother were shopping at the Karen tribal shop next door. A light rain dotted the street. This was the end of highway 1040, the Highway in the Clouds. There was little reason to […]

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Mae Sot Dead Zone

July 14, 2012 – 8:40 am

Sitting in a resort in Mae Sot on the Burma border. The owner said that there was wifi. There is none. I would read a book CANNERY ROW by John Steinbeck, but for some reason there are never any bedlamps in these hotels and very few outlets, so I have the distinct displeasure of having […]

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The Nana Hotel

June 28, 2012 – 12:11 am

Directly across from Bangkok’s Nana Plaza is the eternal Nana Hotel. This caravansary has been servicing the happy ending needs of travelers since the 60s. I first stayed there in 1991. Nothing much has changed in that time. Men check in with women half their age. The desk clerks smiled without asking for IDs. They […]

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MIA in Thailand

June 16, 2012 – 11:39 pm

Last week I purchased a ticket for a flight to Bangkok. Flights were ridiculously expensive, since the airlines fatten their profits on the summer traffic. My itinerary had two stops. Tokyo was two hours, but Delta had scheduled a fifteen hours lay-over at SFO. I was cool with that length of time. My cousin Ty […]

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