Suzy and I found the Saxophone Pub last year when searching for some live entertainment in Downtown Bangkok. Here you’ll certainly have a good time. The food is good and the music is better. The Swing Kings are a regular at the Saxophone Pub, you’ll find them there Wednesdays and Thursdays and perform at about 9pm. Large big…read more →
For those of our followers who followed last year’s Bangkok posting, you’ll remember my talking about walking down a crowded city street and having a guy comes up to you and ask “hey boss, where you from” that typically means that he’s a salesman for a tailor in the area and he wants to sell you a suit. If you’re…read more →
Just West of Pattaya you’ll find the tiny island of Koh Larn. When I say tiny, it is just that, only 2.5 miles long by 1.5 miles wide. A private sanctuary for beach and snorkeling lovers. Thailand has long since been known as having beautiful islands. Last year Suzy and I visited three of these islands. This year we are…read more →
Last year Suzy and I set off with an enrollment reservation at the Thai Cookery School in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I went searching for a comprehensive school and found this one to be the best choice. Last year we spent five days here and lived on campus while studying. The class was so in-depth we were even taken to the…read more →
When in Bangkok, you’ll always find a tourist agency nearby. They offer all sorts of daily interest items from Elephant rides, Temple tours, Dinner and show experiences, the attractions are endless. Suzy and I set out one morning with a hired driver to take us to Kanchanaburi to visit the Tiger Temple. Since the traffic was low that day we…read more →
Last year Suzy and I were told of a Buddhist Monastery that took care of endangered Tigers by our good friend Admiral Red Best. This year we set out to find the Monastery and see just how much truth there was to the story. We found that the temple is real, the Monks are real and the story quite interesting….read more →
Budapest is a true tale of two cities. The two cities were Buda, a mountainous region, and Pest, a largely flat plains area divided by the Danube River. When the chain bridge was built in 1849, it began the process of bringing the two together and in 1873; both cities were permanently merged into Budapest. Under Soviet Military occupation until…read more →
It was not so long ago that Bratislava was holding Candle demonstrations against communism in 1988. Bratislava later became the center of the Velvet Revolutions in 1989, and became the Capital of the Slovak Republic in 1993. The country is moving forward and is quite interesting to wander around. Touring the old city you’ll find plenty of Slovak restaurants and…read more →
Suzy and I really enjoyed Vienna. We found the city to be very inviting and just fun to be there. We spent several hours just wandering the Peoples Garden. There you’ll find hundreds of varieties of roses and an abundance of flowers to accompany them. The park was just wonderful and it was easy to see that everyone there was…read more →
Our first stop in Austria was Salzburg. Our hotel, The Hotel Hofwirt was situated right at the end of the walking street. Here we found many restaurants and bars to sit and people watch. Upon entering the old city, we found cobblestone streets and history everywhere. The churches were magnificent and it was hard to say which was more beautiful….read more →
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