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•  New Views of Bangkok Part 2
  John joined us late on Friday night (caught in Bangkok's notorious traffic - his usual 2 hour ride took him 5). On Saturday, we looked for some unusual visitor spots and found these: The Suan Pakkad Palace was built by one of the granddaughters of King Rama V - one of the hundreds from hi...
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:05:00
•  New Views of Bangkok
  Our daughter and I went up to Bangkok for a weekend; she had not been there since she was a little girl, so we spent the first day doing the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, the top of the "must-see" sights in Bangkok. I know that everyone is familiar with these sights...if you have seen The King a...
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:26:00
•  Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, & Lau Pa Sat
  One of our favorite plays, The Importance of Being Earnest, was advertised on the sides of taxis for several weeks - the masculine-looking faces wearing pink gave us a clue that it wasn't going to be a "regular" casting of the play. ... We arrived at the National Library Building to find a gorgeous ...
  Wed, 22 May 2013 08:24:00
•  High Tea Dance
  Our ballroom-dancing friends invited us to join them for High Tea Dance at the St. Regis, a beautiful British style hotel just around the corner from our apartment. They serve traditional High Tea every afternoon, but on Saturdays they add a decadent dessert buffet, includin...
  Tue, 14 May 2013 09:51:00
•  The Pottery Jungle
  Up on the northeast part of the island is a wonderful treasure called The Pottery Jungle. I remembered it from out earlier time here and hoped it would still be the same - an old kiln area with lots of local and imported ceramics. Thank goodness the rumors of it closing down have not come t...
  Mon, 06 May 2013 15:12:00