Wednesday Dec 12 Remember that dotted road on the map—-I feel like the cartoon character where there is a big flashing sign saying DON’T GO IN THERE but I can’t see it…. I had gotten so many good recommendations for Sgt Kai that I couldn’t […]

Yui and her husband Kwan picked me up for my cooking lesson in a 1972 Volkswagen bus. BOY! Did that bring back memories. As soon as I go in the car I found that no one else was going to be in their class today […]

Got picked up this am by Kampun, part of Sgt Kai’s team. He is the one that is going to shepherd me around today. We head out early for the State owned Elephant Conservation center in Lamphun ( this is the one that you can […]

Version 221a, Asia NEVER EVER turn right when your instincts say turn left…the dotted road syndrome does not live in Sicily alone. ( See http://www.wired2theworld.com/sicily2003part3.html). This is foreshadowing for the next 8 days. I left the hotel put securely in a taxi at the Sheraton […]

Tuesday Dec 4th thru Sat Dec 8 2007 In my mind now the 5 days spent in Cambodia are compressed into picture bites: the first glimpse of Siam Reap airport ( What’s that beautiful building doing here?) to the last as we pull up and […]

Early to Market, Early to Rise, makes you…. Er, not on vacation but up we go to the early morning local market of the type that we like to visit. DO not imagine your Friday evening Farmers market in Encino or Beverly Hills. Local wet […]