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- England, Sept. 5-7, 2016
- England/Belgium/Wales, July 5-16, 2005
- France, May 12-29, 2018
- Days 1-3, Paris, Mont Saint-Michel
- Day 4, Notre Dame; Marais
- Day 5, Normandy
- Day 6, Rodin Museum; Seine Cruise
- Day 7, Paris: City Tour, Musee d’Orsay & l’Orangerie, Montmartre
- Day 8, Champagne; Dijon
- Day 9, Burgundy, Beaune, Lyon
- Day 10, French Alps, Sisteron, Grasse, Cannes
- Day 11, French Riviera
- Day 12, Avignon, Pont du Gard
- Day 13, Carcassonne; Lourdes
- Day 14, Lourdes, Bordeaux Wine Country, Saint-Emilion
- Day 15, Bordeaux
- Days 16-18, Loire Valley, Cognac, Paris
- France/England/Belgium, Sept. 9-26, 2004(A)
- France/England/Belgium, Sept. 9-26, 2004(B)
- Greece/Turkey, Oct. 12-Nov. 5, 2005(A)
- Greece/Turkey, Oct. 12-Nov. 5, 2005(B)
- Greece/Turkey, Oct. 12-Nov. 5, 2005(C)
- Ireland, Sept. 12-28, 2016
- Italy, April 17-May 8, 2005(A)
- Italy, April 17-May 8, 2005(B)
- Italy, April 17-May 8, 2005(C)
- Italy/Switzerland, Sept. 27-Oct. 8, 2007
- Northern Ireland, Sept. 8-12, 2016
- Northern Ireland/Ireland, Sept 8-12, 2016
- Portugal, March 19-April 5, 2008(A)
- Portugal, March 19-April 5, 2008(B)
- Portugal/Spain/France/Andorra, May 29-June 19, 2019
- Days 1-3, Lisbon
- Day 4, Lisbon
- Day 5, Lisbon, Casais, Cabo da Roca, Sintra
- Day 6, Fatima, Porto
- Day 7: Porto, Portugal, to Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Day 8, Santiago de Compostela & La Coruna
- Day 9, Luarca, Espana Verde, Oviedo
- Day 10, Santander; Bilbao
- Day 11, San Sebastian; French Basque Country
- Day 12, Pamplona; Zaragoza
- Days 13-15, Barcelona
- Day 16, Barcelona
- Day 17, Girona; Figueres: Salvador Dali Museum
- Days 18-19, Barcelona
- Day 20, Three-Country Tour; Monserrat
- Day 21, Barcelona, Going Home
- Scotland, July 18-23, 2005
- Spain, Oct. 13-18, 2006(A)
- Spain, Oct. 13-18, 2006(B)
- Spain, Oct. 24-25, 2010
- Canada
- British Columbia, Feb. 24-28, 2005
- Maritimes, Oct. 5-15, 2015, 2015
- Days 1&2: Lunenburg/Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
- Day 3: Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island
- Day 4: Prince Edward Island
- Day 5: Prince Edward Island to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
- Day 6: Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia
- Day 7: Cheticamp to Baddeck, Nova Scotia
- Day 8: Louisbourg Fortress & Baddeck, Nova Scotia
- Day 9: Peggy’s Cove & Titanic Graves, Nova Scotia
- Days 10 & 11: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Quebec, July 16-22, 2018
- Asia
- Cambodia, Jan. 14-20, 2012
- China, Feb. 5-16, 2010
- Days 1 & 2, Beijing: Qian Men
- Day 2(con’t): Beijing: Tianamen Square, etc.
- Day 3(A), Beijing: Tai Chi, Tiananmen Square
- Day 3(B), Beijing: Forbidden City
- Day 3(C), Beijing: Summer Palace, etc.
- Day 4(A), Beijing: Olympic Stadium, etc.
- Day 4(B), Great Wall of China
- Day 5(A), Beijing: Lama Temple
- Day 5(B), Beijing: Hutongs, House of Madame Sun Yat-sen, Tea Shop, Hot Pot
- Day 6, Beijing: BeiHai and Jingshan Parks
- Day 7, Beijing: Temple of Heaven; to Xian
- Day 8(A), Xian: Pagoda, Jade Store
- Day 8(B), Xian: Terra Cotta Warriors
- Day 8(C), From Warriors to Dumplings
- Day 9, Shanghai: Yu Gardens, etc.
- Day 10, Shanghai/Suzhou: Gardens, etc.
- Days 11 & 12, Shanghai/Zhouzhuang; Going Home
- India, Nov. 17-26, 2014
- Japan, April 17-24, 2009
- Malaysia, Jan. 12-14, 2012
- Myanmar, Jan. 26-Feb. 4, 2016
- Nepal, Nov. 27-30, 2014
- Singapore, Jan. 8-11, 2012
- South Korea, January 15-18, 2016
- Sri Lanka, Jan. 13-Feb. 1, 2019
- Days 1-4, Negombo
- Day 5, Negombo to Habarana, Minneriya Nat’l Park
- Day 6, Hiriwadunna Village, Polonnaruwa
- Day 7, Sigiriya Rock Fortress, Dambulla Cave Temple, Spice & Herbal Garden
- Day 8, Kandy: City & Temple of the Tooth Relic
- Day 9, Tea Plantations, Nuwara Eliya
- Day 10, Nuwara Eliya to Yala Nat’l Park
- Day 11, Yala Beach & Nat’l Park
- Days 12&13, Yala to Weligama Bay to Galle
- Day 14, Madu River, Sea Turtle Center, Colombo
- Day 15, Colombo, Anuradhapura
- Day 16, Anuradhapura to Jaffna
- Day 17, Delft Island, Jaffna
- Days 18&19, Jaffna to Wilpattu National Park to Negombo
- Thailand, Jan. 17-Feb. 2, 2014
- Days 1-3, Bangkok
- Day 4, Thailand
- Day 5, Bangkok
- Day 6, River Kwai/Death Railway
- Day 7, Bangkok
- Day 8, Bangkok
- Day 9, Summer Palace, Ayutthaya
- Day 10, Sukhothai
- Day 11, Chiang Rai
- Day 12A, Thailand/Myanmar Border
- Day 12B, The Golden Triangle
- Day 13, Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
- Day 14, Chiang Mai
- Days 15 & 16, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Going Home
- Thailand, Jan. 18-26, 2016
- Vietnam, Jan. 20-30, 2013
- Tour Day 3(B) & 4(A), Ho Chi Minh City: At Night and Flower Festival
- Tour Day 4(B), Ho Chi Minh City, City Tour
- Tour Day 4(C&D), Nearby Ho Chi Minh City, to the Cu Chi Tunnels
- Tour Days 5 & 6, Hoi An
- Tour Day 7(A), Hoi An to Hue
- Tour Day 8, Hue: The Perfume River
- Tour Day 9, Hanoi to Halong Bay
- Tour Day 10, Halong Bay
- Tour Day 11, Hanoi
- Tour Day 12, Near Hanoi
- Southern Africa, Sept. 3-20, 2017
- Days 1-4, Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 5, Cape Town, South Africa
- Day 6, Western Cape Winelands, South Africa
- Day 7, Zululand & St. Lucia, South Africa
- Day 8, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa; Swaziland
- Day 9, Swaziland; South Africa
- Day 10, Kruger National Park, South Africa
- Day 11, Panorama Route, South Africa
- Day 12, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Day 13, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Day 14, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
- Day 15, Botswana
- Day 16, Botswana Game Drives
- Day 17, Botswana-Zambia
- Australia/New Zealand, March 22-April 8, 2017
- South America
- Argentina, 2015
- Brazil, 2015
- Brazil/Argentina, 2015
- Chile, 2015
- Colombia, 2016
- Peru, Aug. 19-Sept. 5, 2018
- Days 1&2, Lima
- Day 3, Lima’s Shantytowns
- Day 4, Paracus, Nazca Lines
- Day 5, Lima Photo Tour
- Day 6, Lima Cultural Tour/Larcomar
- Day 7, Lima, Pachacamac, Larco Museum
- Day 8, Cuzco Ruins
- Day 9, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley
- Day 10, Cuzco
- Day 11, Cuzco to Raqchi & Puno
- Day 12, Lake Titicaca, Children’s Parade, Sillustani Tombs
- Days 13&14, Colca Canyon
- Days 15-17, Arequipa, Home
- Egypt, Jan. 19-17, 2011
- Central/Eastern Europe-1, April 23-May 8, 2011
- Days 1&2, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
- Day 3, Frankfurt to Berlin via Weimar
- Day 4 (Part 1), Berlin
- Day 4 (Part 2), Potsdam, Germany
- Day 5, Berlin to Warsaw via Poznan
- Day 6, Warsaw
- Day 7, Warsaw to Krakow via Jasna Gora and Auschwitz
- Day 8, Krakow
- Day 9, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
- Day 10, Budapest
- Day 11, Vienna
- Day 12, Vienna to Prague
- Central/Eastern Europe-2, April 23-May 8, 2011
- Central/Eastern Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Balkans Tour, June 15-July 2, 2017
- Days 1-4, Montenegro/Albania
- Days 5&6, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Day 7, Montenegro
- Day 8, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Day 9, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Day 10, Split, Croatia
- Day 11, Zadar
- Day 12A, Plitvice National Park
- Day 12B, Zagreb
- Day 13, Zagreb, Kumrovec
- Day 14, Ljubljana, Lake Bled, Slovenia
- Day 15, Postojna Caves/Predjama Castle, Slovenia
- Days 16-18, Vienna, Bratislavia
- Bulgaria, April 25-28, 2014
- Romania, April 28-May 3, 2014
- Russia, Sept. 9-20, 2013
- Serbia, April 24-25, 2014
- Turkey, April 11, 2014
- Balkans Tour, June 15-July 2, 2017
- United States
- California
- Art Show 2015
- California Flowers
- Central Coast, March 9-11, 2006
- Central Coast, Dec. 14-16, 2009
- Central Coast, Rails, Whales, & Dunes, March 7-9, 2018
- Los Angeles: Day of the Dead Procession, 2014
- Los Angeles: Little Tokyo, Nov. 17, 2009
- Oak Glen, Oct. 25, 2011
- Reagan Library, Simi Valley
- Riverside-Chino: Christmas, Dec. 20, 2011
- San Diego, June 16, 2006
- San Diego, Sept. 5-6, 2009
- San Diego: Miramar Air Show, Sept. 30, 2011
- San Francisco, Feb. 21-23, 2005
- San Francisco, June 26-29, 2005
- Santa Barbara Wine Country, Feb. 13, 2005
- Chicago
- Florida, May 4-10, 2006
- Grand Canyon West, Oct. 24-26, 2017
- Hawaii, March 1-3, 2010
- Idaho/Washington/Montana, June 9-12, 2007
- Las Vegas
- New Mexico
- New York, July 25-Aug. 4, 2008
- Oregon, March 15-20, 2006
- Washington: Seattle, Feb. 23-24, 2005
- Yellowstone in Winter, Jan. 24-29, 2015
- California
- Morocco, Oct. 14-24, 2010
- Central America
- Caribbean
- Scandinavia/Estonia»
- Iceland
- Middle East
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, Nov. 19-26, 2013
- Israel/West Bank/Jordan, Jan. 17-31, 2020
- Days 1-3, Tel Aviv
- Day 4, Gaza Border Reality Tour
- Day 5, Tel Aviv Food Tour & Art Museum
- Day 6, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Capernaum, Sea of Galilee
- Day 7, Mount of Beatitudes, Safed, Kibbutz, Winery, Golan Heights
- Day 8, Diamonds, Beit She’an, Western Wall, Jerusalem
- Day 9, Masada, Dead Sea, and Light Show
- Day 10, Bethlehem
- Day 11, Petra, Jordan
- Day 12, Jerusalem Old City: Stations of the Cross
- Day 13, Hebron, West Bank
- Day 14, Temple Mount and Mount of Olives
- Western Europe
- Slide Shows
- Asia-1
- Cambodia
- Phnom Penh: On the Road, Day 2(A)
- Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum/The Killing Fields, Day 2(B)
- Phnom Penh: Mekong Sunset Tour-1, Day 2(C)
- Phnom Penh: Mekong Sunset Tour-2, Day 2(C)
- Phnom Penh: Discovery Tour-1, Day 3
- Phnom Penh: Discovery Tour-2, Day 3
- From Phnom Penh to Siem Reap-1, Tour Day 1
- Siem Reap: Angkor Thom, Tour Day 2(A)
- Siem Reap: Ta Phrohm, Tour Day 2(B)
- Siem Reap: Angkor Wat, Tour Day 2(C)
- Near Siem Reap: Ox-cart Ride, Tonle Sap Boat Trip, Tour Day 3(A)
- China
- India
- Day 3A: Delhi
- Day 3B: Delhi
- Day 3C: Delhi
- Day 4A: Delhi to Jaipur
- Day 4B: Delhi to Jaipur
- Day 5A: Jaipur
- Day 5B: Jaipur
- Day 6A: Jaipur to Abhaneri
- Day 6B: Abhaneri to Agra
- Day 7A: Agra, The Taj Mahal
- Day 7B: Agra, At the Taj Mahal
- Day 7C: Tomb & Agra Fort
- Day 7D: Driving Around Agra
- Day 8A: Agra to Orchha
- Day 8B: Orchha to Khajuraho
- Day 9A: Khajuraho
- Day 9B: Varanasi
- Day 10A: Varanasi
- Day 10B: Sarnath
- Japan
- Japan: Raw and Packaged Food
- Japan: Restaurant Food
- Japan: Shopping
- Japan: Signs
- Japan: Sweets
- Kamakura: Rickshaw Ride
- Mt. Kamagatake (Hakone-en): Cable Car Ride
- Nikko: Nikko Toshogu Shrine
- Tokyo: Central Wholesale Fish Market
- Tokyo: Imperial Palace East Garden
- Tokyo: Little Hong Kong
- Tokyo: Sumida River Cruise
- Tokyo: Tokyo at Night
- Tokyo: Views from Tokyo Tower
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Singapore
- Singapore Walk, Day 1(A)
- Singapore Wallk, Day 1(B)
- Singapore Botanic Gardens, Day 2(A)
- Asian Food, Day 2(B)
- Buffalo Street, Little India, Day 3(A)
- Chinatown, Day 3(B)
- Night Tour, Day 3(C)
- Sri Veeramakaliamman Hindu Temple, Day 4(A)
- Haw Par Villa–1, Day 4(B)
- Haw Par Villa–2, Day 4(C)
- Sentosa Mosiac Dragon, Day 4(D)
- South Korea
- Thailand-1
- Ayutthaya Historical Park
- Bangkok: Chao Phraya River Cruise
- Bangkok: Chao Phraya Night Cruise
- Bangkok: City Tour
- Bangkok: Emerald Buddha/Grand Palace
- Bangkok: Wat Po
- Bang Pa-In Summer Palace
- Canal Cruise, Floating Market, Rose Garden
- Damnoen Saduak Canal Boat Ride
- Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
- Death Railway POW Cemetery & Museum
- From Ayutthaya to Sukhothai
- From Sukhothai to Chiang Rai
- River Kwai/Death Railway
- Sukhothai Historical Park
- Wat Rong Khun: The White Temple
- Thailand-2
- Thailand-3
- Cambodia
- Asia-2
- Myanmar
- Bagan: Day 1
- Bagan: Day 2A
- Bagan: Day 2B
- Inle Lake: Day 1A
- Inle Lake: Day 1B
- Inle Lake: Day 2
- Mandalay: Day 1
- Mandalay: Day 2A
- Mandalay: Day 2B
- Pyin Oo Lwin
- Tachileik-1: Border, Market
- Tachileik-2: Two Temples
- Tachileik-3: Border, Knock-offs
- Yangon: Driving Around
- Yangon: Places Visited
- Yangon: Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sri Lanka
- Anuradhapura
- Anuradhapura to Jaffna
- Colombo to Anuradhapura
- Dambulla Cave Temple
- Delft Island-1
- Delft Island-2
- Delft Island-3
- Galle: Buddhist Monastery
- Galle Fort-1
- Galle Fort-2
- Glenloch Tea Factory
- Hiriwadunna Village
- Jaffna
- Jaffna to Wilpattu to Negombo
- Kandy: City & Temple of the Tooth Relic
- Kandy to Nuwara Eliya
- Kosgoda: Sea Turtle Research & Conservation Center
- Madu River Safari
- Minneriya National Park
- Negombo
- Negombo to Habarana
- Nuwara Eliya to Yala Nat’l Park
- Polonnaruwa
- Sigiriya Rock Fortress
- Wilpattu National Park
- Yala Beach
- Yala National Park
- Yala to Weligama Bay to Galle
- Vietnam-1
- Ho Chi Minh City: Flower Festival, Tour Days 3(B) & 4(A)
- Ho Chi Minh City: City Tour, Tour Day 4(B)
- Nearby Ho Chi Minh City: Going to the Cu Chi Tunnels, Tour Day 4(C)
- Nearby Ho Chi Minh City: Cu Chi Tunnels, Tour Day 4(D)
- Hoi An: Old City-1, Tour Days 5 & 6(A)
- Hoi An: Old City-2, Tour Day 6(B)
- Hoi An: Thu Bon River Cruise, Tour Day 6(C)
- Hoi An: Tra Que Herb Village, Tour Day 6(D)
- Vietnam-2
- Hoi An to Hue, Tour Day 7(A)
- Hue: The Citadel, Tour Day 7(B)
- Hue: Cyclo Ride and Dinner, Tour Day 7(C)
- Hue: Perfume River-1, Tour Day 8
- Hue: Perfume River-2, Tour Day 8
- Hanoi to Halong Bay, Tour Day 9
- Halong Bay: Tour Day 10
- Hanoi: Museum, Old City, Water Puppets, Tour Day 11(A)
- Hanoi: Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison Historical Site), Tour Day 11(B)
- Near Hanoi: Thay Pagoda, Day 12(A)
- Near Hanoi: Vietnam Village, Day 12(B)
- Gate 1 Tourmates’ Photos, Vietnam and Cambodia
- Myanmar
- Australia/New Zealand
- New Zealand
- Auckland: City Tour
- Auckland: Waiheke Island
- Auckland: Waitakere Ranges Park
- Dunedin: City Tour
- Dunedin: Otago Peninsula Tour
- Dunedin to Christchurch
- Milford Sound
- Queenstown: Skippers Canyon-1
- Queensland: Skippers Canyon-2
- Queenstown to Dunedin-1
- Queenstown to Dunedin-2
- Queenstown: The Town
- Queenstown to Milford Sound
- Queenstown: TSS Earnslaw Cruise
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Iceland
- South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Brazil/Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia-1
- Bogota: Botero Museum; Monserrate
- Bogota: City Tour
- Bogota Graffiti Murals-1
- Bogota Graffiti Murals-2
- Bogota Photography Tour-1
- Bogota Photography Tour-2
- Bogota Photography Tour-3
- Bogota: Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira/Tejo
- Cocora Valley: Eco Tour/Coffee Plantation
- Day trip to Villa de Leyva-1: Raquira
- Day trip to Villa de Leyva-2
- Zona Cafetera/Cocora Valley/Salento
- Colombia-2
- Peru
- Western Europe
- Belgium
- England
- France-1
- French Basque Country
- Giverny: Monet’s Water Gardens
- Giverny: Monet’s Flower Gardens
- Mont Saint-Michel
- Normandy-1
- Normandy-2
- Paris: City Tour
- Paris: Marais Pastry & Wine Tour
- Paris: Montmartre
- Paris: Musee de l’Orangerie
- Paris: Musee d’Orsay (2004)
- Paris: Musee d’Orsay (2018)
- Paris: Notre Dame
- Paris: Rodin Museum
- Paris: Seine Cruise
- Paris: The Louvre
- Paris: View from the Eiffel Tower
- Versailles
- France-2
- Greece
- Ireland
- Book of Kells, Guinness Storehouse, Archaelogy Museum
- Cahir Castle & Waterford
- Cobh (Queenstown)
- Connemara/Kylemore Abbey
- Cork: City Tour
- County Galway to County Kerry
- Dingle Peninsula
- Dublin: Cathedral, Castle, Cemetery
- Dublin Doors
- Dublin: Sights
- Galway: Aran Islands
- Galway: City Tour
- Glendalough Valley, Powerscourt House
- Kilkenny Walk
- Killarney: Drive Around
- Killarney: Walk Around
- Killarney to Blarney Castle
- Kilmainham Gaol & Howth
- Ring of Kerry
- Italy-1
- Italy-2
- Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland/Ireland
- Portugal
- Spain-1
- Avila
- Barcelona 2019
- Barcelona Hop-on Hop-off Bus
- Fundacio Joan Miro
- Gaudi’s Barcelona: Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, Park Guell
- Gaudi’s Barcelona: Sagrada Familia
- Hospital Sant Pau
- Meet Vincent Van Gogh
- Montserrat
- Palau de la Musica Catalana
- Port Cable Car Barcelona
- Sardana Dancers, Barcelona Cathedral, Picasso Museum
- Tapas Walking Tour
- Barcelona: Gaudi’s Casa Mila
- Barcelona: Gaudi’s Parc Guell
- Barcelona: Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
- Barcelona: Las Ramblas
- Bilbao; Guggenheim Museum
- Cordoba-1
- Cordoba-2
- Figueres: Salvador Dali Museum
- Girona
- Granada: The Alhambra
- La Coruna
- Luarca
- Madrid: Palacio Real
- Madrid: Tapas Walking Tour
- Near Madrid: El Escorial
- Oviedo
- Pamplona
- Ronda: Old Moorish Quarter
- Spain-2
- Spain/France/Andorra
- Switzerland
- Caribbean
- Middle East
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi
- Dubai, Day 1A: City Tour
- Dubai, Day 1B: City Tour
- Dubai, Day 1C: City Tour
- Dubai, Day 2A: Ski Dubai, Dubai Metro
- Dubia, Day 2B: Desert Safari
- Sharjah, Day3A: Museum and Souqs
- Abu Dhabi, Day 4A: Hili Park, Al Ain Oasis & National Museum
- Abu Dhabi, Day 4B: Al Ain Mall, Camel Market, Palace Museum
- Abu Dhabi, Day 5A: City Tour
- Abu Dhabi, Day 5B: Grand Mosque
- Abu Dhabi, Day 5C: Falcon Hospital
- Israel/West Bank/Jordan
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi
- United States
- Arizona/Nevada
- Americana in Williams, AZ
- Broken Arrow Tour–Sedona
- Cruise on the Colorado River
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon Railway
- Hoover Dam, NV/AZ, to Laughlin, NV
- Montezuma Castle
- Monument Valley from Sedona, AZ
- Monument Valley, AZ/UT
- Monument Valley, AZ/UT: Goulding’s
- New Age Sedona
- Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona
- Sedona Sculpture Walk
- Sedona Vortex Tour
- Tlaquepaque, Sedona, AZ
- Uptown Sedona
- California-1
- Anza-Borrego: Wildflowers
- Barstow: Peggy Sue’s ’50’s Diner
- Cambria: East and West Villages
- Carlsbad: Flower Fields
- Catalina Island
- Central Coast, Rails, Whales, & Dunes–1
- Central Coast, Rails, Whales, & Dunes-2
- Chino: Christmas Decorations
- Indio: Date Festival & Riverside County Fair
- La Canada Flintridge: Descanso Gardens
- Lancaster: California Poppy Reserve
- Los Angeles: Becoming L.A.!
- Los Angeles: Chinatown, Jan. 2014, Part 1
- Los Angeles: Chinatown, Jan. 2014, Part 2
- Los Angeles: Day of the Dead Altars-1
- Los Angeles: Day of the Dead Altars-2
- California-2
- LA Graffiti and Mural Tour-1
- LA Graffiti and Mural Tour-2
- Los Angeles: Grand Central Market, 2014
- Los Angeles: Latin Spice Food Tasting Tour
- Los Angeles: Mariachi Plaza & Boyle Heights
- Los Angeles: Mexica New Year
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 1
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 2
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 3
- Montecito: Lotusland, Part 4
- Oak Glen
- California-3
- Pasadena: 2012 Rose Parade
- Pasadena: Curbside Rose Parade-1, 2014
- Pasadena: Curbside Rose Parade-2, 2014
- Pasadena: Curbside Rose Parade-3, 2014
- Riverside: Mission Inn
- Rose Parade 2017A
- Rose Parade 2017B
- Rose Parade 2017C
- San Francisco: Alcatraz Island
- San Francisco: Chinatown Stores
- San Francisco: Victorian Houses
- San Juan Capistrano: Mission San Juan Capistrano
- Venice Beach
- Ventura County: Anacapa Island
- Chicago
- Grand Canyon West CA-NV-AZ
- Hawaii
- Las Vegas Side Trips
- New Mexico
- New York
- New York City: Central Park
- New York City: Harbor Lights Night Cruise
- NYC: Chinatown, Little Italy, Wall Street, Trinity Church
- New York City: Manhattan Island, 3-Hour Cruise
- New York City: Midtown, Soho, Battery Park, etc.
- NYC: Rockefeller Center and Fifth Avenue
- NYC: Uptown, Grant’s Tomb, Harlem, etc.
- Northport: Cow Harbor Day
- Northport: Main Street
- Washington
- Yellowstone in Winter
- Arizona/Nevada
- Central Europe
- Central/Eastern Europe-1
- Market Square, Poznan, Poland
- Warsaw’s Old and New Towns
- Inside Wilanow Castle, Warsaw
- Wilanow Castle: Favorite Portraits
- Jasna Gora Monastery, Czestochowa, Poland
- Auschwitz
- Wawel Castle, Krakow
- Krakow’s Old Town
- Wieliczka Salt Mine, Krakow
- Poland, Slovakia, Hungary
- Danube Walk: Pest Side
- Three Walks Around Stephansdom, Vienna
- Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna
- Vienna 2017-A
- Vienna 2017-B
- Central/Easterm Europe-2
- Eastern Europe-1
- Eastern Europe-2
- Romania
- Russia-1
- Goritsy: Skeksna River, Town
- Goritsy: St. Cyril’s Monastery
- Kizhi
- Mandrogi: Craftsmen Village
- Mandrogi: Vodka Museum
- Moscow: At Night
- Moscow: Novodevichy Convent & Cemetery
- Moscow: Overlook
- Moscow: Red Square
- Moscow: The Kremlin
- Russia River Cruise: (1) Moscow to Urlich
- Uglich, Part A
- Uglich, Part B
- Yaroslavl: Buildings & Town Square
- Yaroslavl: Churches
- Russia-2
- Eastern Europe-3
- Central/Eastern Europe-1
- Canada
- Southern Africa
- Scandinavia/Estonia
- Central America
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Antigua-1
- Antigua-2
- Antigua-3
- Antigua, La Azotea Coffee Plantation-1
- Antigua, La Azotea Coffee Plantation-2
- Antigua to Lake Atitlan
- Guatemala City: Drive Around
- Guatemala City: Museos Ixchel and Popol Vuh
- Guatemala City to Petenchel
- Hotel Atitlan at Lake Atitlan
- Lake Atitlan
- Lake Atitlan to Guatemala City
- Panajachel
- Petenchel to Antigua
- Quirigua
- Tikal National Park
- Mexico
- Panama
- North Africa
- Asia-1
- Movies
- Contact
Meeting an Old High School Friend
Meeting an Old High School Friend
My day tour for this morning had been canceled before I left for Bangkok “due to political unrest.” It was the Bangkok Tuk Tuk Small Groupd Adventure Tour, but this tour didn’t pick up people from their hotel. Rather, you had to make your way to another hotel and the tour operator probably didn’t want to subject people to the congested traffic due to the protests. It would have been a fun tour.
So, considering that I was picked up at 6:15 a.m. yesterday for an all–day tour and would be picked up at 6:10 a.m. the next day for another all–day tour plus being somewhat jet–lagged, I didn’t look for another morning tour and slept–in instead. I was to meet an old high school friend at a hotel in Bangkok later that day. He was coming up from Pattaya, a beach town about two hours from Bangkok. I knew that he lived near Bangkok from Facebook and sent him a message asking him out to dinner in Bangkok. He accepted.
I got tired of being in my hotel and I was concerned about the Bangkok congestion so I left my hotel early for the afternoon meeting. It turned out to be a short, uncongested–traffic taxi ride so I got the the meeting place––a hotel––early. The taxi fare––under 100 baht (under $3.00). My taxi driver was confused as to why I wanted to be dropped off where I asked to be. Going shopping?
I could quickly could see why he asked. The hotel was across from a bar where young Thai girls hung out.
Meeting an Old High School Friend
On Sol Sukhumvit 4
And across from a tattoo parlor.
On Sol Sukhumvit 4
On Soi Sukhumvit 4
These old bald–headed white guys are just lucky I didn’t get a better photo of them to put on the internet. I saw money change hands. So if anyone asks if I saw anything of the sex trade that Thailand has a reputation for, I would now have to answer yes.
Okay, John, you have some explaining to do as to why we are meeting here!
I didn’t think it was discreet to stand out on the sidewalk taking photos so I retreated to the hotel’s lounge and read the Nation, an English–language Bangkok newspaper, to figure out what was going on with the political situation in Bangkok. I had been reading it on–line but the print edition was better to read. I was very impressed with both the news writing and also the opinion pieces. I was just starting on the Bangkok Post, when John and Au, his Thai girlfriend, located me.
On Soi Sukhumvit 4
John and Au
John and I graduated high school the same year in a small town on Long Island, NY. He wrote in my yearbook: “To Peggy, Good luck to the girl with the cool car, take care and be good. May riches and happiness be yours. Good luck, Johnny.” Nothing about––see you for the next time in 52 years in Bangkok! That is how long its been. I would have scanned his yearbook photo but he wrote all over it. I had forgotten all about my “cool car” until I read his inscription––a white Merc convertible that I had only for the year before I went off to college.
Photo: John and his Thai girlfriend Au. To explain this exotic meeting place. It is an expat hotel and he has been coming here for the last 25 years, for R&R time when he was working in Saudi Arabia and now stays here anytime he comes to Bangkok. Everyone knows him at the hotel and he likes to say hello to them. He said the neighborhood has changed throughout the years. He liked Thailand from visiting here and made it his retirement home.
John and Au
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
After spending much time talking, it was time to head to dinner. We walked along Soi Sukhumvit 4.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Au led the way. John tried to keep up with her. I tried to keep up with John. Au walked very fast so not much time to take many photos.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
The food vendors put out quite a spread. Fried chicken legs are being offered. We had them, very good, at most of our tour buffets.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
All kinds of tropical fruit for sale.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
A good deal. 80 baht equals about $2.40 U.S.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Some out–of–the–ordinary characters hang out on Soi Sukhumvit 4. I didn’t catch a photo of the very tall man wearing a very tall black hat. Au is on the right, waiting for us to catch up.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
I was taken in by this advertisement––looked like a good place to eat––until I saw that it was a Burger King ad. I looked up Burger King: It started out as Insta–Burger in 1953 and in Florida and didn’t become Burger King until 1954. Good fake advertising.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Another enterprising vendor.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
If Burger King is here, you can bet there is also a McDonald’s close by.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
Some electrical wire art.
Walking Along Soi Sukhumvit 4
At the Gulliver Bar & Restaurant
In an alley off the main street, we ate at the very attractive Gullivar Bar & Restaurant. John and I had steaks, french fries, and vanilla ice cream. Very good. Au had a Thai dish. John and I talked about people we both knew and he told me about his life after leaving our small town on Long Island to his retirement in Bangkok, including not only working in Saudi Arabia but also in Algeria. Very interesting. Photo: Au and John.
At the Gulliver Bar & Restaurant
At the Gulliver Bar & Restaurant
We both drank Tiger beer. There is a hotel attached to the restaurant that advertises itself as a business, expat, and tourist hotel. The whole Sukhumvit area is described as trendy and also as a big expat one, with Indian, Japanese, Muslim, etc., enclaves. Gulliver’s is a great people–watching spot as we saw Muslim women, a man in Saudi Arabia attire, people wearing Indian dress, Western tourists, etc., walking by.
At the Gulliver Bar & Restaurant
At the Gulliver Bar & Restaurant
John toasting with his Tiger beer.
At the Gulliver Bar & Restaurant
Back to Hotel via Tut Tut
John had asked at the hotel how hard it would be to get me back to my hotel by taxi. They said forget it. You’ll never get through because of the protests. So we took a very fast tut tut that could weave in and out of traffic all the way back. Great visit with John and Au!