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September 21, 2025October 3, 2025 By Mary

Bangkok, Market Day

After a couple of easy days, we have a full one planned with an early start at 6:30.  The hotel provided a breakfast box for us to take along.  It’s already laundry day so we dropped our washing on our way out of the villa.   Even in the early morning it’s warm.  The heat…

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September 20, 2025October 3, 2025 By Dick

Bangkok, Tuk Tuk & Foodie Tour

After our long journey, sleep came easy.  We intentionally gave ourselves a free morning to rest up and to adjust to the time zone difference.      Our booking included breakfast at the hotel.  The Ariyasom restaurant is vegetarian and has a nice morning menu of Thai and Western options.  I had a ‘Thai omelet’, a…

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September 19, 2025September 25, 2025 By Mary

Bangkok Arrival

September 17th to 19th We left for our 7th and final continent (Asia) on Dick’s birthday, the 17th.  Our route takes us to Thailand, Lao, Vietnam and Cambodia over the next six weeks. It was a long trip, ending up being over a 42-hour transit door to door.   Pittsburgh to Atlanta, Atlanta to Seoul (15…

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September 17, 2025September 19, 2025 By Dick

Southeast Asia – Our Last Continent!

We’re off to visit our final continent – Asia. We start off in Thailand then take a circuitous route through the French Indochina countries of Laos, Vietnam, & Cambodia. It’s a long way to our first stop in Bangkok – some 40+ hours of travel. Then it’s planes, autos, tuk-tuks, longboats, and river vessels. Street…

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Dick’s Golf Blog

  1. Mary on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Thanks Carol, it truly is the only way we can keep track!

  2. Dick on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    I'm clean! It was Mary!

  3. Carol McCafferty on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Absolutely fascinated reading your blog, you guys are so adventurous, my heroes. Thank you for all the time you spend…

  4. Kevin Elsken on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 23, 2023

    I read where Argentina is stirring the pot at the U.N. in regards to the Falklands. Dick, tell me, did…

  5. Wiley & Sue on San Antonio de ArecoMarch 2, 2023

    Fantastic pictures, thanks so much for sending

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