James the Intrepid Pilgrim

Friday, December 26, 2014: I am off to Thailand! Arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport International Terminal at about 8:15 AM for the Korean Air flight KE18 from Los Angeles to Seoul’s Incheon airport, scheduled to leave at 11:00 AM for the 13  hour, 40 minute flight. This is same flight I took last year, on an Airbus A380-800, the largest passenger airplane made. The model 800 is the largest of the A380 airplanes, […]

I am deliberately not doing much detailed planning for my short three days in Bangkok. Some of the sights I want to see are, in no particular order: Jim Thompson House I have been to the Jim Thompson House twice before. It is a great museum and representative of Jim Thompson’s legacy of stimulating the Thai silk industry and other international trade for Thailand. Teak Palace (Vimanmek Mansion) Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn (formerly […]