Saturday 16 November 2024 Home to Bangkok via Los Angeles and Incheon (Seoul) The long-anticipated travel day has arrived. I am traveling to Thailand for my 12th yoga-focused winter in Chiang Mai. First to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then from LAX to Incheon (Seoul’s airport), and finally from Incheon to Bangkok. In many previous years, I walked to a neighborhood Avis location, picked up a car, drove home, loaded my bags, drove to LAX, […]
Tuesday, November 21, 2023Finding Jazz in Bangkok After a long day in the bright and hot sun and humid air, I realized I made a mistake for which I shall pay. Not a large mistake, but a stupid mistake. I forgot to take my hat with me. I have it, the same hat I used every day walking across Spain. My forehead and the top of my head are now quite burnt in places. Henceforth, […]
Tuesday, November 21, 2023Favorite Temples in Bangkok My plans for today echo almost exactly my one full day in Bangkok last year in early December, so this post will be quite similar to that from last year, and years past when I only had one full day in Bangkok. I arrived in Bangkok on Monday, very tired after the long journey from Los Angeles. Wednesday (tomorrow) I leave for Chiang Mai shortly after breakfast. Today, […]
Saturday, November 18, 2023The long journey to Thailand The journey to any Southeast Asian location is long from the United States. For me, it is easier to fly from Los Angeles International, and the most convenient way to get there is to walk about 3/4 mile to a neighborhood Avis location, pick up a car for a one-way drive to Los Angeles International (also known as LAX), drop off the car at Avis there and […]
Sunday, October 1, 2023Preparing for an Eleventh Winter in Chiang Mai For new readers, this blog records my eleventh successive winter in Bangkok & Chiang Mai, Thailand planned for November 20, 2023 until February 2, 2024. The intent is to share my journey, a little of what I did each day with a few pictures of what I saw, the places visited, and the food I ate. This blog is a continual travel blog of […]
Tuesday, September 12, 2023Returning home from Spain On Friday, May 12, four months ago, I arrived home in San Diego from Spain leaving my shortened Camino pilgrimage walk behind. How did I get home? I gave a very basic outline of my plans to get home in my last post. Because of the worsening tendonitis in my left leg after walking about 700 kilometers (435 miles) from Seville, I stopped walking in Granja de Moreruela. […]
Thursday, December 8, 2022Seeing Favorite Sights in Bangkok I arrived in Bangkok Wednesday tired after the long journey from Los Angeles. Friday (tomorrow) I shall leave for Chiang Mai shortly after breakfast. Today, Thursday, is my one day in Bangkok to see a few of my favorite sights, namely Wat Arun, Wat Pho, and depending on time and my energy level, Wat Phrea Kaew. The Novotel hotel offers a rather extensive and delicious breakfast buffet. […]
Tuesday, November 8. 2022The Beach at Del Mar I am planning my tenth yoga-inspired visit to Chiang Mai, Thailand. After working through the extra steps last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the precautions required to travel to Thailand, this should be a fairly straightforward process. I’ll be leaving from Los Angeles late night Monday, December 5, 2022 to Bangkok via Incheon (Seoul’s airport). I’ll arrive in Bangkok on Wednesday, December 7 (December 6 […]
Sunday, December 29, 2019 Traveling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai First on the agenda is breakfast, a the rather nice breakfast buffet included with the room rate. At about 7:30 AM, I made my way to the breakfast buffet. [I would share a picture of the overall buffet, but I do not feel comfortable taking pictures of people in a fairly close setting without their permission.] So here is a very similar breakfast to that […]
Saturday, December 28, 2019 One Full Day in Bangkok Friday I arrived in Bangkok very tired after the long journey from Los Angeles. Sunday (tomorrow) I shall leave for Chiang Mai after breakfast. So today, Saturday, is my one day in Bangkok to see a few of my favorite sights, namely Wat Arun, Wat Pho, and depending on time and my energy level, Wat Phrea Kaew. After breakfast (seen in the previous post), I cleaned […]
Wednesday, December 25, 2019 The Journey to Thailand I am leaving for Thailand on Christmas night. The first flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong leaves at 11:30 PM. To get to Los Angeles easily, I reserved a rental car for a one-way trip from San Diego to Los Angeles International. This is far cheaper than parking my car at Los Angeles Int’l for a month, and simpler than taking the train to Los Angeles […]
December 29, 2019 Saturday Sightseeing in Bangkok I have been to Bangkok several times, and the negatives are “in your face” – it is very hot and humid all the time, it is crowded, and noisy. Getting around the city is challenging as there is always more traffic than the roads can handle, not unlike many other major cities. But if you are willing to pus aside the negatives, Bangkok is a wonderful city; the […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 