Erik'sTravel

Again, I am posting these pictures long after I have visited the Thai island of Phuket. I mainly started this blog for my parents, as they are not on social media and they said they wanted to see pictures of my travels.  But, after a couple of months they told me there was something wrong with my blog because they could no longer access it.  Well, I checked and had someone else check too and there's nothing wrong with my blog.  And I have found it is impossible to assist an octogenarian and a nonagenarian with technology issues from 14 time zones and 15,000 kilometers away, so the people for whom this blog was created aren't able to see it for some completely unknown reason.  Given the statistics I occasionally review, the number of people who visit my blog postings can generally be counted on two fingers, so I am not entirely sure why I post anything.   Actually, I guess I post for myself.  I recently opened the blog I kept for a few years in Kyrgyzstan an...

Visited Bangkok in April/May.  I didn't really do much of a job of posting stories on my blog while I was traveling, so I guess this qualifies as a photo dump.  But, I hope it gives you a flavor of Thailand's largest city. Angkor Pho The famous Reclining Buddha, over 45 meters long is the highlight of Bangkok's most extraordinary temple.  Each of these ornate buildings house the ashes of one of Thailand's kings. Masamam Curry at the Supanniga Eating Room.  This particular Thai Curry is my very favorite and the Supanniga's is absolutely the best I ever tasted.  The beef was so tender and the flavor was truly amazing. The Maliwan Cooking School One of my biggest objectives in Bangkok was to take a Thai cooking class.  The Maliwan Cooking School was incredible.  Learned to make a four-course meal and green curry from scratch.  It was a super experience.  Before I started cooking, my teacher, Mae, took me to the local produce/meat/fish market whe...

  I simply wanted to take a boat cruise around the beautiful Pha Ngh Islands.  But the tour desk at my hotel was breathlessly selling me on the idea that as part of the trip I'd be stopping at James Bond Island. "Fine," I said, just wanting to see one of the most beautiful parts of the archipelago whether 007 had been there or not. How did this secluded inlet become world famous?  Here's a view of "James Bond Island" when Roger Moore and company arrived in 1974 to film a two-minute scene in The Man with the Golden Gun .  This Bond movie was incredibly popular and I vaguely remember seeing it as a kid, I think a few years later on tv. And of course, where there's money to be made then people will try to make it.  And now, the small island, which used to have its own name, our guide told us, and which I have forgotten, is now one the major attractions of the Phuket area.  And this is what that obscure inlet looks like now. There are several concessions run...