Travels

Elephant Sanctuary in Hua Hin

August 17, 2011

** This is a part of a series of posts about my blog trip to Thailand. ** After our sumptuous lunch at the Hua Hin Vineyard, we went to an elephant sanctuary in the outskirts of the beach town of Hua Hin. Historically elephants are revered in Thailand. But recently, in reality they are savagely [...]

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Flintstone Hill in Hua Hin

May 19, 2011

** This is a part of a series of posts about my blog fam trip to Thailand. ** Just before we left on the way to Hua Hin Station and other places in our itinerary, I took a picture of a Buddhist altar right outside the hotel. Closer, it’s like a miniature house. There are [...]

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Thailand: Haggling at the night market

April 28, 2011

** This is a part of a series of posts about my blog trip to Thailand. ** Continuing the Hua Hin night market experience, I am surprised by the number of foreign tourists in Hua Hin. There were so many that it’s easy to think they might have outnumbered the local population! People were speaking [...]

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Hua Hin Night Market, Thailand

April 25, 2011

** This is a part of a series of posts about my blog trip to Thailand. ** Our guide took us to the Hua Hin night market on our first night in Thailand. To be blunt, I was expecting scorpions and other interesting bugs in skewers emitting that exotic smoky aroma all through the town. [...]

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The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok

April 14, 2011

I spent my last night in Bangkok at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, still in Sukhumvit Road, just a stone’s throw away from Four Points by Sheraton where we stayed the night before. One of my best memories of this hotel, although I only spent one night here is the very comfortable Heavenly Bed® bed – [...]

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Four Points by Sheraton, Bangkok

April 10, 2011

On our first night in Bangkok, we stayed at the newly opened Four Points by Sheraton in Sukhumvit Road, in the middle of the very busy capital city. Amazingly, despite being located near the busy roads, sleep was not a problem. The hotel opened in December 2010 so the place is smelling really new, the [...]

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Amazing Thailand, Day 1

March 20, 2011

I have lots to things I want to write about my recent trip to Thailand so I’ve decided to give a little roundup on what we did there each day, beginning with Day 1. Then I’ll just write some more explaining things in detail in future posts. ***** We arrived in Thailand just shortly before [...]

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Jordan has to wait, again

March 19, 2011

Photo credit My trip to Jordan just got busted. Here I am in the office working on a Saturday morning when I should be at home checking everything for our travel tonight to Amman. Work situation is not allowing me to fly out of Dubai and be away for three working days! I am still [...]

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