Archive for May, 2008



These days were spent for R&R so there is no update nor pictures. Planning on traveling up north to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai (part of the Golden Triangle) on Wednesday (May 28) and returning to Bangkok on Saturday (May 31). Stay tuned for some interesting adventures again soon.

BTW: My new debit card finally caught up with me here in Thailand – YEA!

Arrived in Bangkok last night from Pattaya so for today I explored the Grand Palace in Bangkok. I started out by catching the Skytrain to the waterfront and then a water taxi. Here are some photos along the way.

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These days were spent for R&R so there is no update nor pictures. Stay tuned for later travels to other areas of Thailand and then return to Italy.

Today was spent mostly relaxing at my friend’s apartment in Pattaya which is on the coast about 2 hours south of Bangkok. The above picture is the view form my friends place.

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Today I left Ulaanbaatar at 6:30 am on Mongolian Airlines and arrived in Beijing about 8:15 am. Going through customs I was once again pulled over by security and asked about my bag. They wanted to know what the orange image was on their XRay machine and I explained that it was my camera gadget bag with card reader. They seemed to be satisfied this time and not have me open the bag.

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