🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 May 18, 2026 - Rome, Italy - Cousins Cruise Day 1

Arrival in Rome after a long over 10 hour flight with no sleep. Managed a quick outing near the hotel. Just a few quick photos for this post. Promising more photos of this journey and much more info.

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From the air!

Train station

Time for eats …

🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand - March 13-15, 2026

​Final few days of this Asian journey. Krung Thep Maha Nakhon in Thai or Bangkok is always the first and last stop.This trip no exception. 

At a mall

And guess who?

More Bangkok skylines

Bonchon … Korean Fried Chicken and more

My new favourite fried chicken …

And of course there is Tim Hortons …  Canada’s favourite 

And the grand finale … Icon Siam and a river dinner cruise on the Opulence 

And finally … a toast to Thailand 2026 … my go to 100 Pipers Scotch Whiskey … “on the rock !” as they frequently call it with one large ball of ice 🇹🇭👍🇹🇭

🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭 Pattaya, Thailand - March 11, 2026 - Paboon Cafe, Thep.prasit Honey and Pattaya Floating Market

​Today was an adventure. One of the hottest days since I arrived at 33 C but through a good friend arrange a mini tour to 3 places only one of which I had been before.

Paboon Cafe is unique. Essentially a cafe in a garden setting. Umbrellas, ponds, fish, dinosaurs and immaculate with superb service. Reasonable in price to boot!

Thep.prasit bee farm

My photo using AI to bring out the details my camera couldn’t capture

And Pattaya Floating Market. Man made to imitate a Thai traditional market.