March 08, 2006
Visa Misery
Every month my son Doug has to cross into Burma and come back into Thailand to get another 30 day stay in the country. If you are late it's...Read this update
January 07, 2006
Familiar Bangkok
Arrived in Bangkok on Jan 3rd on China Air after 17 hours and stops in Anchorage and Taiwan. There has been a cooling in Asia (northern India actually falling...Read this update
April 01, 2005
Familiar Old Quarter Hanoi
I had to check out of Thailand...thought my visa was 90 days that I got in Kunming in December but it was only 60 days. So at the end of...Read this update
February 03, 2005
Stamp-Out to Burma
"Stamping out" consists of leaving Krabi Thailand at a border crossing...in the case of Ranong the border is with Burma...and then "stamping" back into Thailand. To do this they...Read this update
December 10, 2004
Camellia Hotel In Kunming
Was really fun to spend time in the Camellia Hotel compound in Kunming, familiar from our 2002 visit to China, and fraternize with all the Western travelers and trade...Read this update
August 20, 2004
Jazz in Cesky Krumlov
In Prague, we phone the Chinese embassy and they suggest coming for an interview after which they would allow a visa in one week's time to allow for the...Read this update
August 04, 2004
No Chinese Visa
Today we try to get our China visa but were refused because we weren't Germans. It was suggested by the Chinese embassy that we could get a visa in Hong...Read this update
November 22, 2002
To Guangzhou
Friday November 22 2002 Hong Kong to Guangshou Across the street to noodle shop for breakfast. Sat with woman who worked as a buyer for a British department store...Read this update
November 21, 2002
Westerners Go In The Back
Thursday November 21 2002 Reading “The Coming Collapse of China,” a book written by a Chinese American economist...a dissenting opinion...he gives China five years to get their banking system...Read this update
November 20, 2002
Hong Kong
Wednesday November 20 2002 We flew to Hong Kong from Bangkok on China Airways at 3pm...a one hour time change. We noticed the metal spoon and fork that came...Read this update