Miami
Florida
June 14, 2002
Dear Family and Friends,
I am off again.
To hell with the money; to hell with the stock market; to hell with caution and trepidation.
I got my typhoid, diphtheria, yellow fever, hepatitis A and hepatitis B shots and I am ready.
June 24, 2002
Thailand
Sawadee krap,
Hello Everyone,
Greetings from the “Land of Smiles.”
I arrived uneventfully in Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon. The trip, door to door, was thirty-three hours. That includes the three times I had to remove my shoes for inspection at Miami International Airport. (What price security?)
Hua Hin
Thailand
July 16, 2002
After Angkor Wat I flew back to Bangkok. I strolled through a large park in the center of the city and practiced my Tai Chi with a Chinese master. I went to the zoo.
I attended Friday evening prayers at the ornate Wat Suthat. A huge gold Buddha and mysterious chanting.
Miami, Florida
Monday December 17, 2001
My Dear Family and Friends,
Sawat -dee,
I just checked the temperature readings on my Internet Home Page
London……43F - 6C Rain
Bucharest…27 - 2 Snow
New York….40 - 4 Rain
Kabul………50 - 9 Small arms fire, but can’t confirm
Bangkok ….89 - 32 Sunny * *
I made the right choice for my winter adventure.
Of course I could stay home, hang out at the pool (85F - 30C) and Jacuzzi (105F - 40C) and have a beer on South Beach on New Year’s Eve. Not this year.
