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Check out these foods of Phuket and Patong.

Great tropical fruits here in southern Thailand. Today’s pick is longan a member of the soapberry family. In the US we know lychee which is in the same family. Longan looks like an eyeball with opaque flesh around a hard seed. About the size of a large marble with a tough skin that “breaks” whenContinue reading “Fruit of The Day”

On almost every property we see spirit houses. Some very elaborate and some much simpler. These spirit houses are shrines to the protective spirit of a place. The houses provide a shelter for spirits that could make things difficult if not appeased. Offerings of flowers, food and drink, usually red Fanta opened with a strawContinue reading “Spirit Houses”

We are experienced travelers but I must admit it was a bit eerie seeing all the masked faces and signs about how to protect oneself from Coronavirus when we arrived at the airport in Seoul, South Korea. The airport was the same way in Phuket, Thailand but not so much at our destination in Patong.