Hello All. This will be my last posting for this year. It will be a few weeks into 2018 before I will do another update. At that time, I should have a good idea of what the plans will be for the remainder of the year, at least as far as travel goes. At this time, a trip back to Asia is in the early "thinking stage."
The one country that I have on my list from there is the Philippines, to which I have never been. The thinking was for June, but that is the beginning of the rainy season, so back to the planning.
A late winter trip over to Arizona is a possibility, but more on that later, also.
Before I departed Bangkok to return home, I and several friends were going to do a dinner at Baioke Tower, the highest building with restaurants on top, in Asia. We did not get to do this because one of the locals had not told the others that they were fearful of heights. After much discussion, we decided to go to a local steak house instead.
I go on line and read The Bangkok Post newspaper almost every evening. They are 12 hours ahead of us....exactly half way around the world. I read the other day that effective with the new year, (2061 in their calendar), all traffic tickets will be in both Thai and English. I only point this out, as an indication of how English is fast becoming more and more popular around the world. I have never had a problem in my travels, and my only contact with French was when I was in Krakow, Poland. I was touring a castle, and was stopped by a man from France who was , in broken English, looking for directions, of which I was able to help. When I told him I was from Canada, he told me, "don't waste your time learning French, it does me no good".!!!
I will close and wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season, and, all the very best for the new year.
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