Last day of Thailand tourism — where I rode a bus for hours, played in very bona-fide tourist traps like bamboo boat rides, and rode an elephant. My pictures are up, including some pictures of what are now my two favorite airports in Bangkok and S. Korea. I hope I get back to both – …
Last day of Thailand Pictures (and the S. Korean airport) Read More »
At the moment I am feeling very international as I am using a portable computer in the “ICT Experience Center” in the Seoul airport. This is relevent because after being a speaker at the FutureGov Asia conference, I came away very impressed with the clear and committed focus of South Korea on internet infrastructure (including the …
Everywhere, yellow flags fly. This is for the King (who was born on a Monday which makes his color yellow). He is 84 now, and lives in the hospital, where he is being treated for lung cancer. Everywhere, people here wish him luck. Some of my pictures from today show this. It kind of feels …
Thailand Day Three: Of a King, his people, and their dogs Read More »
Today I started out with a tour of three temples, and then I had the driver drop me at the Grand Palace. I heard monks chanting. I saw many Buddha’s. Maybe hundreds. Maybe thousands. I saw a gold Buddha that weighs 5 tons and one that weighs one ton. I saw a reclining Buddha that …
