On the plane

We arrive

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March 7th 2007
The flight to Tokyo from Vancouver was uneventful, Kris and I spent an hour chatting with the purser and a girl from Vancouver. When we arrived in Tokyo I was amazed at how Westernized Tokyo had become since I was there 20 years ago. On the next leg of our trip we took Thai Air from Narita to Bangkok. The service on Thai was outstanding. It reminded me of first class in the 60s. We moved int ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more