having to go to an emrgency room in a foreign country for the first time was like - October 6th 2007 well let me first tell you what happened (Don't worry mom, I am ok). I was walking to get some lunch and in order to cross the street i needed to get to a crosswalk with a traffic light. i was walking on the road because the sidewalk had been demolished (on purpose) the traffic was a little too close for my liking so i stepped onto where the sidewalk used to be and onto a spiked piece of rebar ... read more
Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai 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
Thanks for taking the time to read my TravelBlog. Originally from the Chicago area i received my BS from northern Illinois University and after graduating I started my "career" at Abbott Laboratories. While there I earned my MBA from DePaul, Univiersity. Then I dropped out of the corporate world in 1992 when I moved to Minnesota. Next, I dropped out of the rat race in 1997 and I've been traveling since. For the first few years I only traveled in the US, working one summer in Yellowstone national park and I spent two summers in Alaska. I also had the great fortune to be a rafting guide ... full info