View of Chao Praya River

A great start in Bangkok

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July 9th 2015
I guess you can call my newfound freedom a "sabbatical". After 11 years at Fugro, I still feel like one of the team. I left on good terms, they have treated me well, and I imagine that when I start working again, I will probably wind up back there. The first leg of my sabbatical trip was to Bangkok, Thailand. I, of course, got business class on the A380 again. It was not much more for this leg ... 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