05 Dec

Posted at 11:02h in Uncategorized

BY JANET STEINBERG "Namaste”. With palms together in a prayer-like gesture, friendly Thai people may welcome you with that traditional Thai greeting. However, Namaste is not always the ordinary everyday greeting. [caption id="attachment_13174" align="aligncenter" width="200"] THAI BEAUTY GREETS TRAVELERS WITH BANANAS SHE WAS SELLING[/caption] But nothing is ordinary about Bangkok, the...

26 Mar

Posted at 12:51h in Uncategorized

Ahhhh…the romance of the “Seven Seas”!  The term “Seven Seas”, dating back to medieval times, referred to all of the world’s oceans.  Since the 19th century, the term has been taken to include the Arctic, Antarctic, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific and Indian Oceans.  By the end of...