Fish and Vegetables from an International Market just outside of Washington, DC.
Fish and Vegetables from an International Market just outside of Washington, DC.
Fish and Vegetables from an International Market just outside of Washington, DC.
Upstate NY has many attractions. One of my favorite places is the CIA, Culinary Institute of America, at Hyde Park, NY. They have several restaurants open to the public. This photo, a delicious lamb dish, was taken in the Escoffier Restaurant, their fanciest one. It tasted as great as it looked.
Bread shop in Paris 3-2008
Fancy chocolate store in Paris , March 2008
Our daughter and son being treated to some real reggae music by some of the wonderful reggae musicians, while we eat at BiBi Bips Cafe in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
2 of the very talanted chefs at the wonderful morning "breakfast on the veranda" at the Wyndham Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Penne al Salmone in Rome
Well, it was hard to start when it was a rainy season and I wasn still trying to manage my vacations :) 11 hours flight from London to Bangkok on the 30-th of September and I changed rainy English weather for humid and somehow sunny one - +35.., but it was still pouring.
Maybe I will shock Budget travellers but my hotel was full 5* in the centre of Bangkok (sushi for breakfast included :) Lebua at State Tower, suite for $78 per day!!! Amazing :)))
The best thing in Lebua was an open air Sky bar on the top of the building with such a panoramic view of the night bangkok that just rocked me.
An Irish Pub Molly Mellone's serves good food and at least you can drink a cider there!
Three days later I got a plane of Bangkok Airlines to Phuket and transfered to new hotel - Serenity Otrigger. The same luck this time - suite with sea view for $56, breakfast included.
Phuket is a big part of Thailand. It doesn't matter that other people think it's small. It takes 1.5 hours to get to different beaches: Patong, Kata, Tha Lang. The main attractions for tourists - disco bars, night clubs, the best sea-food restaurants are in Patong Beach. Kata Beach is more quiet, but some small bars with plenty of Thai girls are always open till late hours for Asian culuture explorers.
Chalong Bay is an area with a big shopping centre in the centre of Phuket town, where you can buy clothes and shoes from European and Western brands.
Don't expect the sunny weather till the end of October. It mostly rains but there are also nice and sunny days time by time.
One of the sunny days was a trip to Phi Phi Island, Maya bay (the place where the famous moview with Leonardo Di Caprio was filmed). My nose was peeling later from too much of sun :) but the trip was great in general. 

I would advise to visit James Bond Island and make a photo in front of that famous rock ;)
Enjoy my photos and ask me any questions.
There are dried scallops, cuttlefish, gingko nuts, ginseng and many more which I haven't a clue what they are. All I know is that they are weird and wonderful stuff to cure your illness or simply make your soup tastier! Ask the friendly shopkeeper and he'll do his best to reply you in Singlish (Singaporean English).
Once the elusive rock lobsters are forcibly extracted from under the rock they where they were hiding, its off for the cleaning and cooking, and of course the presentation. Melt some butter, slice some fresh lime and there you have it...a Belizean breakfast, or brunch depending on how long it all took.
If you go at the right timeof day to the right place and you have the nerve to chase after these critters that do not want to leave the sea, you might get lucky and get some fresh rock lobster before breakfast. One of the many benefits of Belize.
Brick Lane in London has the most amazing Curry houses. You will not be disappointed. We certainly weren't. We chose Aladin, but there are many options to choose from.