Thailand

The capital of Thailand is Bangkok. There are approximately 70 million people living here. The official language of Thailand is Thai and English is the language of the elite. The majority of Thai people practice Buddhism.

My father and I visited Thailand in 1995. We flew into Bangkok, and afterwards went to Chiang Mai, then Chiang Rai, and then to Phuket.

We marveled at the Grand Palace. Located in Bangkok, it was the former home to the king, his court, and the entirety of Thai government for 150 years. Got to play with elephants in Chiang Rai, and enjoyed the spectacular beaches in Phuket.

Visited Bangkok again in 2018 when visiting my college friend Dave Burris, and catching up over dinner.

Mongolia

The capital of Mongolia is Ulaanbaatar and the official language is Mongolian. About 3.5 million people live here. Mongolia used to be more heavily dominated by folk religions such as Shamanism, but today, most of the population follows Tibetan Buddhism. The time zone...

Jordan

Spectacular sunset over Petra Beautiful sunset falling on Petra Jim's Perspectives: Jordan is what my father called “miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles.” It resembles a beige-ish lunar landscape. It gets just enough rain that bedoins graze their sheep on...

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Care to guess what they grow a lot of in St. Vincent? There are so many banana plantations all over this beautiful island and I was just trying to sample one a fresh one! The main industries in St. Vincent are...