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BBQ Pork Sticks with Sticky Rice

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  So for a Loonie and a bit you can purchase four pork skewers and a bag of sticky rice.  Makes a nice snack until you can dig into your breakfast noodle soup. Or if you are feeling like a sea food snack you could go for one of these.

Seven Eleven

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The Seven Eleven corner grocery store, is a well loved institution in Thailand. The city of Bangkok boasts of 338,778 franchises in the greater city. They are all close to identical. You walk in through an automatic sliding door accompanied by an electronic bell melody, into a frigid air conditioned interior . There is an abundance of snack and junk food, beer, and any other item you might need. There is not a vast selection of any one item, but if you ask one of the hard working employees they will more than likely find what you are looking for. Sometimes we duck into the store just to get some relief from the heat and bustle outside. And of course we always get sucked into buying something unhealthy to eat or drink. Seven Elevens are primo real estate locations, so you can expect about five or six food carts, outside, parked as close as they can get to the front door. On one of our previous trips to Thailand we encountered a particularly fat dog who was always lying in th...

The two kings meet

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In 1960 the former beloved king of Thailand ( as opposed to his son the current not as revered king ) met the King of Rock and Roll at Paramount studios in Hollywood. The former king of Thailand was a big fan , and was an accomplished saxophone player himself. 

Arrived in Bangkok

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Arrived in the wee hours of the morning after a 11 hrs flight to Seoul, Korea and then 4.5 hours to Bangkok. 600 Baht for the taxi ride to our beautiful guest house. We were to tired to bargain over the 26 can taxi fare. After a few hours sleep awoke to the wonders of Bangkok Street life. First thing an Americano and then a noodle soup. I was tempted by the barbecued morsels of pork . Maybe tomorrow.

Thailand, God Willing

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 Sunday, Jan 16, we blast off for Thailand . Stay tuned for a fascinating, mesmerizing travel blog.