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Playing Blackjack in Burma
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 14 hours later | 1 comment
From Thailand’s Golden Triangle, you can hit a casino with a toss of the dice
“And those lights just over there—that’s the casino in Burma,” said Mark Heather late one night, pointing across a river from the outdoor terrace of the hotel...
Southern Thailand Post-Tsunami
posted over 4 years ago, updated 10 days later | 0 comments
Why Coca Cola's bakery flopped
One sunny December morning three years ago, the schoolchildren of the southern Thai fishing village of Baan Talae Nok were in their playground near the beach practicing for a New Year’s ceremony. About 5...
LA Report: Driving in the Rain, Oh, My!
posted over 4 years ago, updated 20 days later | 4 comments
'Surface streets' and do you know what a "Sig Alert" is?
From California, the state that first brought you right-turn-on-red, comes a new, interesting rule that applies to drivers: It’s now illegal to smoke in a car if one of your passe...
Perusing Personal Ads In India
posted over 4 years ago, updated 29 days later | 5 comments
In search of love, Indian-style; caste counts and, sometimes, so does a dowry
In the lobby of our rather plain hotel near Pushkar, India, a group of about 20 men and women gathered around a young couple. She was shy, her head bowed as s...
Bizarre India, Part I
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 1 month later | 1 comment
East meets West in weird way
Turkey holds title to the cliché “where east meets west” because it straddles Europe and Asia. But while shooting two episodes of “Rudy Maxa’s World” in India, I grew convinced that India is an intriguing ru...
From Monaco To Delhi
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 1 month later | 0 comments
It’s in the dictionary under ‘culture shock’
If there’s a little European city more neatly trimmed, buttoned up, and flaunting affluence than Monte Carlo, I haven’t found it. Well, maybe in Switzerland, but generally speaking nothing be...
Better Travel Gift Idea
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 1 month later | 2 comments
Better than what, you ask?
Well, better than the traditional articles you’ll read in most travel venues when the holidays roll around and writers tell you about the latest GPS units, cell phones, and PDAs that can be of use for traveler...
Nordstrom goes the extra mile
posted over 4 years ago, updated 2 months later | 0 comments
Last week, as I hurried to pack for a trip to Monte Carlo for a speech, I tried on two of my dress shirts and found that somehow the collars had shrunk while hanging in the closet.
Which is to say, my neck grew larger.
What to do?
I had to att...
Which is to say, my neck grew larger.
What to do?
I had to att...
The Two Secret Times to Score Airfare Deals
posted over 4 years ago, updated 2 months later | 3 comments
While you may be despairing as you shop for Thanksgiving and December holiday airfares, keep in mind we’re coming up on the two very best times to snare great airfare deals: The first two weeks of December and almost all of January.
Consumer trav...
Consumer trav...
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES’ RADICAL CHANGES
posted over 4 years ago, updated 2 months later | 0 comments
Today, Wednesday, at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Southwest Airlines unveiled a radically new menu of fare products, changes in its frequent flyer program and, at last, a way for frequent Southwest flyers to always be in the “A” line without having to rea...
