February 23, 2025

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - Day 1- Don't cry for me!

Casa Rosada, the red palace, known for Eva Peron famous speech farewell from balcony. Guards parading grounds, today Casa Rosada isworking offices of Argentina President, he does not live here. We did a mix of HoHo Bus - Hop on and Hopped off alot.

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Sunday Market in San Telmo area, with all their comic characters. We walked this part of town, had some empanadas and saw some street performances of Tango!

We then headed to the Puerto Madero commercial area alongside the river. The Puente de la Mujer is a rotating footbridge with a cantilever spar cable that is illuminated at nightby showcasing it's asymmetric lines. Architect was Santiago Calatrava. Here we had a dinner reservation set up by Bob Meyer's childhood friend and local resident Mirta ( retired attorney) , who spent the afternoon with us, giving us local insights to the City and People.

Carribean 7 group - left to right Sarah, Scott, Me, Jimbo, Anna, Sheri, Mirta ( Bob's friend - was an exchange student in high school ) & Bob. Enjoying a Argentine Steak Dinner at Villegas. After dinner we went to a neighborhood Carnival band performance in a local park. Five neighborhood groups performed. We caught the tail end of the last 2 groups. A good taste of what is come in Rio.

KOH SAMUI, THAILAND - Final Day

By Pat Patrick • July 14, 2026
I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.

KOH SAMUI, THAILAND - Cooking Class

By Pat Patrick • July 14, 2026
We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.

KOH SAMUI, THAILAND - NIGHTLIFE

By Pat Patrick • July 14, 2026
The nightlife scene doesn't really get going till after 11pm and goes till 5 am in the Chaweng section of Koh Samui . We made our way over to the club district, and one of the hot spots called the ArkBar a little past 10pm to have some dinner, while watching the beach fire shows.