Wow Place #243: Wat Saket, Golden Mount, Bangkok, Thailand

365 Wow Places & Wisdom [Hey everybody. If you like reading these posts, please do share them with your friends, colleagues and family. Here are a few ways to access the posts: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drclue/ My website: https://drclue.com/blog/ Facebook: https://cutt.ly/Cwe5isDI You can also subscribe at: Mailchimp: https://cutt.ly/Iwe5izGV Start your day with a cup of coffee and […]

Wow Place #242: Bullfight, Seville, Spain

365 Wow Places & Wisdom [Hey everybody. If you like reading these posts, please do share them with your friends, colleagues and family. Here are a few ways to access the posts: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drclue/ My website: https://drclue.com/blog/ Facebook: https://cutt.ly/Cwe5isDI You can also subscribe at: Mailchimp: https://cutt.ly/Iwe5izGV Start your day with a cup of coffee and […]

Wow Place #241: Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Thailand

I’m sitting on a bench in the center of Bangkok’s Lumphini Park when two Thai guys approach me. “Hey, how ya doing?” “I’m okay, thanks.” “Do you want to buy some sapphires?” “I’m listening.” Looking back on the scene with the virtue of a 60-something’s perspective, I should probably have gotten up and walked away […]

Wow Place #240: Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju, South Korea

“After dinner, we shall all talk.” That’s the rule my dad imposed on the family from the time I was 10 years old through age 15. For the next five years, from ~6:30-7pm each evening, the three of us – my Dad, Walter, my brother, Brian, and I – would sit at the dinner table […]

Wow Place #239: Luang Prabang, Laos

“Am I a tourist or a traveler?” That’s the question I ask myself at 5:30am on a warm, sultry morning in beautiful Luang Prabang, as I watch the procession of monks gracefully receiving alms, one at a time, as they calmly pace through the city. As a “tourist,” I’d probably run up to one of […]

Santa Barbara Downtown

A fun place to hold a team building activity in Santa Barbara Event Description: During this fun treasure hunt adventure, you’ll explore the streets of Downtown Santa Barbara, enjoying the palm trees, the public art and the historical signage around every turn. Location History: Like most California towns, Santa Barbara’s first residents were Native Americans […]

Wow Place #238: Poste Restantes

One of the reasons we all travel is to escape our “routine”: the same old work, the same old meals, the same old chores, etc. More often than not, travel represents a cool, refreshing drink after a long time in the desert of our day-to-day lives. Occasionally, however, “routine” can actually be a good thing. […]

Wow Place #237: Museum of London

Although my preferred way of seeing a city is by walking around interesting neighborhoods, inclement weather occasionally drives me indoors – an absolutely great problem to have in a fabulous museum-city like London. But where do you go when you’ve seen the British Museum, the V&A, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the National […]

Wow Place #236: Engine Ramen, Kyoto, Japan

“Tsujino-san. You have to go to this little tempura place I found. A pile of tempura for only 800 yen!” “How is the food presentation?” “Oh, pretty simple. Just a white plate filled with tempura.” “I could not eat such food, David-san. Without elegant presentation, food is not delicious to me.” That’s a conversation I […]

Wow Place #235: Saint Andrews, Scotland

Growing up in Millbrae, CA, I had a hate-hate relationship with the hill between my childhood house on Claremont Court and my best friend, Mike’s, place on Evergreen Way. After walking up a steep, lung-burning section of Larkspur Drive, I’d turn left at the stop sign and then huff and puff up an even steeper […]