Ben Thanh Market
We awoke the next morning to the sunrise in Saigon which we enjoyed from our living room. It was cool enough to open the shutters and windows and listen to…
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Gwangjang Market
If you read this blog it’s no secret that we love our markets. There just is so much to be learned about a culture from their markets. What do you…
La Boqueria
If it’s something we both love to visit when we travel it’s a good market. Mercat St. Josep la Boqueria in Barcelona is generally spoken of as one of the…
Christmas Markets
Right now Barcelona is filled with Christmas markets of every kind. As you wander through the Gothic Quarter and come upon a square of any size you will find a…
Seeing the Sights
Melbourne has the world’s largest tram system with nearly 500 trams that carry about 500,000 people a day. It’s really handy and completely automated aside from the driver. Tram stops…
Bangkok Flower Market
After our wonderful stops at the Amphawa Floating Market and the Maeklong Railway Market we headed back to Bangkok to get to the Flower Market. We wanted to take advantage…
Maeklong Railway Market
This market was high on our list because it is so unique. The entire market straddles the train tracks that the passenger train travels to Maeklong. We the train slows…
Amphawa Floating Market
This is what you get when you order a “roomy vehicle with a driver” in Thailand: Oh well, it had nice air conditioning, it was comfortable, and we were going…
Dubai Spice Spouk
Right behind the Gold Souk in old Dubai is the Spice Souk. A mere shadow of it’s former self it nevertheless holds some interest to those of us who are…
Dubai Gold Souk
Since the dawn of Dubai it has been known as a place for traders. The Gold Souk was a place where you could go and find the golden bauble you…