What do we hear about China and its wines? That they know little about wine. That they are obsessed with prestige and mix enormously expensive first growth Bordeaux with Coca-Cola. I suspect this may be hogwash but until in China touring their wineries what do I know? As a lawyer I know hearsay evidence isContinue reading “RKS 2026 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WINES: Longyu Estate 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon”
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RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Southeast Asia Tour Wrap Up
Southeast Asia Tour Wrap Up Aside from a two-week tour of Vietnam in 2016 this was my second Asian incursion. Being a frequent traveller to Europe has taken the thrill out of international travel for me but I say this in a complimentary way. Europe ceases to cause that WOW factor. Instead, it is likeContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Southeast Asia Tour Wrap Up”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):21October 2025: Siem Reap: At the Supermarket, Plantation and a Farewell Dinner
21October 2025: Siem Reap: At the Supermarket, Plantation and a Farewell Dinner Last full day of the tour anticipating a brutal day of travelling for the return to Toronto tomorrow. Had a leisurely buffet breakfast and several cups of tea. I will say the eggs I had for breakfast (and the one over my beefContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):21October 2025: Siem Reap: At the Supermarket, Plantation and a Farewell Dinner”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):20October2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Angkor Wat: Saving the Best For Last?
20October2025 Siem Reap, Cambodia: Angkor Wat: Saving the Best For Last? I have visited Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and now Cambodia. I have witnessed and experienced an incredible amount and the question that faces me is Angkor Wat the actual highlight of this tour? Impossible to answer although it was the destination of overwhelming attraction andContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):20October2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Angkor Wat: Saving the Best For Last?”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia: 19October 2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Obese Americans with Fanny Packs (Ozempic People)
19October 2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Obese Americans with Fanny Packs (Ozempic People) Travelling is primarily observational. Churches, monuments, cuisine, archaeological sites, topography and people. The majority of Americans are obese and benefit from the current vogue word “inclusion”. Obese Americans in fanny packs lolling through Sofitel caught my eye as a bizarre site. Throughout myContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia: 19October 2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Obese Americans with Fanny Packs (Ozempic People)”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):19October2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Treated Like a Criminal
19October2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Treated Like a Criminal Siem Reap here we come! My main reason for travelling with ABC International was to discover the ancient civilization of Angkor Wat. Brutal timing awaits as up at 05:45 to finish off packing and leave bags outside room at 06:45 before heading down to breakfast. Not havingContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):19October2025: Siem Reap, Cambodia: Treated Like a Criminal”
Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): Disapproval of the Body Pierced and Scantily Attired
18October2025: Bangkok: Hooky Given the day’s afternoon activity consisted of yet another cruise and meal along the Chao Phraya River and commenced with a 08:00 departure one might say a long breakfast with other tour hooky people and two pots of jasmine tea overlooking the river was preferable. What a breakfast…as usual with papaya, mango,Continue reading “Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version): Disapproval of the Body Pierced and Scantily Attired”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):16October2025: No Guilt Shopping and Observations on Poverty and Luxury
16October2025: No Guilt Shopping and Observations on Poverty and Luxury I have purposely opted out of the day’s tour itinerary not feeling particularly well and exhausted by all the travelling and a late night yesterday. I miss a cruise on the Chao Phraya River, but I did that last night. Yet more temples. The plenitudeContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):16October2025: No Guilt Shopping and Observations on Poverty and Luxury”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)16October2025: Suffering From Airconditionosis: Jasmine Tea, Papaya Juice, Lots of Water and Latitudes of Melt
16October2025: Suffering From Airconditionosis: Jasmine Tea, Papaya Juice, Lots of Water and Latitudes of Melt Airconditionosis is an affliction suffered as a result of a travelling companion cranking up the air conditioning to a polar vortex setting causing shivering throughout one’s sleeping period necessitating comforters for warmth. Resulting morning symptoms are predominately feeling like crap.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)16October2025: Suffering From Airconditionosis: Jasmine Tea, Papaya Juice, Lots of Water and Latitudes of Melt”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):16October2025: Eastern & Oriental Express Embarrassing Good-Bye and a Brutal Travel Day
16October2025: Eastern & Oriental Express Embarrassing Good-Bye and a Brutal Travel Day A rough jerky night on the train. Feeling a tad better but when you don’t feel up to snuff even a luxurious Pullman Cabin equates to being a sardine in a tin can. No appetite so half a croissant and a sip ofContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):16October2025: Eastern & Oriental Express Embarrassing Good-Bye and a Brutal Travel Day”
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