BKK WEEKEND

Tugged away across the street from the Erawan 4-Face Buhhda in the center of town is the InterContinental cum Holiday Inn Complex, the location for a long weekend reunion with 3 other likeminded, long time pals.  To us star anything means little, which of course includes hotels. Pragmatism is our motto at these gatherings and this gem in Bangkok offers exactly that.  The rooms are spacious, tidy, functional and everything squeaky clean.  Though young and a tad inexperienced, the staff more than made up for it via their enthusiam and what made Thailand famous, their 'Smiles'. For US$104 per night which includes a sumptuous breakfast and free wi-fi & internet use, right at the heart of this exciting city, the Holiday Inn is a real steal.

Coming from 4 different corners of the globe our goals are ; to catch up, to smoke fine Cubans, to drink vintage whiskeys (except me the party pooper who is on a 3-month probation from booze), to indulge in fine Thai cuisine including street foods, to share the joy of grand parenting, to return to the 'crime scenes' from our single-sans-family days, and of course, to fix the problems of the world whilst we attend to the above.

For me, there is one more agenda item, to return to Wandee for a 3-day Refresher Course.