If you are like me you grew up hearing your mother say ‘ Clean your plate, there are starving children in China!” Yesterday was day one of our China vacation and I think Gate1 Travel and our Chinese hosts are out to prove that theory wrong. Our first function of the trip was breakfast in…
Author: Mark And Chuck's Adventures
We are a 60+ gay couple who love adventure. We're foodies and love off-the-beaten-path places, especially street food. And while we love visiting historical and cultural sites, we always hang with the locals.
You Know You Are A Foodie If…
A major part of our vacation research involves stalking YouTube food vlogs for our upcoming trip to China. Now truthfully, we’ve booked a complete travel package with Gate 1 Travel. We worked with them on our trip to Thailand two years ago and could not have been happier. We know that all of our flights are…
I Can’t Keep A Secret From Chuck
We’ve been diligently researching for our upcoming trip to China. While Gate1 Travel does an amazing job with all of our travel plans, transportation, hotels, and sightseeing, they still offer a decent amount of free time. While Chuck’s birthday isn’t until August, technically this vacation is in celebration of his milestone birthday. He’s turning 60!…
Our next adventure is…
If you know us, you know we love to travel; actually, we work to travel. We have both said many times that we are blessed to be able to explore the world. This year we are headed to China! We had such a great experience with Gate 1 Travel in Thailand that we knew we…
Eating Seattle
A day alone – great Pacific Northwest food and Pike Place Market are the perfect storm for me.. I arrived in Seattle ahead of Chuck and my siblings so I checked in and headed downtown to Pike Place Market. This awesome market is actually a combination of several marketplaces, local shops and alleys filled with…
I don’t know… I’ll ask a
The time is finally here for our annual big adventure. This year has been a bit of a rocky road with moving, leaving Mission Inn and some family health issues; but we’re here! We’re heading to Seattle with a cruise to Alaska on the Celebrity Solstice. Chuck and my sister in law Judy have been…
Other Stuff
Because we now live in Central Florida, we and many of our friends have annual passes to Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Sea World and Busch Gardens and often pop over to one of them at night for a concert or dinner and spend days off at some of them with friends or friends and…
We Loved Our Journey
It took us just about a month from the time we got home to get the blog completely caught up – we realized that between not having WiFi during our bus travels, trying to download and edit hundreds of photos from two cameras and two iPhone and writing 30 blog posts takes a lot of…
Last Night In Thailand
A cab ride to Asiatique during rush hour was an adventure and a great way to see the city’s side streets and residential neighborhoods. Asiatique is a much more upscale, less gritty market than Patpong Night Market. Clean, well light, some chain stores, a very upscale Lady Boy Show, a Thai Boxing arena and a…
Return to Bangkok
We arrived back in Bangkok and made a stop at a location called Gems International Gallery – a slightly strange, tourist trap. They shuttle guests back and forth from hotels and once you have sat through a bad B movie of introduction to gems you are surrounded by a herd of women in little black…