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On the Road: Business travel highlights and lowlights as told by the gift industry's road warriors
Suburban Hill's Poland/Czech Republic Tour Continues
Editor's Note: Suburban Silk/Suburban Hill's Edward Vanegas and Paul Changsingthong are off on buying adventures once again - this time to Poland and the Czech Republic to scout the popular holiday markets, as well as see the sights. Once again, they share their adventures and observations. Thursday, November 24• Took a city bus for $1.00 to a nearby city/town for a great 3-hour tour of the Salt... Read More
Comments (4)Suburban Hill/Suburban Silk Visits Poland and Czech Republic
Editor's Note: Suburban Silk/Suburban Hill's Edward Vanegas and Paul Changsingthong are off on buying adventures once again - this time to Poland and the Czech Republic to scout the popular holiday markets, as well as see the sights. Once again, they share their adventures and observations.Edward Vanegas writes:Monday, November 21• Well we are off again. Paul and I, Edward, are outbound today for... Read More
Comments (0)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand…Bangkok Last Day and the Trip Home
Edward Vanegas writes:Thursday morning, October 20 (Thursday night, Thailand) • Walked the Bangkok Gift Show for the 2nd day. We revisited some vendors that we made notes on yesterday and confirmed pricing for export. A good find today was some great organic soaps made from organic herbal spices and plants native to Thailand, great contemporary packaging, though we may private label this new line... Read More
Comments (0)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand… Back in Bangkok; Going to the Gift Show
Edward Vanegas writes:Monday evening, October 17 (Tuesday morning, Thailand)• We are packing our bags for noon check out of the tropical paradise we have been a part of for a few days. Henna tattoos are on the menu this morning, a few more gift purchases, too; then a high-speed boat ride to the mainland. We drag our luggage (wheelie luggage on sandy beaches.... LOL), to the beach to meet our speed... Read More
Comments (2)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand…Villa Samed resort on Samed Island, Thailand
Edward Vanegas writes:Saturday morning, October 15 (Saturday night, Thailand)• What an amazing trip to the island resort !!!!! After a quick trip by plane back to BKK, we picked up our shuttle van and drove the few hours to the fishing village dock for our ferry boat ride to the island. Now... ferry is not the right word... An antique trawler turned to ferry. But in a monsoon rainstorm, a 30-minut... Read More
Comments (1)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand…Cambodia and the Temple of Doom
Edward Vanegas writes: Thursday, just past noon, October 13 (Friday, just past midnight, Cambodia)• Full day visiting 3 nearby ancient Khmer temples; Angkor Wat is the largest temple city in the world, 1000 years old and the center of civilization for southeast Asia for hundreds of years. Lunch at a traditional Khmer-style cafe and a treat for the afternoon was the nearby temple that served as the... Read More
Comments (4)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand…Chang Mai to Cambodia
Tuesday morning, October 11 (Tuesday night, Thailand)• We are in Chang Mai today, our last full day, out early this morning to the nearby northern mountains to an elephant preserve. rode Asian elephants, and visited a nearby tribal village.we have arranged to ship back to Bangkok all of the gifts bought here in Chang Mai and head out to the airport in the morning, we have made quite a few good buy... Read More
Comments (2)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand…Chang Mai and the Golden Temple
Edward Vanegas writesSaturday, October 8 (Sunday, Thailand)• We are off this early Sunday morning to the airport for a quick flight to Chang Mai; this 2nd largest city in Thailand, up near the Burma border, is a very traditional small town with cultural markets and nearby villages. In the mountains, so we will have some relief from the Bangkok heat and humidity. Great day at the weekend market yes... Read More
Comments (5)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand… Bangkok: To Market, To Market
Edward Vanegas writes:Thursday, October 6 (Friday, Bangkok)• Cool and fun day on tap for today. It's 5 a.m and we are loading up in the private shuttle. [Off to] Thailand's famous floating market; this traditional and historical canal market is out in the countryside and consists of long boats with market vendors navigating the waterways. ... Will post pictures later.Friday morning, October 7 (Fri... Read More
Comments (0)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand… Bangkok: Surprises and Wonders.
Edward Vanegas, co-owner of the retail store Suburban Hill and a partner in the wholesale firm Suburban Silk continues his reporting from Bangkok. Edward and his partner Paul Chansingthongare escorting a group of customers on a three-week tour of Thailand and are sharing their adventures along the way.Tuesday, October 4 (Wednesday, Bangkok)• Well, we made an appt for a 10am breakfast as a group, b... Read More
Comments (2)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand… Denver to Seoul to Bangkok, the Adventure Begins
Edward Vanegas writes:Saturday, October 1• Okay folks, let's name the Thailand tour members: Tony and Sharon, Jeff and Linda, Sandy, Marybeth, Kay, Edward and Paul and Loretta .Jeff and Linda arrived in SFO a day early to see the sights and a great dinner; they will join us at the international terminal at SFO on Sunday morning. Loretta is already on her way to Bangkok and will arrive one day earl... Read More
Comments (0)Suburban Hill’s trip to Thailand… On Our Mark, Gettin' Ready ...
Passports are nearby, hotels are guaranteed, flight seating assignments are confirmed... itinerary is jammed packed..Suburban Hill and a group of retail customers from Prospect New Town are about ready to leave for a whirlwind trip to Thailand.Denver, San Francisco, Seoul, Bangkok is our journey on Asiana Airlines, one of the premier Asian airlines in the sky..We all leave on October 2, 2011, arri... Read More
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