Happy New Year
I’m still on vacation, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year.
I visited Bali, Thailand, Cambodia and ushered in the new year in Singapore. I’ll write a bit more about my travels shortly but that’ll be in a week or so after I get back to the Southern California.
So far I think Bali and Thailand are good places to invest in vacation rental properties. But more on that later!
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January 6th, 2007 at 9:02 am
ah, welcome back! I’ll be interested to hear about your travels. I LOVE Thailand to no end…
January 11th, 2007 at 5:05 am
Happy New Year to you too! You’ll have to post pictures for those of us stuck in North America