Martha,
My son and his girl friend (now fiancé) were in Bangkok over Christmas as well! They went to visit her brother who is studying abroad this year. They rode the elephants too and visited Phi Phi Island where he proposed! The only trouble they had was on the return Air China decided to leave 6 hours early and didn't notify them of the change. They had checked the flights the day before and all was ok but the airline just left 6 hours early. They did receive an email after the plane had left notifying them of the change. OOPS! Fortunately they were able to get on another flight but arrived home almost 12 hours later than they had planned.
Glad you were able to find many things to eat and have helpful restaurants.
Pat
Trip to Thailand, airline food
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Norway is a salmon farm country. For the last 3 years the media have been full of information and criticism of farmed salmon. The salmon gets huge amounts of penicillin... among other nasty things.Patricia wrote:Marcia and Suze,
The dinner before those two days both included salmon. I don't think it was wild salmon, and I wonder what they feed the fish in those salmon farms.
Love, Patricia
There have been some restrictions towards the industry, but it is a long way before we can say that farmed salmon is safe, both for MC'ers and people with no health issues.
I dislike to trash the industry that is so important to my country, but they don't deserve any better, for the time being.
Lilja
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
Wow! I am so encouraged by reading about your adventure! International travel has seemed to me like a distant hope or dream... and likely an impossibility for me, ever.
At this point, I have just passed 11 weeks with no flares (woo hoo!), and while I am doing things now that would have been unthinkable six months ago, I am still TERRIFIED of eating in a restaurant. Even if it is GF and DF, I have so many other sensitivities that it seems just about impossible that any place could accommodate everything safely. With only one exception, I have gotten sick every time that I have tried - even when using the "To the chef" card. I think that many restaurants just can't deal with making plain food, they don't know the hidden sources of gluten or other foods, and they aren't well trained in what safe food practices are for people with sensitivities. All I ever have when I'm out anymore is water. I would rather not eat anything, than risk the consequences of accidentally eating the wrong thing. I would not touch airplane food -- I would bring my own. But to be honest, I've done that since before MC because IMO their "food" is disgusting.
Domestic travel (US) now seems like it could be possible for me, which in itself was unthinkable 3-6 months ago (at that point I couldn't even run errands locally). However, I would need to stay at a place with safe cooking facilities and access to healthy food sources. If I became brave enough to try a restaurant, I would start by looking at this website that my DH found: http://www.glutenfreeregistry.com/index.jsp and thoroughly check the reviews. Even then, I'd bring a "to the chef" card, take imodium proactively and pray.
Thank you for posting your wonderful travel story. I am glad that you had such a good time, and it gives me hope for a different sort of future!
At this point, I have just passed 11 weeks with no flares (woo hoo!), and while I am doing things now that would have been unthinkable six months ago, I am still TERRIFIED of eating in a restaurant. Even if it is GF and DF, I have so many other sensitivities that it seems just about impossible that any place could accommodate everything safely. With only one exception, I have gotten sick every time that I have tried - even when using the "To the chef" card. I think that many restaurants just can't deal with making plain food, they don't know the hidden sources of gluten or other foods, and they aren't well trained in what safe food practices are for people with sensitivities. All I ever have when I'm out anymore is water. I would rather not eat anything, than risk the consequences of accidentally eating the wrong thing. I would not touch airplane food -- I would bring my own. But to be honest, I've done that since before MC because IMO their "food" is disgusting.
Domestic travel (US) now seems like it could be possible for me, which in itself was unthinkable 3-6 months ago (at that point I couldn't even run errands locally). However, I would need to stay at a place with safe cooking facilities and access to healthy food sources. If I became brave enough to try a restaurant, I would start by looking at this website that my DH found: http://www.glutenfreeregistry.com/index.jsp and thoroughly check the reviews. Even then, I'd bring a "to the chef" card, take imodium proactively and pray.
Thank you for posting your wonderful travel story. I am glad that you had such a good time, and it gives me hope for a different sort of future!
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace; the soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things. - Amelia Earhart
It looks like I had a much better experience with airline food than Zizzle and Gabes did. Maybe there is just that much more awareness now of the gluten-free diet. We traveled on American Airlines and Malaysia Airlines. I generally like to fly on Asian airlines; they have excellent customer service, and their planes are newer (i.e., you get your own little TV on the seatback to watch whatever you want whenever you want).
Pat, I've heard of destination honeymoons and destination weddings, but your son had a destination proposal. I hope they enjoyed themselves, the changing of flight times by the airline notwithstanding. I guess that kind of negates my comment of excellent customer service by Asian airlines! My husband usually travels China Airlines when he travels to Indonesia. That is the Taiwanese carrier. Different from the one your son flew, I suspect.
Marliss, thank you for the good wishes. We had a great visit with family. Michael doesn't go on another trip until May, so he's home for a while.
Megamoxie, do they have Legal Seafood in Connecticut? I ate there safely, but I see that you do have some intolerances to various sea foods, so you might be reluctant to try that.
Love to all, and to those of you in the northeast, may you be safe during the snowstorms.
Martha
Pat, I've heard of destination honeymoons and destination weddings, but your son had a destination proposal. I hope they enjoyed themselves, the changing of flight times by the airline notwithstanding. I guess that kind of negates my comment of excellent customer service by Asian airlines! My husband usually travels China Airlines when he travels to Indonesia. That is the Taiwanese carrier. Different from the one your son flew, I suspect.
Marliss, thank you for the good wishes. We had a great visit with family. Michael doesn't go on another trip until May, so he's home for a while.
Megamoxie, do they have Legal Seafood in Connecticut? I ate there safely, but I see that you do have some intolerances to various sea foods, so you might be reluctant to try that.
Love to all, and to those of you in the northeast, may you be safe during the snowstorms.
Martha
Martha