Archive for the 'Adventures' Category
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Koh Samui, one of Thailand’s most popular island destinations, maintains a ‘must go’ status for some, while for others is still one of those places at the bottom of the list. Considering its collage of aqua marine waters, white sand beaches, pristine tropical landscapes, cultural spice, and modern infrastructure, one has to wonder […]
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
After six years motorcycle driving experience in Thailand and counting, with all his limbs and organs still in working order, the author has gained sufficient experience hours on end on thousands of kilometers of urban and rural roads, paths, streets, sois, and highways, giving him the valuable insight, hindsight, and perspective to share with […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
This blog entry from Stuart G. Town’s blog informs about a cool new software-website called Mapjack. Similar to Google maps-Google Earth technology, Mapjack takes map navigating to the next level: Real time touring. Though Google Earth allows one to explore the globe real time in a partial-artificially rendered world, Map Jack uses actual still images […]
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
At last, the legacy of Siamerican ancestors unfolds into the next wave of destined manifest; A branch of the Siamerican Wanderer’s Thai American’s beloved kin has finally ventured to the motherland for their first time–not to be the last and only according to the scriptures.
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
With the passing of last Saturday came the full moon of the 12th Thai lunar month (usually in November) which marks one of Thailand’s most popular traditional holidays–Loy Kratong (also spelt Loi Kratong), where in the moonlit hours, after the sun has gone down until the peak of midnight, couples, families, and friends head […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
The Siamerican Wanderer has embarked on his longest and furthest motorbike venture yet�6 hours on the motorbike covering over 400 kilometers through the kingdom�s breast up into the Korat Plateau, to one of Thailand�s largest cities, Nakorn Ratchisima, the gateway to Northeastern Thailand–on a personal challenge of endurance, spontaneity, and of course, leisure.
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Last Thursday, October 29, I waved goodbye to my son, who was in his grandma’s arms crying–assuming I was just going out for fun, as he loves to ‘go out’, usually which has been on the bicycle or walking around the neighborhood pointing at the large trucks and machines that mesmerize him.
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
Last week, my Finnish buddy, an international student based in Bangkok, came down to Phuket for the first time in his four years living/studying in Thailand. The Siamerican Wanderer took this as his final opportunity to relax and get a change of scenery from being cooped up in the Inlaws’ house on Phuket’s east side. […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
My son’s mother’s relatives invited me to accompany them to a distant relative’s funeral in Pataloong, southern Thailand’s smallest and poorest province, followed by an overnighter in southern Thailand’s most thriving city, Hat Yai of Sonkla province. Figuring that I had no plans for the weekend and had never been to any of these provinces […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
As mentioned in this blog entry of the most recent trip to Bangkok on the motorbike, the wanderer chose a different, more scenic route to/from the capital. On this particular trip, instead of taking the straightforward route along Rama II expressway-freeway, sharing the road with various 2 to 12 wheeled industrial, private, and transport […]
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