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 vehicles, [...]
Expecting to go wake boarding this Sunday, the Wanderer found himself spontaneously changing the plan when all his friends ended up backing out at the last moment. After doing some work on the computer all Sunday morning, the Wanderer finally got himself together, showered, packed a bag and set out by 4 pm. Continued here [...]
Left the house just after 9 am to meet up with a senior teacher, Ms. Payongse at a petrol station near bye. Our appointment was for a Saturday drive up to Ratchaburi city , about 35 kilometers north of Samut Songkhram city along the Mae Klong river. Continued here at the Siamerican Wanderer’s blog
For this Sunday’s adventures, I took a mid-afternoon drive up to Dam nern district in Ratchaburi province. Roughly 30 kilometers from Samut Songkhram is Lake Point Sports club, featuring a resort, restaurant, jet ski and cable ski lakes. Previously, I had been to the cable park in Phuket to learn how to cable wake and [...]
Drove to Bangkok on Thursday afternoon, roughly 15.00. From Samut Songkhram, took Ekachai road as far as it would go through richly irrigated salt fields some 15 kilometers before joining up with Rama II expressway. Continued Here at the Siamerican Wanderer’s Blog
Last night just after 8pm the Siamerican arrived back in Samut Songkhram from his third motorbike trip to Bangkok in two months Read about this journey here. With each 200 kilometer + round trip to Bangkok on the bike, he has become a more confident and capable driver–granted what he’s driving is a tenth the [...]
Woke up today about 09.30 and played around on the internet all morning in between doing a load of laundry, a cup of ovaltine and green tea. Early afternoon set out for an afternoon of exploring on the bike. Stopped at one of my favorite little local roadside restaurants that offers some of the best [...]
I am preparing to venture on to the Thai capital this Saturday evening. This will be my second such Bangkok-Samut Songkhram round trip venture on my recently purchased Kawasaki ZX 130 motor-bike. The last was on Friday the 13th of July from ss to bkk and Sunday the 15th bkk to ss. Read about first [...]
My wife and I decided to leave our condo on the beach and go upcountry to see the Bridge over the River Kwai. It was at that point that our normal reality began to blend with a sort of dementia that had us on one hand laughing to the point of tears and at other [...]
