Travel

Ascention on a Big Buddha Hill

I’m sixty tomorrow and I don’t want to be. I never wanted to be thirty, forty or fifty either. Twenty was OK, it was like a rite of passage along with the first car, the first serious girlfriend and getting laid for the first time.

Legally it is relatively simple to marry in Thailand.

I recently decided to embark on an expedition to the backpacker island of Ko Phangnan. My purpose was to study the modern day backpacker in their natural environment. It was quite a mission. Having returned I feel not unlike the intrepid anthropologists studying cannibals in the depths of Papua New Guinea. I managed to escape from the scene with my life, albeit with a nasty taste in the mouth.

When life in the fast lane gets too much, the author books himself into a Patong lovenest for the weekend. Motorbike, beer and bargirls make for an interesting read. Enjoy the ride.

Every year the city of Surin holds an event they describe as the Elephant Festival and Roundup. This cultural show incorporates a few different aspects of the elephants use in ancient times by these hardy people. This is the one main tourist event of the year for Surin, and it draws large crowds of tourists to the city.

Much has been said about the new airport for Bangkok, Thailand. I flew in on September 30, 2006 and was concerned as to the reports I was seeing regarding the new airport.

A few years ago the US magazine Modern Maturity sent teams of researchers out in search of exotic locales around the globe to determine the absolute best places for a home away from home or as a retirement haven for North Americans.

Fireballs shoot up from beneath the flowing waters of the Mekong River, red and pink in color, climb into the air some ten to fifty meters high before disappearing without noise or smoke.

Wat Phra Buddhabat, Saraburi Province, was built during the reign of King Tham of Ayuthaya, Wat Phra Buddhabat in Saraburi Province enshrines the 2 meter long footprint of Lord Buddha. The footprint is protected under a square edifice with a pyramidal superstructure called a mondop. The interior of the mondop is done with a combination of red and gold design. A mat made of pure silver preserves the floor. ... Read more and see the pics.

Road Rage, turning right and lights!!!!

Old favourites ring from electric guitars, Baht changes hands, people move, tales are told.

You ask for a drink and they bring you two. (one page long)

A few facts for people thinking of driving in the LOS

This 10 kilometer square island is a delight. There are no cars and the roads are narrow concrete strips splayed out around the island. The only traffic is an occasional motorbike or bicycle. What bliss, a stone?s thrown from Bangkok, a city that is being strangled by the motor vehicle. Category: Travel