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#10 Returning from the Burmese Border 2 May 2013 | 05:49 pm
Most Thais are quite modest. Western tourists, less so. After being stopped at the Burmese border, I turned around and bussed back to Kanchanaburi. From there I visited the Erawon Waterfalls. Th...
#9 Chased by Border Guards 15 Mar 2013 | 01:33 pm
The mountains at the far horizon are in Burma. 80 kms away. I plan to pedal there tomorrow. It is starting to heat up here. So I leave on bicycle before sunrise. I have what looks like 2 days [...]
#8 from SE Asia. The local marketplaces 10 Mar 2013 | 10:59 am
Local marketplaces have always been a joy of travel to me. These are often loud, chaotic affairs in the center of each town. Many have been going on for centuries, if not millennia, in the very same s...
#7 Hellfire Pass and Sai Yok National Park 10 Mar 2013 | 07:01 am
I am running on (and out of) battery power now, as the electricity has been down for hours. In the isolated areas, this happens frequently. The Mynah bird in the cage next to me shrieks incredibly l...
#6 The Allies War Cemeteries in Kanchanaburi 6 Mar 2013 | 08:08 am
After I visited the war museums here, I went to both the of the Allies Cemeteries. The grounds were perfectly kept. And there I spent the rest of the day. At the Chungkai cemetery, I read every one of...
#5. Pedaling to the Bridge over the River Kwai 5 Mar 2013 | 08:07 pm
#5: Bicycling to thee Bridge over the River Kwai The actual Bridge over the River Kwai, where it was when the allies bombed it. Some of it is still original. Ahhh, Thailand feels like an old friend al...
#4 from China: A Big Change in my Itinerary 4 Mar 2013 | 06:47 pm
I decided to cancel my bicycle trip and temporarily leave China. I have never canceled a bicycle trip before in my life. Why? —1. I was lost all the time. I did not have a functioning GPS. China block...
#3 from China: The man looking over my shoulder 27 Feb 2013 | 01:32 pm
Mistakes that I have made on this trip: 1. I should have brought along some type of tablet device that supports GPS with both English and Mandarin prompts. With the excellent mobile service throughout...
#2 from China: Pedalling deep into Guangdong Province 26 Feb 2013 | 06:31 am
I set out on bicycle from Zhuhai, China, on the morning of February 18th. Zhuhai is a coastal town located just to the north of Macau, which is 30 kms west of Hong Kong. To add to the mix, I [...]
#2: Pedaling deep into Guangdong Province 26 Feb 2013 | 06:31 am
I set out on bicycle from Zhuhai, China, on the morning of February 18th. Zhuhai is a coastal town located just to the north of Macau, which is 30 kms west of Hong Kong. To add to the mix, I [...]
