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Chasing Horizons #19: On the Road Again – Bangkok, Thailand
On the Road Again
Guess whose back … back again
Phil is back … tell a friend
Guess whose back …
… Guess whose back …
… … Guess whose back …
… … … Guess whose back …
… from “The Eminem Show”
Right, tha
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The Golden Triangle – September 2001
Where’s that? Click here to find out. Click here for a map of the immediate area.
Bugs, Bikes and Butterflies
For those of you on a shoestring budget and a cast iron stomach or just a back to nature kinda dude or dudah (F), well, S.E. Asia is the place for you. For starters, bugs don&#
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Of Curries and Common Ground (1 of 2) – Chiang Mai, Thailand
Of Curries and Common Ground (1 of 2)
Chiang Mai, Thailad
Elephant-eye-view of the countryside north of Chiang Mai.
As the pickup truck wound through the hills of northern Thailand I had one of those moments that hits every traveler at some point, that sense of amazement that one
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Of Curries and Common Ground (2 of 2) – Chiang Mai, Thailand
Of Curries and Common Ground (2 of 2) – Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Inside the house, during one of our cooking classes. Note the open fire in the background.
As Noi cooked, I asked a few questions, noticing that cooking methods and ingredients tended to repea
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Of Curries and Common Ground – Chiang Mai, Thailand
Of Curries and Common Ground
Inside the house, during one of our cooking classes. Note the open fire in the background.
As Noi cooked, I asked a few questions, noticing that cooking methods and ingredients tended to repeat themselves.
Noi’s English was good, but not perfect
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Bangkok and Chiang Mai – Thailand
Bangkok and Chiang Mai
Thailand
I am sitting in, of all places, a darn shopping mall
in Bangkok.
I am not a mall person, but malls are air conditioned
and this one has an internet cafe. Both are important.
If there was one but not the other here, you would
still assume that I am in Turkey,
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Backpacking Inc.- Ko Pha Ngan, Ban Tai & Hat Rin Nok, Thailand
Backpacking Inc.
Ko Pha Ngan, Ban Tai & Hat Rin Nok, Thailand
March 2002
If youth is wasted on the young, so too is Ko Pha Ngan. Just ask the ashen-faced lad of indeterminate nationality coming down badly on the bench opposite us in the back of the songthaew. Unable to express his destinat
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Crime in the Land of Smiles – Bangkok, Thailand
Crime in the Land of Smiles
Bangkok, Thailand
Even now, I’m embarrassed we were robbed at all. The heist was so simple, so obvious that even a New Zealander wouldn’t have fallen for it. I couldn’t even plead ignorance; cops, concierges and cabbies alike had cautioned us. We
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Football Fever – Kho Pha Ngan, Thailand
Football Fever
Kho Pha Ngan, Thailand
F.A. Cup build-up, first got an inkling of what was going on way back in April. Made a mental note to try and be by a T.V.
Beginning of May, and I roll up at some bungalows on Kho Pha Ngan. I know who’s playing now. Things are slow on this side of th
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The Golden Triangle
Below you will find links to all of the articles in the Golden Triangle Travel Guide, from monthly updates to related pieces.
If you would like to be an online travel guide, then click here.
Monthly Updates
September 2001 Article
For those of you on a shoestring budget and a cast
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No Pockets in Shrouds
David Barker has taken early retirement and decided to embark on a three month trip to Australia, staying in hostels. He’s living life for the moment and proving that life does not end at 50.
Follow his journey below and check back for updates. Feel free to email him at golf.diving4fun a
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Thai Traditional Massage: Wat’s it all about? – Bangkok, Thailand
Thai Traditional Massage: Wat’s it all about?
Bangkok, Thailand
What was a Thai massage school doing housed in a wat? Before leaving for Thailand friends advised me to visit Wat Po, the oldest and largest religious temple in Bangkok. They urged me to visit Wat Po not because it exhibits
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Slippy, Shitty Bus Ride – Singapore to Thailand
Slippy, Shitty Bus Ride
Singapore to Thailand
Caroline jumped up screaming. Stamping her feet and waving arms it looked like a new form of experimental dance. It was all very impressive.
“Don’t just fucking sit there,” she screamed, “HELP ME!”
Somehow, an insect
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The Three R’s: Rabies, Rambo & Raging Hypochondria – Ko Samui, Thailand
The Three R’s: Rabies, Rambo & Raging Hypochondria
Ko Samui, Thailand
“It’s my bladder,” said the old man next to me, “it hurts when I pee.” Why do pensioners feel the need to discuss their medical problems with complete strangers? Is it an attribute of o
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Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #1: The Body in Bangkok – Bangkok, Thailand
The Body in Bangkok
All wrung out from the flight (14 hours from New York to Tokyo, a quick cigarette, and another seven hours to Bangkok), we had our bodies wonderfully pummelled at Wat Po, Bangkok’s massage center and the home of the enormous, lovely, golden Reclining Buddha. We opted f
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Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #4: Northern Thailand: The Miss Hill Tribe Pageant – Thailand
Northern Thailand: The Miss Hill Tribe Pageant
Having left the rain behind in Mandalay, we spent a great week in Bagan wandering around amid the staggering panoply of ancient pagodas, then headed back to Yangon, said goodbye to Burma, and flew to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. After getting
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Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes #11: Savage Tans in the Andamans – Southern Thailand
Savage Tans in the Andamans
Hearing about somebody else’s beach-hopping holiday is probably about as exciting as hearing about their dreams (“And then we saw some MORE fish, but they were slightly different…”); nevertheless, here’s a brief rundown of our May in so
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Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #13: Beautiful Bangkok – Bangkok,Thailand
Beautiful Bangkok
Bangkok traffic
Other than refugees from Burma, or Cambodia perhaps, I suspect I am probably the only person who has arrived lately in Bangkok, with its pollution and bad traffic, and found it beautiful. The key phrase of the day: everything is relative.
Lahore
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Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan (and Thailand & Cambodia)#14: Go South – Thailand
Go South
In pictures of guesthouses that I’ve seen around, rooms somehow always look larger and cleaner than their partners in reality. Somehow, whenever I arrive at a guesthouse, the ubiquitous flowers in the porcelain vase are always missing from the bedside table and are replaced by an
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Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan (and Thailand & Cambodia) #15: Accidental Pilgrimage – Thailand
Accidental Pilgrimage
I think I just made an accidental pilgrimage. Now back in Bangkok, the past four days are a blur, where Monday morning I bought a ticket to Cambodia and in the afternoon I was stepping off a plane in Siem Reap. I was in a place I never thought I’d be, seeing things p
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