Guys, you're killing me with the food photos. There are many things I love about Thailand. One of the main things is the food. I'd like to start the day with Thai iced coffee (in a plastic bag with a straw, of course) and fried bananas. Great report! Thanks, Bill
On Jan 30, 2011, at 10:28 PM, Earl Grey wrote: > Paul and I headed up to the Burmese border on Saturday to renew our > Thai visas. These border runs are a boring fact of life for many > foreigners in Chiang Mai, who take the morning bus up to the border > (5-6 hrs), cross the border, have lunch, and take the afternoon bus > back to Chiang Mai. > > I always bring my bike and stay overnight and find an interesting way > to ride to Chiang Rai, a third of the way back to Chiang Mai. This > time I brought Paul along as well, for an all-Sam, mixed terrain, find- > the-smallest-roads-and-dirt-tracks-we-can, riding adventure. > > My photos start here: www.flickr.com/photos/25150892@N08/5402500499/ > > Paul's photos start here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulatwork/sets/72157625812729019/with/5401319302/ > > Btw, I planned the route with www.ridewithgps.com (which uses Google > maps) and uploaded it to my GPS. Otherwise it would be impossible to > do such a route in unfamiliar territory and make it to your > destination in time to catch a bus. Google maps and my GPS map are > often wrong about the tiny side roads in Thailand, but with a planned > route and a GPS to re-orient yourself when the road you were planning > to take doesn't exist, it's just the right mixture of adventure and > predictability for me. > > Cheers, > > Gernot > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
