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Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 17th 2024

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Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 17th 2024

A complete day off with nothing to do and the day has just blazed past before I even knew it. Being able to eat breakfast is quite a treat also, but the timing is not very good. Seems like every tour bus, or tour group checking out shows up about 7:30 and stampedes into breakfast. I’ll enjoy the early, quiet breakfast next week. The first part of my exploration day started with a visit to the Wat complex at Ekamai that I see 4 times a day from the BTS. There wasn’t much info I could find there, so I had to look it up online. I have a few pictures, but there wasn’t much to see. From there, I went to Terminal 21 which is the closest shopping mall. I remember the last trip there ... read more
Wat That Thong
Buddha at Wat

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 16th 2024

It’s Saturday!! That means only 2 more training sessions until a day off. Slept a little better last night and feel good right now, eventhough it’s 4:40 in the morning. I’m planning to get a little extra stretching in this morning. Legs are feeling a bit tight and sore, but nothing terrible anyway. It was surprisingly overcast and a little windy this morning. Felt really nice walking to the gym. Eventhough I got there about 7:25, the gym, and everything was pretty quiet. You can see from the picture of the street the difference in traffic. Santafaa was just coming out to run and the overcast was even darkening. I was out there just behind him enjoying the fortunate cloud cover. After a couple laps, even the cloudiness and breeze really weren’t that helpful. Just as ... read more
Outside the gym.
The dinner crew

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 15th 2024

Another sunny and warm day here. Unfortunately it started much earlier than I hoped. Still haven’t solved the sleeping more than 4 hours, or past about 1:30 am local time. Standard breakfast routine, but I ate a light dinner last night, so I was hungry. I didn’t want to eat too much knowing what was coming though. I’m not much of a breakfast person anyway. BTS was again nearly empty on the way out. Almost seems like it’s a day off here, but on the way back it was crazy packed. Cars were so jammed that people couldn’t even get on. Got to the gym right about 7:25 and hit the ground running. Today feels much more like I remember with the heat and humidity picking up. 7 laps this morning in a little better time, ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 14th 2024

Yesterday was the first double training day, and it sure feels like it today. I was feeling the leg cramps after the session yesterday, and that feeling made itself know again last night. After about an hour of sleep, I had the worst thigh cramps I’ve ever had. Almost made me cry. It was one leg followed immediately by the other. I staggered around the room for about 10 minutes until they subsided. I grabbed some water, added some electrolytes, and drank it all and hoped for some serious sleep. Guess I am still in the jet lag area because I woke up for good around 1:30 am. Tried to be productive and even tried to go back to sleep around 4, but no luck. Maybe an afternoon nap will be on the agenda. I may ... read more
Leaves
The setup
Power kicks

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 13th 2024

This writing is taking place at the standard cafe at the Ambassador, looking out at the Bird Oasis. Funnily (not a real word), I don’t see a bird anywhere. Plenty of fish in the water, and squirrels in the top fencing, but no birds. The last time here, this was being renovated. They even added a viewing area where you can walk out into the oasis. Maybe that why there are no birds. Uneventful travel this morning. The BTS was rather empty. Got to the gym just as Fahlaep was coming up the alley on his scooter. Started off with 6 laps around the block. Now I remember how the sweat flows. Eventhough the outside temperature was really comfortable, the humidity when running kicked in today. Fahlaep is still easing me into the workouts. He said ... read more
BTS train to Punnawithi
Walk to the gym

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 13th 2024

I forgot to mention earlier that when I came into the hotel Tuesday, the one bellhop from last visit came running over to me and greeted me like we were long lost friends. I remember him because I was having him help me with write something in Thai for Fahlaep’s birthday surprise on my last day of the previous trip. And today, the manager of the Espresso Cafe in the hotel, where I’ve been having lunch and writing, came up to me and greeted me. A little disappointing to find the Espresso Cafe doesn’t have the sandwiches I was getting last time, so I’m going to have to find other options for lunch. I’ll probably still go there for the icy beverage and typing environment. It also gives housekeeping a chance to clean, and it’s always ... read more
Running reminder
Fahlaep still has it
Happiest sight

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok March 12th 2024

Catching up on the action from yesterday. Just got down to Wednesday morning breakfast. I’m still not used to which day it is. The hotel is remodeling the bar area and the front half of the dinging area. also looks like they are adding back in those crazy nightclubs from way beck when. 6:15, and there are 3 people here. Very different. Most of the seating is in the upper deck area where we never really went. Standard good breakfast as before. Now back to yesterday….. The trip from Inchon South Korea, to Bangkok, was a bit of a blur. Video choices weren’t great and I couldn’t concentrate on my book, so I gave in to sleep, except for when I was rammed into during the meal service. We landed 15 minutes early although there was ... read more
Remodeling in progress
Used to be bars

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand February 22nd 2024

It's four years since I last left Chiang Mai and made my way back to Herefordshire as the Covid pandemic trailed behind me from Asia to Europe. But the airport in Chiang Mai still looks the same and it didn't take long to get to the taxi rank and to be on my way across town to Baan Songjum. I was greeted by Nui and Kung who were wondering what had happened to me, and I was starving because there was no food on my budget airline, delayed flight from Singapore. Luckily for me Penn, a permanent resident at Baan Songjum, was just off out on his scooter to buy some supper and he brought back a Pad Thai for me. It's at least 10 years since I first found my way to Baan Songjum and ... read more
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta February 21st 2024

I headed back to the beaches from Khao Sok, but this time to Southern Thailand and to the Krabi province. My first stop was Ao Nang. A key town in the province, this is a very popular town for beachgoers and island hoppers and I found it too crowded for my liking. But the sunsets and the night market were definitely noteworthy. I did use the time to gorge on some Indian food, talk to some tourists from China and learnt a lot about the country. Next stop for me was Koh Lanta, an island district with about 30,000 population. The setting was perfect for my last few days in Thailand, swimming in the calm waters (though lot of jellyfish around) and just lazing on the beach. And it's here that I finally got to see ... read more
Ao Nang Beach
Koh Lanta
Koh Lanta




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