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Patrick Dowd has returned from Peru. Read the Peru travelogue from the beginning.
Tag Archives: Thailand
Thailand summary
For me, a highlight of my visit was seeing a friend from college days. As a bonus, I traveled with him in his car throughout western Thailand and visited his wife’s family. I visited temples and monasteries, mountain vistas, rivers, … Continue reading
seAsia Summary
I visited peninsular Asia during January and February 2009. I spent a week in Singapore, four weeks in Thailand and three weeks in Malaysia. The weather was uniformly hot (35C/95F). I alternated between touring cities and visiting island beaches. Route: … Continue reading
Women sweep
Women sweep leaves from road White sun rises Misty hills Pink lanterns red and blue.
to Ko Tarutao
Getting there. Left Ko Samui using the tourist highway, which is well-organized and convenient in Thailand. Destination: Tarutao National Park on the Andaman Sea, southwest Thailand. We bought tickets to Trang and assumed we could get from there to Pak … Continue reading
video update
Here’s my video update after three weeks of travel. I hope your bandwidth is better than mine at the Bunpa Internet Cafe.
Thailand travel
I hooked up with my friend and college classmate, Brian. We visited sites in Bangkok. He has a car and graciously took us on a tour west of Bangkok to Kanchanaburi Province. His sweetheart, Siripan is from Nong Pru. We … Continue reading
Watching Obama on Thai TV at midnight in
Watching Obama on Thai TV at midnight in Nong Pru with Columbia classmate, Brian.