Lets backtrack a little. Last year Jen and I had a car accident in the Far North of Australia, during our last Big Aussie Road trip in November. A cow decided to commit suicide and jump in front of our van one evening. Van was a write off, 100km from the nearest town - Halls … Continue reading …Cows! Pt 1.
Category: Chang mai
Black Moon in Baan Tai – Part 2
After a night spent dreaming of sharks, worst case scenarios and general underwater nastiness, chiding myself for being impulsive and reckless, and asking every friend I know that dives their opinion (thanks Kate), I dragged myself out of bed early on Saturday morning for the 7.00am start and the boat ride out to Sail Rock. … Continue reading Black Moon in Baan Tai – Part 2
Life rafts
Chiang Mai is great but I'm craving a change. As domestic flights in Thailand are relatively cheap, I've decided to head south - it's more of a timeliness thing and goes against my "by ground" travel plans , but 12 hours in an overnight bus was just to risky, despite the price. So for the princely … Continue reading Life rafts
Bump in
Crazy coincidences make travel so unexpected and fun. This a rambling tale but bear with it. Yesterday I travelled up to Chiang Dao, Northern Thailand - about 50km from the Burma border and just simply stunning mountains, rice paddy's and lush dense jungles. Imagine the Warrumbungles covered in dense jungle and tropical rainforest, veiled by … Continue reading Bump in
Gpu blues
My MacBook Air is no more. It is bereft of life, etc etc. I am devastated slightly and missing it's silky comforting touch under my fingertips. Last night its magical GPU failed, sending my display into an undecipherable test pattern of rainbow colours and kernel panicking my OS to death. The Apple online support guys … Continue reading Gpu blues
So…Monday
activity is my heroin
Settling in
So now I have wheels and another roof over my head. After procuring a scooter at a decent months rate (2500 baht, which isn't bad), braving the regular 5pm downpour and getting rather soaked, I was feeling pretty damn good. How could I not? Zooming though the bustling streets of the Old City of Chiang Mai with … Continue reading Settling in
First Class blanket
OK so its been a little while, and I've been settling in and getting my bearings here in lovely Chiang Mai. This won't be a very entertaining post as I've just been feeling my way around slowly . Ive been staying in a guest house in one of the trendy areas but my housesitting gig … Continue reading First Class blanket
Hot
Short and sweet today. Change Mai is like a Thai version of Ubud. A humid hot version but my God its so good to be in this part of the world again. Its quickly becoming like my other home. My good friend CB picked me up from the airport this morning, reoriented me and introduced … Continue reading Hot
Airports
Well yoga course finished and I managed to avoid the goodbyes, trim my belongings down further and get to the airport without having to relive any sad farewells. The past week getting my head back into Svasha Yoga Therapy with Ganesh Mohan has been wonderful, challenging and so much fun. It's really helped pull my … Continue reading Airports
Man Down! 