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- Day 21
- Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
- 🌙 27 °C
- Altitude: 316 m
ThailandBan Mai Langmo18°46’34” N 98°58’56” E
Another night market
February 15 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
I am told the items sold at this booth have religious significance.
I suppose it depends on how one defines a religious experience.
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- Day 21
- Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
- 🌙 26 °C
- Altitude: 312 m
- ThailandBan Mai Langmo18°46’45” N 98°59’1” E
Silver Temple
February 15 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Middle of Saturday night market is a temple covered in silver that women can not go inside, even if I wear a skirt.
Outside was nice though.
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- Day 22
- Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 886 m
- ThailandDoi Pang Daeng18°55’19” N 99°19’33” E
Coffee. The real stuff.
February 16 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Took a trip to the country to learn about coffee today.
I prefer the fake stuff starbucks sells, or at least the gallons of sugar they add to it.
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- Day 22
- Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 880 m
- ThailandDoi Pang Daeng18°55’18” N 99°19’33” E
Future growth
February 16 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
At the end of our coffee lesson, we planted a coffee tree. So if anyone is in the area in 3 years, you can come pick beans from the "John's Grocery and group" tree.
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- Day 23
- Monday, February 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 459 m
- ThailandBan Mueang Kuet19°12’31” N 98°51’28” E
Just out walking the elephant
February 17 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Couple days chillin' with the heard at happy elephant home
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- Day 23
- Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 452 m
- ThailandHuai Luek19°12’42” N 98°51’41” E
I thought my view would change
February 17 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Opposite side of the world and the views are remarkably similar to my daily life.
If you're not the lead elephant. ..
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- Day 23
- Monday, February 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
- 🌙 23 °C
- Altitude: 484 m
- ThailandBan Mueang Kuet19°12’26” N 98°51’33” E
Uranus isn't showing
February 17 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Beautiful night under the stars at Apple's house. Discussing visible planets and we just could not find Uranus.
The conversation degraded from there.
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- Day 23
- Monday, February 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
- 🌙 22 °C
- Altitude: 484 m
- ThailandBan Mueang Kuet19°12’26” N 98°51’33” E
Apple's Secret Sauce
February 17 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Everything on the table from the pork to the plum wine tonight was an Apple special.
Great night in the country with new friends.
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 504 m
- ThailandBan Mueang Kuet19°12’20” N 98°51’27” E
Morning view
February 18 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
View from the foot of my bed this morning.
Come visit Apple and her Happy Elephant Sanctuary team for an overnight visit.
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 466 m
- ThailandBan Mueang Kuet19°12’25” N 98°51’24” E
My head is bigger than an elephant
February 18 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
I understand it is all about perspective, but damn.
I suppose with this evidence, I should increase the size of my ego.
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
- Altitude: 483 m
- ThailandBan Mueang Kuet19°12’26” N 98°51’32” E
Outstanding in her field
February 18 in Thailand
Bua Baan is just outstanding in her field.
Given the opportunity, she would eat the entire field, then she would be outstanding in her empty field.
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 436 m
- ThailandHuai Luek19°12’45” N 98°51’21” E
Revitalized coffee
February 18 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
This coffee shop in the village was flooded in October. Water to the ceiling and mud up to the counter. Just reopened last week, so we stopped by.
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- Day 24
- Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 463 m
- ThailandBan Mueang Kuet19°12’27” N 98°51’22” E
Watermelon Skittles
February 18 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Small cuts of watermelon is like feeding a single skittle to a toddler. Just enough for flavor, but need the whole bag to get full
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- Day 25
- Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 333 m
- ThailandBan Mai Langmo18°47’42” N 98°58’41” E
Checking out local healthcare
February 19 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Because I have a lifelong relationship with hospitals, my friend thought we could get her cough checked out.
USA, your Healthcare is expensive and embarrasing. I support Healthcare workers, but theRead more
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- Day 30
- Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 717 m
- ThailandDoi Phra Bat18°44’50” N 99°31’50” E
Thai mountain
February 24 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Today I climbed a mountain that had the stairs guarded by a giant cock with a Billy club.
And once again I can honestly say; there is a sentence I never thought I would string together.
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- Day 31
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
- 🌙 24 °C
- Altitude: 319 m
- ThailandNong Buak Hard Public Park18°47’10” N 98°58’54” E
Back to the bar
February 25 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Last night in Chiang Mai, so needed a drink. I did not partake in other activities, and I did not climb into, nor fall out of the tree house. Yeah me!
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- Day 31
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
- 🌙 24 °C
- Altitude: 311 m
- ThailandChiang Mai18°46’53” N 98°59’15” E
First scooter ride
February 25 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Thank you Gabby for the ride from the bar to the night market!
Now I can say I rode on a scooter in Thailand.
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- Day 31
- Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
- 🌙 24 °C
- Altitude: 309 m
- ThailandChiang Mai18°46’52” N 98°59’18” E
Last supper
February 25 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Yeah, I know how American this is, but I could not pass up trying kfg.
It is KFC, or a knock off because the Thai word for chicken is gai.
They also have fully branded KFC here.
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- Day 32
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 311 m
- ThailandChiang Mai International Airport18°46’7” N 98°58’4” E
On the way to Bangkok
February 26 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
My first air asia flight. Sadly, no first class, but it is only an hour flight.
As with all travel, there was a meal.
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- Day 32
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- ThailandDon Mueang International Airport13°54’38” N 100°36’22” E
Fore!
February 26 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
So, in Bangkok, at least at this airport, there is a golf course in the middle of it.
I should not golf here. My ball would fly into a landing plane engine, and I am not good enough to take that bigRead more
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- Day 32
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
- 🌙 31 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- ThailandSamphantawong13°44’34” N 100°30’25” E
First night on bangkok
February 26 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 31 °C
View from the balcony by the pool of our hotel. Welcome to bangkok
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- Day 33
- Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- ThailandSamphantawong13°44’33” N 100°30’26” E
Drink up
February 27 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
I am not into the bar scene, but if these are not in the states, I am shocked.
I had never seen one before coming to SE Asia, and they are everywhere here.
Maybe these are the reason these people areRead more
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- Day 33
- Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- ThailandSamphantawong13°44’35” N 100°30’26” E
Bangkok scooters
February 27 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Things are a little faster and a little more colorful in Bangkok. This was outside the hotel, then a fully decked out pink hello kitty Ducati, with pink leathers and ears on helmet drove by. Was notRead more
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- Day 33
- Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
- ☁️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- ThailandTemple of the Reclining Buddha13°44’48” N 100°29’32” E
Wat Pho Chetuphon
February 27 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
Not only the home to the biggest reclining Buddha, and a bunch of other stuff, but this is the place that founded Thai massage. They were not offering massages, they simply started the practice. RudeRead more
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- Day 33
- Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
- ☀️ 34 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- ThailandWat Phra Kaew13°45’3” N 100°29’34” E
