Tuesday, January 21, 2014 We headed back to Chiangmai to pickup our Myanmar visas and get our teeth cleaned. The road was again quite pretty and we had a short day’s drive arriving just after lunch. Finding accommodation proved to…
Sunday, January 19, 2014 The scenery here in the north continues to amaze us. Like yesterday, we drove at a leisurely pace arriving in Chiangrai in the early afternoon. This gave us plenty of time to walk around the city…
Saturday, January 18, 2014 The road north from Chiangmai to Tha Ton is quite beautiful. We made a leisurely drive up and down the winding roads taking in the dense green forest lands. Our objective for the day’s drive was…
Monday, January 13, 2014 Pai is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Northern Thailand. Truly magical scenery. The drive from Mae Sariang was a delight and one of those iconic drives you hear about and really should do, especially if…
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 The road to Mae Sot was “exciting”. Steep-ish mountain roads, lots of sharp corners, pot-holes, uneven seal and all with large struggling trucks and the occasional crazy Thai suicidal driver over-taking on blind corners. Having said…
Monday, January 6, 2014 Long drive to Sukhothai today. Along the way we stopped at Lopburi to see the local attraction and of course the monkeys. While heading North we saw quite a few police convoys heading South. Later that…
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Kanchanaburi is home to the Bridge Over the River Khwae. Turns out ‘Kwai’ is incorrect and means ‘buffalo’. Here we visited the Jeath War Museum, the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and of course the bridge itself which spans…
Monday, December 30, 2013 We got a good taste of the Northern end of the East coast of Southern Thailand, and a place called Hua Hin. Well, we got stuck in traffic and took about an hour to dislodge ourselves.…
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car and ourselves into Thailand. Thailand in General Thailand does not accept the Carnet de Passage for temporary import of vehicles. The official Thailand Customs website…
Monday, December 16, 2013 Today we crossed from Malaysia into Thailand. We were up early as we not only had to cross the border and complete all the paperwork for the car, but also had to travel 300 kms (200…
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car and ourselves into Malaysia. Malaysia in General Our car arrived by container ship into Port Klang near KL. The import process was extremely easy and…
This post is about the government documentation we needed and obtained to bring our car into Australia. Australia in General Our car arrived by container ship into Port Botany, Sydney from Los Angeles. We were not involved in any of…
Thursday, December 12, 2013 We took the scenic route to George Town. As we head North there should be less and less monsoon rains, which btw is a good thing. We got to George Town, on Penang, by way of…
Monday, December 19, 2013 The everest presentation finished around 4pm, so we had to make tracks on the Expressway to Ipoh, which is about 180 kms or 115 miles away. Halfway we stopped for fuel and starbucks and the strangest…
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 We departed Cherating via flooded roads and headed inland away from the East Coast. The plan was to head to the high ground around Taman Negara National Park. The forecast called for more rain and there…
