Being a Geography buff, and living in Phuket, I see as much of this beautiful island as I can. Did a little research and saw that Mai Thao Sip Song Mountain was the highest point on the island. It is the one just east of Patong and west of Wat Chalong with the big golf ballContinue reading “Highest Point in Phuket”
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Phuket High Trail Continued into 2009
Feb 16, 2009 Ah success. Finally after 7 days of working to find a way around the big mountain with the big ball (Sip Song is what is called on Google Earth which means 15). It is a radar station for the military so restricted. And I have now spent a lot of timeContinue reading “Phuket High Trail Continued into 2009”
Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 5 (Final)
Leaving Chiang Mai after 2 nights stay, we drove up north to Mae Sai which is the most northerly point in Thailand and very crowded with shoppers just south of the Friendship Bridge to Burma (Myamar) Thum had been looking for a wicker table and we found one here as well as a niceContinue reading “Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 5 (Final)”
Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 4
The road got worse and we left the farms behind and entered the mountains. Mostly all jungle now, with nice views and once in a while we could see the river to our left and Burma on the other side. Got to the town of Mae Sariang just before dark and again, got oneContinue reading “Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 4”
Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 3
B Continuing along heading north, we are on our way to SukuThai which was the beginning of Thai politics and the center of Siam back in the 14th century. We stopped at a waterfall park which was in a nice setting in a grove of teak forest and cooked up some fish that we boughtContinue reading “Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 3”
Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 2
After looking at the map, we decided to head upriver to the famous “Bridge Over the River Kwai” where over one hundred thousand soldiers and Thai coolies died during WW II building this railroad bridge to Burma. First we went to the cemetery which was immaculately groomed and well kept about a half mileContinue reading “Road Trip Thailand 2009 Part 2”
Phuket Road Trip 2009
Road trip, January 2009 We left Phuket on Saturday, Jan 3rd around 7 AM. That first day was pretty uneventful as we just drove as far north as we could, stopping in Cha-am after 12 hours of driving. Traffic was tough as many people were heading home after the holidays. But Cha-am was great asContinue reading “Phuket Road Trip 2009”