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Hiking Trip to Turkey

Finally got to take my son, Simon on a hiking trip with me.   Joining my good hiking buddy Gary, and his son, Brandon to go the crossroads of Europe and Asia to hike the Lycian…

Exploring and measuring Phuket’s beaches.

 Nai Harn Beach 700 meters long Since I jog Nai Harn beach almost every morning and again in the evening, well, it gets a little boring doing the same route everyday. I probably have jogged…

Lockdown Videos by me

What have you been doing during “Lockdown”??? I’m one that get’s bored easily.  So I knew I had to come up with something constructive for my time without being able to travel.Since I consider myself…

New Zealand hiking Jan/Feb 2020

This country has been on my list for quite a few years now but didn’t get the chance to hike it with anyone I knew until 2 of my good long distance hiking friends from…

My thru-hike of Sweden’s: Kungsleden Trail

The Kungsleden Trail, or “King’s Trail” in Swedish, has been on my list for some time.  (My list keeps growing from all the people I meet, and their stories of other trails each time I…

Wuling Sixiu Mountain trekking trip

  I’ve wanted to visit Taiwan ever since one of my good friends told me that it was her favorite place in Asia. And I like new and exciting places to hike. So, after some…

Hill Tribe Homestay trek, Sapa Vietnam

When you first start researching Sapa, a touristy town in the hills of northern Vietnam, most of the people who travel there are backpackers who do the “Homestay’ trek with the Hill tribe people. There…

Via Dinarica White Trail Part 3: Montenegro & Albania

    This is the 3rd and final entry on Glenn and Ray’s thru-hike of the Via Dinarica White Trail 2017.   Started in Predjama, Slovenia July 3rd.     And finished…………well, read on. Montenegro    August 13/2017  We…

Back in the Jungle, near Chaeng Talay.

It’s been a while but since completing the 5 1/2 year project of routing a trail through the high points of the island of Phuket, I hadn’t been up in the jungles for a while.…

Jamming with the Aboriginals in Oz

Having done a lot of world wide travel in my life (especially from 1989 to 2004), I am sometimes asked about my best experience. Of course, there have been so many great experiences and some…

Attacked by a Gibbon monkey

As some may know from reading past posts on this blog, I have been trailblazing a hiking trail on the island of Phuket here for the past 2 1/2 years.   I have been putting…

New ways to save money

I posted ways to save money before here but came up with some new ones for the new decade since the recession has seemed to turn into a depression and jobs and money continue to…

Best Views in Phuket

The word “Phuket” comes from a Malay word “bukit” meaning Mountain.   It is a very mountainous island approximately 30 kms long by 7 kms wide. I live near the southern tip of Phuket, in…

Laguna’s 4th annual Phuket Marathon

So, i just finished my 4th  “Run Paradise” Marathon at Laguna yesterday. I am a bit sore today of course. I would like to say it is a professionally run venue with a lot of…

LOSO Concert last night at Phuket Brewery

My favorite rock & roll band in Thailand played last night at the newly opened Phuket Brewery across from Tesco Lotus. 2 of my good friends and fellow rock and roll lovers, Kim and Cathy…

Rate Your Hiking Ability

Ok, I’ve been thinking about this for a while and finally got it finished. I invited a few of my more experienced hiking friends to help out and we made some changes to this final…

Highest Point in Phuket

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…

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).…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Guidebook for Phuket High Trail Section A

  After 14 days or so of exploring and picking routes and then getting my new GPS (Garmin 60 CSX) and going out and hiking the first 15 kms., it is time to write some…

Making of a BollyWood Movie

 So, living here in Phuket, Thailand, I get a lot of chances to be in movies as they are cheap to make here. I’ve been an extra now in 5 different ones in the last…

Trailblazing in Phuket

I am hoping to walk the high peaks and create a hiking route from the southern end of PHuket at Laem Prom Thep to the bridge which forms the northern point at Sarasin bridge.   The…

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About Me

Hi, I’m Fiddlehead. Hiker, Musician, World Traveler, Husband and Father living in Phuket Thailand for the past 15 years or so.