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…
Northern Sumatra: After the trek, on to Lake Toba
The jungle trek out of Bukit Lawang and all the orangutan sightings was my main reason for coming to Sumatra. But I knew that if I had the time, I would also love to drive…
Bukit Lawang, Northern Sumatra. Orangutan trekking and more.
Living in Thailand has it’s advantages. Oftentimes the budget airlines have incredible deals and if you catch them at the right time, you have so many choices for traveling to exotic places. This time it…
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…
Trekking to the “Roof of Indochina”: Mt. Fansipan
At 3,143 metres (10,312 ft), Fansipan peak is the highest point in Indochina. That means Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. I don’t know why, but figured this would be an easy hike for me to get…
Hiking in Tasmania: Walls of Jerusalem National Park
Friends of ours moved to Tasmania about 2 years ago and invited my family to come for a visit. I was always fascinated with “Tassie” and it has been on my bucket list for some…
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…
Via Dinarica White Trail Part 2: Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia / Herzegovina July 30th (27th day since the start in Predjama, Slovenia) Slovenia and Croatia had been great, but we were ready for some bigger mountains and more rugged country. So, we entered…
Via Dinarica White Trail 2017 Part 1: Slovenia & Croatia
Via Dinarica White Trail Hike 2017. I first read about this new trail in Outside magazine, where they called it the “Best New Trail of 2014” Well, not only did I like hiking, but I…
Back to blogging about some good hill walks in southern Phuket.
Haven’t written for quite some time. (I see it’s been over 2 years! Ouch!) That doesn’t mean I haven’t been walking. I did go on a 1263km hike this past summer with my friend Ray…
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.…
Trekking in Nepal-Annapurna Video and More!
I’ve been to Nepal 6 or 7 times and have written about some of those treks in past posts on here. However, the last time I was there, we made a video, or documentary if…
5 km Nature trail between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall.
After reading in the newspaper a few weeks ago about a German couple who had to be rescued, along with their guide, from their hike between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall, I figured…
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…
Back to the high route trail of Phuket after a year off.
Feb 26, 2012 OK, was back out there two days ago and once again, this trail is just tough. I don’t mind that I’m now in the most remote part of the whole island (just…
Logs from Appalacian Trail portion of our Triple Crown in One Year attempt 2001/2002
Since many people ask me about this trip that we did 8 years ago in the USA’s 3 longest hiking trails, here are our journal entries for the first leg of that journey: The Appalacian…
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…
Phuket High Trail North (and East) of the Heroine’s Monument
Since I haven’t written a blog entry on my exploring lately, I will take up from where I left off just north of the Heroine’s Monument in the middle of the island. From there, our…
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…
Phuket High Trail Heroines’ Monument to Kathu
March 10, 2009 Well today i went out and had probaby my toughest day yet. I am getting further and further away from home (Rawai) and have to drive about 40 minutes now to…
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 Entry 2 for Phuket High Trail Section B
After hiking the first part of the trail 2 weeks ago from the southern tip of Phuket at Prom Thep to the top of the mountain at Big Buddha, today we continued the walk on…
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…
My “Russell Stover” candy story and finish of my ’98 thru of the CDT
Since bear stories have seem to be in demand lately, here’s another one from my travels and hikes. Enjoy I did a thru-hike of the CDT in ’98 starting in the “bootheel” of New Mexico…
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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.