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Adventures of a GoodMan is my answer to the age-old question: I traveled...now what? In it, I blend digital photographic art with stories chronicling my journeys abroad and at home.
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Tsunami Memorials and Shipwrecked Boats in Thailand
A boat thrust two kilometers inland and a set of spires reaching towards the sky both double as memorials to the 2004 tsunami that slammed into the coast of Thailand. Storytelling accompanies photography of both sites.
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Tagged Backpacking, Greg Goodman, History, Khao Lak, Memorial, Phang Nga, Photography, Thailand, Tsunami
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Chasing the Naked Thai Thief and Other Thailand Tales
I may be back in the USA, but there are still a couple more travel blogs including the craziest thing to ever happen on a trip… After 18 whirlwind days in Vietnam, Carrie and I headed back to Thailand for a week of relaxing, seeing some final sights that we …
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Waterfalls, Train Rides, an Old Friend and Relaxation on the River Kwai
Based on the recommendation of Claire, our Scottish friend that we keep on traveling with, we went straight from the Bangkok airport to the bus station to head to Kanchanaburi, a small town on the River Kwai. We only meant to spend a couple of days there, but the laid …
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Chasing a Naked Thai Thief into the River Kwai at 3am
“The thief is getting away! Go after him,” Carrie yelled. Pure instinct and adrenalin took control and I jumped over the banister into the waist high river chasing after him. I gave a good run, screaming on the top of my lungs the whole time. “Stop! Thief! Help!”
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The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak
The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak is a highlight of the tourist trail through Thailand and one of the main reasons we booked one final week in the country. Boats line up to take visitors on a tour of the canals that weave their way behind and through a large …
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Couchsurfing, Clubbing and Shopping in Bangkok
After our visit to the floating market, we headed back to Bangkok and to the apartment of Tom, a local who we found through Couchsurfing. As he works from home, we quickly dropped our bags off at his sweet apartment and headed out for a day of price checking and …
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Chasing the Naked Thai Thief and Other Thailand Tales – This and That
It feels right to be back in a country where people drive on the left side of the road. After Vietnam, it was a nice change to be back in Thailand where everyone is nice…even the shopkeepers. Shortly after our return I asked a cop for directions and he wrote …
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Chasing the Naked Thai Thief and Other Thailand Tales – Photos and Videos
Travel photography and stories from backpacking adventures in Thailand, SouthEast Asia.
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Greetings From Thailand!
Greetings from Vietnam where, as always, I’m trying hard to get back up to date on these bloggings. Since I last wrote we have finished up Laos and Cambodia, though this entry is all about the end of our time in Thailand. Highlights include three days and two nights trekking …
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Trekking Through the Jungles of Northern Thailand
It was too cold to trek in India or Nepal. Too out of the way in Sri Lanka. We didn’t have enough time in Malaysia. So, when we arrived in Chang Mai, the home of trekking in Thailand, we decided to splurge and take Mr. Whiskey’s “non-touristic” three day and …
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Cooking Like a Thai
Chang Mai is a staple on the tourist circuit of Thailand and it’s easy to see why. While the city itself is a sprawling mass of houses and shops, the main square is a 2 square kilometer area surrounded by a moat and filled with temples, monasteries and history. We …
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Golden Dagobas, Forest Monasteries and Motorbiking in the Rain
The day after our cooking class we rented a motorbike and headed to the outskirts of Chang Mai to visit a couple of temples that would have cost us 5x more to visit by tuk tuk. Our first stop was the Wat Doi Suthep: a monastery atop a mountain centered …
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Meditating in the Forest Monastery of Wat Umong
The Wat Umong meditation retreat story begins with a quest for two plain white tee shirts, as requested by the monk, from the Chang Mai night market. Knowing that we would literally use them for one day then ditch them, we didn’t want to spend too much. Frustrations grew as …
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Crossing the Border…and the Mekong…into Laos
Land border crossings vary from country to country. To get into Singapore and Malaysia we had to enter big buildings with lots of security and lines and have our bags screened by x-ray machines. Before entering Thailand we had to pass a health examination. And then there was Laos. Six …
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Jungle Treks, Cooking Classes and Meditating at a Monastery – This and That
One of the many things that kept us awake and laughing during our night at the local village on our jungle trek was a cat in heat who meow’ed loud and often…especially when it thought the two-stringed instrument Mr. Ton was playing was another cat and would reply to every …
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Jungle Treks, Cooking Classes and Meditating at a Monastery in Chang Mai – Photos and Videos
PHOTOS: Chang Mai, Cooking class and Jungle Trek Crossing the Thailand/Laos border VIDEOS Monks chanting in the rain at Wat Umong, the Forest Monastery in Chang Mai, Thailand Chang Mai Jungle Trek Carrie does a Tarzan Chang Mai Jungle Trek Elephant ride Chang Mai Jungle Trek Hot air balloon liftoff …
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The Full Moon Party in Thailand: The Biggest and Best Party in the World
We first heard about the full moon party in Central America and were very intrigued. Billed as the biggest and best party in the world, or at least Southeast Asia, it was something that we couldn’t miss. So, after missing it when we were in Thailand back in April, we …
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Getting to the Full Moon Party
With our new friends Claire and Karen in tow, Carrie and I left the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia at 7:30am to head to Koh Phangan, Thailand, for the Full Moon Party. Referred to as the best and biggest party in the world, we had based our entire schedule for Malaysia …
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Posted in ..Border Crossing, Full Moon Party: The Biggest and Best Party in the World, Highlights, Malaysia, My Favorites, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, Transportation, Transportation Woes
Tagged Boat, Koh Phangan, Malaysia, Motorcycle, Perhentian Islands, taxi, Train, Train Travel, Trains
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We're Here…Let's Full Moon Party!
Imagine a beach with a few hundred feet between the water and a row of bars roughly a quarter mile long. Each bar is blasting music at concert volumes and selling buckets full of alcohol to anyone regardless of age or level of intoxication. Add some blacklights, body painting, glow …
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The Dark Side of the Full Moon
While the sunrise every morning was absolutely beautiful, the scene in front of it was not. As soon as it got light enough to see without a flashlight the locals came out in packs to scavenge. Lots of partiers had passed out on the beach and if anything had fallen …
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