About Adventures of a GoodMan
My name is Greg Goodman, and this is the magazine of my life.
. . . .Through it, I invite you to join me on a virtual photographic trip around the world, complimented by stories and multimedia from the road.
Think of the site as my answer to the age-old question: I traveled; now what?
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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 Chiang 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
Chiang 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
Motorbiking around Chiang Mai with my wife led us to a pair of beautiful monasteries with golden dagobas and Buddhas hidden in the dense forest.
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Meditating in the Forest Monastery of Wat Umong: Chiang Mai
Wat Umong – Chiang Mai’s Forest Monastery The Wat Umong meditation retreat story begins with a quest for two plain white tee shirts from the Chang Mai, Thailand, night market, as requested by the monk who took our RSVP. Knowing that we would literally use them for one day then …
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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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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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Hello Pretty Lady…Boy. Are Those Your Flip Flops?
Thailand is filled with lady boys: men who either dress like women or who are in some stage of actually becoming a woman through surgery. Most times they are easy to pick out of a crowd, though some have had so much work done or had such a feminine physique …
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Leaving the Full Moon Party is an Adventure Too
We spent the night dancing and having a blast before going to bed at around 8am. Reuben returned. Karen came back. But where was Claire? This was the question we were still asking at 7pm when I hopped onto the back of a motorcycle driven by a Thai friend I …
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The Full Moon Party: The Biggest and Best Party in the World – This and That
People in costumes everywhere Our train ride from the Thai border to Surat Thani may have been the buggiest ever. At one point or another we must have had every single type of insect known to man fly, fall or land on us. A guy walking down the aisle of …
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The Full Moon Party: The Biggest and Best Party in the World – Photos and Videos
The photo links: Getting to the full moon party The full moon party The videos: Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand – Fire jump rope at 5am Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand – Blacklight body painting Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand – Firedancing with a double sided light …
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Living it Up in Southern Thailand
After leaving Bangkok we spent a few weeks scuba diving, relaxing, looking all over town for tours, visiting beautiful islands and partying it up in Phuket. Oh, and my personal favorite…a visit to James Bond Island. We’re currently in Bali, Indonesia, and will soon be heading to Malaysia…but for now, …
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No Public Transportation For You. Next!
“Can you help me? I seem to have gotten lost in southwest Thailand and am trying to find my way back onto the backpacking trail.” These are the types of thoughts that Carrie and I have had lately after our visit to the Andaman coast. It started in Krabi, where …
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Living on a Boat and Scuba Diving With Manta Rays and a Whale Shark
The Similan Islands off the Andaman (west) coast of Thailand is home to some of the best scuba diving in the world. One of the best ways to experience this is to live on a boat for a few days, which we were determined to do. Unfortunately, the rainy season …
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Fuck It! We’re Going to Phuket.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist the bad titlepun, though I now know it’s actually pronounced “poo-kit.” Anyway, for years I had heard that if I ever made it to Thailand, Phuket was the place to go to have fun. So, despite having done all that research on tours in Krabi, Carrie …
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Couchsurfing, Timeshares and a Night Out in Phuket
Carrie and I hate the tourist scene. Plain and simple. So, upon arriving in Patong, the tourist mecca of Phuket, we quickly logged onto Couchsurfing to find a local to give us the real scoop on the town, the party scene and the best boat tours. After exchanging a few …
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Boat Tours, Limestone Crags and James Bond Island
As I mentioned earlier, Carrie and my main goals for tours in Phuket were to see the limestone rock crags that jut out of the waters nearby…and for me to see James Bond Island. Since I was a young boy, James Bond has had an important role in my life. …
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A Day at the Office and Abandoned in a Monastery in Bangkok
An hour and 40 minutes later, the four of us were still sitting in the basement, sweating, joking and swatting away mosquitoes with no sign of the monk. We finally banded together and went upstairs, where the monk was just sitting around. He said, “are you done?”
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- Welcome to Thailand – A Culture Shock Coming From India
- Celebrating Thai New Year With a Huge Water Fight
- Civil Unrest and Meeting the Red Shirts
- The Most Disgusting, Slummy and Awful Place I’ve Ever Stayed…for Five Days
- Thank Heaven for 7-Eleven
- Meat on a Stick…And Other Tasty Treats
- We Saw Other Stuff in Bangkok Too!
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- Living it Up in Southern Thailand
- No Public Transportation For You. Next!
- Living on a Boat and Scuba Diving With Manta Rays and a Whale Shark
- Fuck It! We’re Going to Phuket.
- Couchsurfing, Timeshares and a Night Out in Phuket
- Boat Tours, Limestone Crags and James Bond Island
- A Day at the Office and Abandoned in a Monastery in Bangkok
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- The Full Moon Party in Thailand: The Biggest and Best Party in the World
- Getting to the Full Moon Party
- We're Here…Let's Full Moon Party!
- The Dark Side of the Full Moon
- Hello Pretty Lady…Boy. Are Those Your Flip Flops?
- Leaving the Full Moon Party is an Adventure Too
- The Full Moon Party: The Biggest and Best Party in the World – This and That
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- Greetings From Thailand!
- Trekking Through the Jungles of Northern Thailand
- Cooking Like a Thai
- Golden Dagobas, Forest Monasteries and Motorbiking in the Rain
- Meditating in the Forest Monastery of Wat Umong: Chiang Mai
- Crossing the Border…and the Mekong…into Laos
- Jungle Treks, Cooking Classes and Meditating at a Monastery – This and That
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- Chasing the Naked Thai Thief and Other Thailand Tales
- Waterfalls, Train Rides, an Old Friend and Relaxation on the River Kwai
- Chasing a Naked Thai Thief into the River Kwai at 3am
- The Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak
- Couchsurfing, Clubbing and Shopping in Bangkok
- Chasing the Naked Thai Thief and Other Thailand Tales – This and That
- Chasing the Naked Thai Thief and Other Thailand Tales – Photos and Videos