I am Jim Geier.

This blog is about my journey to Chiang Mai, Thailand in December 2013 and January 2014. The intent is to discuss what I did each day and post a picture or two of what I saw or places visited.

These first posts cover the prelude to the actual journey to Chiang Mai, some of the background to my making this journey and related events leading up to the journey.

I first visited Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2003 as a side trip while in Thailand for the Bangkok International Film Festival. I visited in 2006, again as a side trip from the film festival in Bangkok.

In 2010, I injured my right arm, and that caused me to dramatically reduce my yoga practice as well as stop cycling, something I had been doing for many years. In mid-2011, my arm seemed to be healing, so I signed up for a two-week  yoga workshop, led by Desiree Rumbaugh and Andrew Rivin, to be in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand and a few days in Siem Reep, Cambodia (near the Angkor Wat). That was a fabulous trip, and a significant reminder of Thailand and why I loved Thailand so much.

Next — more background…