Month: December 2015

First Partial Day In Bangkok

2016 Thailand

Sunday, December 27, 2015 Settling In, Getting Dinner I am in Bangkok. It seemed to take a long time to get here, and while I have often arrived in the middle of the night, there is familiarity to everything I am doing. The big question is will I get adjusted to the local time, and how difficult will it be? I got to my room in the InterContinental Hotel, and the room is familiar, looking […]

Details of the Journey and the Journey Begins

2016 Thailand

The general goal of the journey to Thailand is to do yoga and meditation, work half-time, and walk around visiting temples and other places I have come to love. I walk around a lot while in Thailand, so I’ll use that walking to break in the hiking shoes I am planning to use on the Camino de Santiago in April. I do not have very much of an agenda for my short stay in Bangkok, […]

Some Background to My Return to Chiang Mai

2016 Thailand

My first visit to Chiang Mai, Thailand was 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, causing a dramatic reduction of my yoga practice as well as completely stopping cycling, something I had been doing for many years. In mid-2011, my arm seemed better, and signed […]