Thursday, January 12, 2017 A Haircut in Chiang Mai and the Walk Back Every year that I have been in Chiang Mai, there is a lady named Eva from Estonia who is also here. I met Eva through Rose of Wild Rose Yoga, and Eva cuts hair…Yay! I need a bit of a trim after having been away from home for more than three weeks. So I contacted Eva through Facebook (many people here use […]
Monday, January 9, 2017 Walking to the Flower Market and Wat Kate Karam There was a small break in the rainy weather today, so I headed out on a longer walk. My intention was to walk from the old city down to Warorot Market (Kad Luang), walk by the flower market, and then across the new walking bridge over the Ping River to Wat Kate Karam. Walking to Warorot Market Along the road from the […]
Thursday, January 5, 2017 Off to Lunch in the Old City Today was rainy and cloudy again. I did find a dry patch on which to sit for my morning meditation at Wat Chedi Luang, but it was still a little wet everywhere. Then it was breakfast and then yoga at Wild Rose Yoga with Ploy, a Thai teacher with the most beautiful poses. Ploy is elegant in her transitions between poses, settling into an […]
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 A first Walk Around the Wall & Moat Today, after a few days of rain, there are clouds but the rain has not come today. I go to yoga class at Wild Rose Yoga every day for about 90-120 minutes, and after yoga class today, I ventured out and embarked on a walk around the circumference of the wall. Chiang Mai was built as a walled city, with a moat around […]
Monday, January 2, 2017 Welcome 2017 in Chiang Mai I have been in Chiang Mai for a couple of days now, and it is nice to be in a familiar place even with many small and a few large changes. The weather has been dark, cool, and rainy, and has dampened my mood and spirit somewhat. I have walked over to Wat Chedi Luang for my morning meditation at the foot of the large chedi […]
Friday, December 30, 2016 Traveling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai Today is a travel day, and while there are a few interesting sights a long the way, I am generally too busy with managing my luggage to have my camera out and ready to take pictures. The day started in the Intercontinental with a breakfast similar to that I had yesterday at the large breakfast buffet. After a slightly lingering breakfast, it was up to […]
Thursday December 29, 2016 A Full Day of Sightseeing in Bangkok I shall only be in Bangkok one full day. After breakfast tomorrow, I will finish packing and return to the Bangkok airport via the sky train and Airport Rail Link for the fairly short flight to Chiang Mai. with only one full day, there are two things I always like to see, Wat Pho with the large Reclining Buddha, and Wat Arun, the first […]
Monday, December 26, 2016 The Journey Begins I apologize for not posting for almost a week — my adjustment to Thailand time (15 hours ahead of Pacific time) has been slow, my energy level has been low, which translates to little motivation for writing (or maybe I have writer’s block). Now my energy is returning even after two very challenging yoga classes, so here we go. The journey from Los Angeles to Thailand starts for […]
Greetings! I am Jim Geier. This blog is a record of my fifth successive winter in Bangkok & Chiang Mai, Thailand in late December 2016 and January 2017. The intent is to share my journey, a little of what I did each day with a few pictures of what I saw, the places visited, and the food I ate. I have been to Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand for 4-5 weeks each of the previous […]
January 26, 2016 I started this blog with one of my favorite quotes about the journey, and I’m reminded of it today as I contemplate my journey home, one of my favorite quotations, the last sentence in a book named “Up Country” by Nelson DeMille: The journey home is never a direct route; it is, in fact, always circuitous, and somewhere along the way, we discover that the journey is more significant than the destination, and that […]
January 25, 2016 After the rain on Sunday, a cold front moved in overnight, and it is cold today – unusually cold and rainy. The staff at 3-Sis put me in touch with a woman from Bulgaria who wanted information on meditation. Since they see me going over to Wat Chedi Luang for my morning meditation, they thought me to be something of an expert. I am flattered, but consider myself a relative beginner. I […]
January 23-24, 2016 On the flight from Los Angeles to SE Asia, I reflected a bit on my goals for the month in Thailand. One wish was that I have some time to work on inversions, headstand (sirsasana), forearm stand (pincha-mayurasana), and handstand (ado mukha vrksasana) maybe before or after yoga classes. During my short time in Bangkok, the highly-touted yoga studio near my hotel was closed for the holidays, so I only did a […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 