The Siamerican

Initially, the Siamerican’s plan was to drive the Kawasaki 130 cc from Bangkok to Phuket, as he did back in March. The plans and logistics have slightly changed. Now he will haul the motorbike some 200 kilometers to Pattaya later on this morning. There, he will join his American comrade, ex Marine turned anthropologist, Klaus […]

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Readers and followers of this Thai American blog, please forgive the delayed updates here from the Thai capital, as the Siamerican Wanderer has been swamped with work and academics.

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After being in Phuket for more than a week, the Siamerican finally decided it was time to get some swimming in at the beach, one of his last chances before he has to make the drive back up to Bangkok early Monday morning.
Waking up, he weighed out the beach verses some window shopping at Big […]

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Settling back down her in Phuket for five days now, about half way through this semi vacation. Most of the time has been spent at the inlaws pad, spending time with the son, television, and computer, while the kid’s mom is off at work. Kid’s grandma is here sewing away, while the brother in law […]

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008; early evening
Today, the Siamerican has aspired to finally embark on what has been an often anticipated and heavily considered journey; To drive his Kawasaki ZX130 street moped from Bangkok down and across Thailand’s peninsular Isthmus of Kra to the island of Phuket demands some 900 kilometers (aprox 540 miles) of sharp […]

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After class, the Siamerican went to the Bangkok University city campus gym with plans to shoot around the basketball. Upon entering the locker room, he noticed a white note on his locker, as well as a dozen others which had locks. The note was all in Thai and read:
นักศึกษาท่านใดนำกุญแจมาล็อคตู้ล็อคเกอร์
กรุณานำของออกจากตู้ล็อคเกอร์ด้วย
ถ้าท่านใดไม่ปฏิบัติตาม
แผนกกีฬาจะทำการงัดตู้ล็อคเกอร์
แล้วให้นักศึกษาติดต่ออาจารย์แผนกกีฬา
…which is a warning note from […]

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While hundreds and thousands of lovebirds look forward to this day of love, across the Thai capital, nation, region, and globe at large, the Siamerican wakes up in his quiet and lonely apartment on the east side of Krungthep, yearning for some kind of action or sign.
Waking up 7.30ish, there’s some girls’ voices nearby, it […]

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A big part of this Friday was spent writing, and conducting the report for Social Stats class, which a presentation along with the report is due Saturday morning. Well, it’s now almost midnight, and the Siamerican has completed everything. The report itself turned out to be 20 pages, which was mostly bar graphs and table […]

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The Siamerican Wanderer has embarked on his longest and furthest motorbike venture yet�6 hours on the motorbike covering over 400 kilometers through the kingdom�s breast up into the Korat Plateau, to one of Thailand�s largest cities, Nakorn Ratchisima, the gateway to Northeastern Thailand–on a personal challenge of endurance, spontaneity, and of course, leisure.

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