The Siamerican

Lying in bed waiting for the 10 minute snooze delay to re-remind me of the days plans, few birds chirp above the rare, quiet and dark Bangkok neighborhood outside. Finally committing to follow through, I maneuver out of bed and begin the task of adjourning myself for public commute.

Before two months ago, showering, brushing and [...]

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It’s been one month since the start of my new life. An entire moon after my accident, I mope in sorrow, soaking in every painful breath– returning from a university mid term examination, a cloud of haunting regrets about that peculiar waning January Wednesday encases my pride within the sufficing  small studio [...]

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Family, Friends, Foes, and world at large, the following message from the SW outlines a major turning point in his 25th year

I am writing you this message with my one good hand. My left arm-hand’s function was jeopardized in an accident 10 days ago one late, weary drive back from post academic trivial socializing, when [...]

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This post contains several pictures taken in Phanga province, along highway 4 from Phanga city to Tup Put (Boot) district in southern Thailand. Images taken of Scenic Tropical Mountains using small Nokai camera phone.

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Yesterday, Saturday, the sixth day of December, 2008, approaching an evenly waxing moon, the Siamerican Wanderer made a snap decision to hop on the bike southbound to visit family, and secondarily, to free his mind with the road and wind in preparation for redundant university examinations  after next week.

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By Saturday night, the walls in the 30 square meter Southeast side Bangkok living-working box began to close in. Motorbike in mind, on snap impulse, SW packed a three day change of clothes onto his reliable two-wheeled transport machine, and set off towards the goal of embarking, surviving and conquering the modern route to his [...]

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Exactly one week prior to the publishing of this entry, Sunday, November 2nd, 2008, the Siamerican Wanderer had departed Bangkok to settle at Muak-lek Paradise Resort in Saraburi province, central Thailand for a five night, five day draining yet fulfilling outing; the long hot days and cool short nights in the wooded foothills nearing Kao [...]

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With the little Nokia 2260 300k pixel camera, the Siamerican Wanderer was able to snap a few images here and there, but not to the justice that such a trip deserves. Following are a few of those pics. Coming soon will be a link to more colorful pictures from the trip’s professional photographer, Steve after [...]

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And now that midterm exams are behind, there is one more week of classes before a two week break. The SW has started dialogue with a few parties about driving down to Phuket on the bike again. The SW was planning to go see his son there anyhow when he recieved an inquiry from an [...]

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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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