Awoken early once again by the noise of Khon Kaen (my room has no windows, just mosiqutio net sellotaped over the gap in the wall) I left to go to Ubon . Arriving at the bus station, tired and aggravated, I hopped on the bus, which luckily was their waiting for me. It was a sign from god! I hopped on board opposite two bike rider travelers Mike and Michael from Canada and started happily speaking about each others journeys. The trip was a long one, slowed down by morning traffic we arrived at roughly 3pm in Ubon Ratchathani . It was a nice ...
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So here it is, the last day of the ''2008 Thailand International Balloon Festival''. I woke early this morning (5am) for an AM flight with John Wigglesworth in his Broody Balloon. It was a great morning for a flight as well, winds were relatively strong, but in the right direction so we went for it. The flight itself was perfect we got a great direction and did some contour flying, my favourite type! Sadly as we landed, we cancelled our first possible option for a field further on, with better access. As we approached and committed however we noticed a spikey , cactus looking ...
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After an early wake up this morning we went to find us a scooter. We planned to go to the T iger Temple, Bridge Over the River Kwai and a temple South of Kanchanaburi , so a scooter was very much needed. After bartering, we managed to get one for 150 Bh (three pounds). We started of by going to the Dragon's Temple (Wat in Thai) it was impressive, the views outstanding. Although we were conned at first, by being forced to watch a lady float in water for 5 minutes, it was an amazing sight. There was a large set of stairs leading ...
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After a relatively late night, speak to Irish, Germans and French I woke up early this morning to go on a walk to the famous Sculpture Park, named Salakaewkoo. It was built over a period of 20 years by a Laos Sculpture by the name of: Luang Poo Boun Leua Sourirat. He came to Thailand in 1974 with fear that he was was going to be prosecuted and punished if he stayed in Laos for his 'extreme' thoughts and art as the country turned communist. The park itself is an eye opening, mind boggling area of trees which has a heavy sprinkle of concrete ...
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So I apologize in advance about the lack of information and detail I give for the last three days of this school. The thing is however, it's private, there was a class of 8 in total and the school/classes were our sacred place and I've got to respect that. I can however tell you the general idea of what we did. The classes were about 7hrs a day, and we'd meditate 4 times during the day as well. The concept being that we'd have our own space and think about life and our current situation and then just paint, no thought needed, just the ...
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