Ever wanted to do an extreme walk or something?

[bignok]

I feel like walking from Bangkok to Phuket. It would take some planning.

[bob smith]

  On 10/11/2023 at 2:59 PM, bignok said:

I feel like walking from Bangkok to Phuket. It would take some planning.

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they have daily flights, you know..

[bignok]

  On 10/11/2023 at 3:02 PM, bob smith said:

they have daily flights, you know..

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Thats soft

[dingdongrb]

I'll do the 'or something':

 

Relax in my recliner while pounding Lao Dark brews, packing bong hits, and watching TV.....

[bignok]

832km

[persimmon]

Walking on the roadside for that distance ? Chances of making it unscathed to the end must be slim to none .

[VocalNeal]

I had a diseased acquaintance who water skied from Pattaya to Ayutthaya. He did it in stages but...

[Gottfrid]

  On 10/11/2023 at 3:06 PM, bignok said:

832km

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Yep! Therein was the madness.

[Gottfrid]

  On 10/11/2023 at 3:09 PM, VocalNeal said:

I had a diseased acquaintance

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Does that mean you do not have now? Has he came back?

[stoner]

how long would you be away for ? 

[bignok]

  On 10/11/2023 at 3:36 PM, stoner said:

how long would you be away for ? 

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Will you miss me?

[stoner]

  On 10/11/2023 at 3:37 PM, bignok said:

Will you miss me?

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i'll let you know when you get back. 

[1FinickyOne]

There was a Thai musician a few years ago who ran the distance, South to North - he had a van and an entourage following close by... he was raising money for country government hospitals - - I gave 1000 baht and so did my wife -  I cheered him as he went past. 

 

As to me, I had thoughts about doing something similar - - but I felt better in the morning. 

[Fab5BKK]

I'm planning to do "Le Puy en Velay - Saint Jacques de Compostelle" next year

 

[soi3eddie]

  On 10/11/2023 at 2:59 PM, bignok said:

I feel like walking from Bangkok to Phuket. It would take some planning.

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You'd have plenty of time to plan on the route. I wouldn't try to do it all in one day. 

If anyone saw the YouTuber Walk3r do Bangkok to Cha Am/Hua Hin in 3 days. Why hurry?

 

 

[save the frogs]

yep, and get mauled by stray dogs in the middle of nowhere.

 

[biervoormij]

This was in the news a few months ago. The link I found is from a site not allowed on here so just a bit of the text.

 

British expat James Lee Valentine went on a 1,000km journey to raise money for children. Valentine, 59, wanted to raise 1 million baht for Take Care Kids, a children's foundation based in Pattaya. The walk from Pattaya to Phuket covered 1,050km. The 48-day walk ended on June 6.

[mania]

That would only be extreme if you did it in the Hot season...And Barefoot ????

[soi3eddie]

  On 10/11/2023 at 5:23 PM, mania said:

That would only be extreme if you did it in the Hot season...And Barefoot ????

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Seeing the forest monks walking barefoot on the roads makes me wonder how they can do it. Hot enough with shoes. 

 

[scubascuba3]

Roads will be boring, do a 3 day trek in Chiang Mai or Mae Hong Hong, pass through villages, long necks, elephants, rafting, whatever

[bob smith]

  On 10/11/2023 at 4:51 PM, save the frogs said:

yep, and get mauled by stray dogs in the middle of nowhere.

 

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That would be my fear here too. 
 

especially in the middle of the night.. 

 

make sure to get your rabies shots! ????

[bignok]

  On 10/11/2023 at 11:44 PM, bob smith said:

That would be my fear here too. 
 

especially in the middle of the night.. 

 

make sure to get your rabies shots! ????

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Walking in the middle of the night?

[2baht]

  On 10/11/2023 at 2:59 PM, bignok said:

I feel like walking from Bangkok to Phuket. It would take some planning.

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Will this be before or after your 4 year meditation retreat???

[bob smith]

  On 10/11/2023 at 11:50 PM, bignok said:

Walking in the middle of the night?

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are you taking your tent with you?

[Crossy]

  On 10/11/2023 at 5:23 PM, mania said:

That would only be extreme if you did it in the Hot season...And Barefoot ????

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And backwards!

[VocalNeal]

  On 10/11/2023 at 3:16 PM, Gottfrid said:

Does that mean you do not have now? Has he came back?

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Good question. He is dead. So maybe correctly? I had an acquaintance who is now dead.???? 

[spidermike007]

That would have to be timed with mild weather. The rainy season would be a good time to do it. 

 

Just saw the movie the Long Rider, about a guy who rode a horse from Alberta to Brazil. Took around 19 months. Amazing accomplishment. 

[IndomitableSpirit]

If you have a German friend, take him/her with you! My German friends taught me how to power walk and I'm addicted to walking now.????????

[bignok]

  On 10/12/2023 at 6:26 AM, IndomitableSpirit said:

If you have a German friend, take him/her with you! My German friends taught me how to power walk and I'm addicted to walking now.????????

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Use a battery?

[ignore it]

Yeah well,

I'm getting so old and creaky that going over and walking around Big C Extra takes some planning.