Not far from Kabinburi - rd 304

Making stools

Chiang Mai

Cough cough, from the dust.... about 10 Safari trucks on the back roads of Samui, the other day!

I waved one down to see how many more to come, not much room to pull over on a motor bike!

^^^ Nice pix SJ.

Question for you though...the 4x4's look like "good trucks". Why are they

on a road and not off the road? Does Samui have any real off road places

left? 20 + years ago there was some good tracks but today???

Just asking...thanks in advance.

^^^ Nice pix SJ.

Question for you though...the 4x4's look like "good trucks". Why are they

on a road and not off the road? Does Samui have any real off road places

left? 20 + years ago there was some good tracks but today???

Just asking...thanks in advance.

There are miles of back roads on Samui, still, one can get to every corner on the island on back roads~ !!!

Not for the faint of heart, some areas are what one would describe as "white knuckle" drives!

Many farms and "small holdings" up in the centre of the island have to use them every day.... still no electric up there, but it is being worked on!

Nice views up there too... this is Lamai from above!

It can be 10 degrees cooler up in there hills!

View of Choeng Mong Area

DAL has done "Jim's Back road tours" a couple of times now...on motorbike! ....so have many others!

Safari Trucks are a better option for some! There are dozens of them around the island!

This is one of the eight visitors from the great white north, I have had this year, so far....(two more to come!)

Even him first time driving a bike managed "Jungle Route 360 back roads this week..on a Scoppy bike........ his wife chickened out!

SJ...Thanks for the info...was just wondering since the road the safari trucks

are on looks like the road to our house from the coast road...a car can easily

do it! Except the road to our house is flat....Kinda also reminded me of Urban

Cowboys back in LA in the late 70's who had great looking 4x4 pickups that

never saw one meter of "real" off road usage!

Urban Cowboy 4x4...

"Real" 4x4...

Preparing a stand for a new Buddha statue which is arriving and being installed on Monday.

Old girl next door picking the small mangoes

Pattaya a few days ago , along the railway line

Packing up the gear after a good days birding . . .

Doi Inthanon - Summit

A friend of mine, me and my wife and our daughter at Doi_Inthanon summit ;

my friend and I went there on our MTB

https://plus.google.com/photos/107173959856674404808/photo/6123427626647408578

Wood delivery!

The sunny side is lava.

20150226-P2260100.jpg by pekkaoilinki, on Flickr

^ nice levitation . .

Feet on the ground here! Maenam Samui!

Anyone wanting charcoal today ?

Looks like "Mama" is enjoying her own chicken!

Big storm last night in Udon Thani;

The podium for Happy New Year chinese festival falled down blocking half Po_Si Avenue

Anyone Know of any view points to get above the base of the building below?

Tried today unsuccessfully going to try again with Thai friend and try and bribe my way onto some rooftop^^

MahaNakhon building by mrhitchens, on Flickr

Cheese it sis...they're outta ice cream....

Fisherman's Village Bophut, Samui .... (today)

Watch out for the two footed monkey!