Today Total: 6k
Week Total: 11k
Month Total: TBA
Year Total: TBA
We arrived at Thong Pha Phum today at 3.00pm by songteow (a ute with 2 parallel benches in the back) and while everybody rushed for the airconditioning (we've been without it for 2 days) I headed out for a run in 41 degree heat.
3k out of town and half my water was gone so time to turn back around and head in - the view of the jagged mountain tops which are the back drop to the town was stunning.
All up 6k in 36.07 - really happy to have got this one in.
Yesterday was a huge day. Based on the lake at Sangkhlaburi we had cruise in a long boat to a pick up point and we drove to a very small Karen village for our hephalump ride. Elephants are way cool animals and I elected to ride back with out guide whilst the others came back by bamboo raft.
The afternoon was a trip to 3 Pagoda Pass right on the border with Burma and saw some of the relics of the Burma Thai railway. Then some temples, a Mon village and an orphanage. We also walked across the longest wooden bridge in Thailand - some 850m.
So it was a pretty weary group that arrived back at the guesthouse.
Today we visited a Karen village and played with the school kids and looked at how the villagers sustain themselves - very educational and humbling.
Looks like a storm heading in which might bring a bit of relief.... Well till it stops anyway :-)
7 comments:
Holy hell, 41 degrees. So what do the rest of the group think about you running in those conditions?
Did you spot Bradgelina at the orphanage?
Hephalumps! Cool!!! Geez, 41 degrees, not pleasant but always good for some extra conditioning!
I have started to think that maybe you are crazy - running in 41 degrees:) The elephant ride sounds like fun but I'm not envious of the humidity. A nice cool 21 here this morn.
Cool stuff. I hope you have some photos of those mountains.
41 - that's nothing. It was 48 in Death Valley. When you get back, it'll be 10 at Hellgate Gorge :)
You surely are mad to be out running in 41 degree heat!
Wow, I love reading about all this stuff 2P - elephants, temples, Buddha in many poses... and a run in 41deg! Unbelievable! Sounds like a fantastic trip, hope we get to see some photos!
Take care, MAR.
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