Post RideForCambodia...SEA ride continues

Safe travels home Joe and Danny. It's been a great sharing your trip with you!
Thanks all, it has been great but it's time to git home and catch up on the "honey doos".
Fali, we met some real nice Sikhs (3) from Punjab? at an Indian restaurant in Pattaya. They were very friendly and we enjoyed chatting as best we could while relying on their english skills. They were very much into their religion and even showed off a pic of their temple in Punjab. Danny got their email address so George if you make it to India you might consider becoming a "full blown" Sikh.
I'm really liking this Indian food so I may try to make some myself as we are not blessed with a great selection of "out of this county" food back home.
Danny, after you left for your flight this place cleared out and became a ghost port. Most of the restaurants closed and it got real quiet. It's amazing the effect you have on people like that.
Wish I could make it to Moonshine but I think I'll have to substitute a 'Betty Burger".
 
Nothing wrong with Betty 'Burgers, Joe. :D

I've been doing my own stir fry since I got home, following my own instincts. Tried one "Thai Curry" recipe I got off the web, it was a real failure. We don't have a good Indian restaurant here either but do have both Chinese and Thai, and lots of Tex-Mex. Seldom go to any of them tho. I'd rather cook my own.

The airport pretty much emptied out for me on that last night too. The observation deck had some action all night long tho... The three young British guys I met up there were good companions.

Let us know when ya get home.
 
AIRPORT FREE WIFI- Beijing, China. Nice place they got here. Sticklers for passport stamps and re-entering security but overall very cordial and friendly. I'm
Here for six hours and my flight doesn't have a gate # yet so I'm parked at the nearest 220 volt outlet with a view of the birds on the ground.
Quite a modern airport ...even has an auto flush on the crouch crapper.
uploadfromtaptalk1365469273445.jpg

...as you can see I am fast running out of things to snap photos of. :)

Via Droid pro & TT2
 
Have a Good fly back home! Thanks for the memories George and Danny.

Lets not forget Skipper Joe, and Raven and all the characters who made this trip fantastic.
...and y'all who followed along making it fun to post updates to. Wouldn't be the same without all the feedback and folks looking at the pics.
 
Lets not forget Skipper Joe, and Raven and all the characters who made this trip fantastic.
...and y'all who followed along making it fun to post updates to. Wouldn't be the same without all the feedback and folks looking at the pics.
Amen, Brother Daniel!!
Speakin of those "squatters", I sorta developed a strange fondness for those and wondered if you could find em in the states? They could be a real conversation piece for many back home if you had one installed. The biggest drawback might be that flushing bucket of water with the dipper pail for the grand finale, eh?? Different, but functional, non the less.
Ah, that pic brings back fond memories of my emergency run during your clutch cable repair job and the mystery meat market.
Made it early to Tokyo and takin full advantage of my last United Club pass. Sushi, soup, edema-me, whine, etc.
Fly safe,
Olegeezer
 
Thanks!:bow1: It was an adventures almost feels as I was there along the ways with you guys..... Good job for posted up of your rides pictures/stories....The most sadden that I couldn't attending these rides myself.... But there shell be another days yet for future adventure somewhere in the world....

Hope to meet up with you guys at some Stoc events this summer to hear/see more of your pictures eh. Thanks! Danny, Joe, George and Raven ! :bow1:
 
Speakin of those "squatters", I sorta developed a strange fondness for those and wondered if you could find em in the states? They could be a real conversation piece for many back home if you had one installed. The biggest drawback might be that flushing bucket of water with the dipper pail for the grand finale, eh?? Different, but functional, non the less.

I'm sure you could add the modern touch of a faucet and hose right next to it... ;)
 
HOME safe and sound.
BEIJING to JFK in 15 hours pinned against the window by a boundary challenged teenage with bad breath.
He kept slouching into my space without a care. I tried doing the same and he didn't seem to care either.
G and I are going out for a bite after all the hubbub.

Via Droid pro & TT2
 
Good news, Danny. Hug Georgette for me. Asian food? <ducking> :D

Should we wait 'til all yur pics are caught up to close this thread. And Joe's. And mine? (still got about a month to do. My bad.)
 
Good news, Danny. Hug Georgette for me. Asian food? <ducking> :D

Should we wait 'til all yur pics are caught up to close this thread. And Joe's. And mine? (still got about a month to do. My bad.)

No reason to close the thread. It'll be the usual "indefinite" for me to get caught up with the hugh amount of video data to mine and edit, pics to caption and expose to the public, etc..

How're you doing with the Sail Boat Chapter? That's the part where I lost all the pics when the data card went missing after my phone came with me snorkeling. Lost maybe 150 great pics of the best time on the whole trip. I have to go over to Best Buys and get that phone replaced soon. Looking forward to see all yours and Joe's pics of that 8 day voyage.

Oh, and BTW....We went for Vietnamese food last night. :)

I'm sure you could add the modern touch of a faucet and hose right next to it... ;)

That would be great, Joe especially enjoyed the hose. ;) We notice that almost every time we hit a toilet, no matter how rough, it would have a hose to get a fresh start. Must be a remnant of the French era.
 
Haven't touched those boat pics yet, 'cept for the few Tag shots. I'll get some free time during the next trip (starting tomorrow), all those pics will be with on the lil' Acer.
 
Danny and George: Great you both came home safe, along with Raven and Joe as well, thanks you all for sharing this amazing trip. :hat3::hat3:
 
Haven't touched those boat pics yet, 'cept for the few Tag shots. I'll get some free time during the next trip (starting tomorrow), all those pics will be with on the lil' Acer.

Throw them up on Google+ and/or Picasa raw. I'll explain them as I remember them. Maybe I can grab and post them if they're "Public".
 
In this GoPro video, our ragged crew are in Bamnak trying to orient ourselves after a three hour platform train ride from Pursat, Cambodia. There are no paved roads near this town and Raven is trying to get us a route to the Aural Falls through all new territory. She is working with her Galaxy S III Android. Would have been nice if I or any of us thought of getting the dismount footage, but I guess we were pretty beat up and just wanted to get everything off the rickety car.
Some of the best videos are missed because our attention is on the situation at hand instead of the camera. I hope to be aware of that fact in the future.

Thanks again to Smash for the use of his GoPro unit for this trip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7zF-OXZJlc&feature=youtu.be
 
Georges Sailboat pics are up ...Woo Hoo!

From+Acer+5715.jpg


Ya, George made sure we ate good! :)

These guys sold us some fresh Prawns that we ate that night.

From+Acer+5699.jpg


These guys declare "It's Leo time"

They also went around this deserted beach picking up several garbage bags of trash that washed up. Kudos to you guys for your environmental preservation efforts.

From+Acer+5713.jpg


A mutiny beaten back with a hug. I won't post the ones I am sure will be deleted by the mods. Actually, I'm not even sure if this one will survive. :)

From+Acer+5751.jpg


Me and Joe take a swim to inspect a faulty depth sensor. I sure enjoyed just swimming around and under this cat. I was pretty much wet for the week and in that swim suit the whole time, when in anything , that is. ;)
From+Acer+5853.JPG


Skipper Joe looks ahead as his helmsman works the tiller extension.
From+Acer+5895.JPG


George Catt tries his hand at handling a cat. He makes it look easy but we were going in circles. ;) LOL Just kidding
From+Acer+5897.JPG


The small tidal creek where I almost got us stranded for a low tide cycle as the water left us while trying to dislodge our craft from the muddy bottom. We got her out with some quick thinking, a bit of sweat and the block and tackle from the main sail to pulley ourselves out of the mud. Oh, the excitement!

I take full responsibility!

From+Acer+5787.JPG


I lead the feisty little craft out to deeper water after we ungrounded ourselves.
While the water was receding from around our grounded vessel, I secured a pulley line to a mangrove stand across the creek with the kayak as Joe and George set the pulley and worked us into water just a few inches deeper where we were again afloat.
These are the GoPro moments we missed because we were busy. Pretty sure it would get deleted anyway due to the audio part. ;)
From+Acer+5791.JPG


Our little Cat home on the water... :)

From+Acer+5866.JPG


This says it all. Great shot George!
From+Acer+5918.JPG


Some folks who got the idea that the movie "The Beach" was real, so they continue the tradition of living life as a party

From+Acer+5933.JPG
 
Last edited by a moderator:
A ride through a tea plantation somewhere in NW Thailand.
[video=youtube;sXZVu-k4J_U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sXZVu-k4J_U[/video]

I'm posting the shortest videos first without going through the arduous editing process. I hope they are fun to watch.
 
That catamaran sail boat tour commanded quite a bit of video time so here is another that's ready for viewing without any edits or music.

I am trying to get the Windows Movie Maker in my tool bag to be able to get the fat out and add the music that will bring the experience up closer to what we felt while sailing these spectacular waters of Phuket, Thailand.


Again, Thank you Smash for the use of the GoPro. I need you to PM me your address so I can send it back to you.
 
These short videos are few compared to the many that'll need editing.
Here is a moment where nothing much is happening yet it is all happening in the moment.
We are crossing open water from one island to another in Phuket under full blown sail and wind power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfonrvv3pN8

Thanks Smash for the GoPro loan
 
Back
Top Bottom