Trips and Travel

[T4920]

It's been a bloody long journey, but I'm finally approaching my final destination in Thailand after over 30 hours of travel.

Managed to sneak an hour of sleep on the second flight, but strangely enough I've kinda trancended the tiredness and am feeling ready to enjoy my evening upon arrival...

First came to Thailand in 2014, and completely fell in love with the North of country. COVID aside, I've been back every year since.

I'll be staying in my favourite town of Pai for a week, before flying down south to meet a friend on Koh Samui for some diving and New Year's festivities. After that were coming back up north for another 9 nights!

Feel blessed to have three weeks off work, but my friend managed to get five weeks off, he always has to one up me ...

[Giles]

Stay safe and have a blast....

[ARNC]

@T4920 I think everyone has a friend like that. Still three weeks is pretty good going, and there’s plenty of time to get up to the right kind of no good!

[Denman John]

@T4920 Glad to hear you made it safe! What’s the weather like in Pai now?

[Mizmazzle]

@T4920 have a blast dude!!

[T4920]

@Denman-John around 25/6c during the daytime, but cools down a lot at night. Set to get warmer over Christmas and New Year though!

I love the variety of food you can get here. Currently waiting on Birria Tacos for breakfast, and am quietly confident that they're gonna be 'the best thing I've eaten in my life' as most meals tend to be here...

[Mister_Brue]

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[T4920]

Little photo dump.

I love this town and there's nowhere I'd rather spend my Christmas!

[Denman John]

@T4920 Thanks for sharing the pictures - looks amazing. I should be there in about 10 days or so, give or take. In Pokhara now and heading to Chitwan National Park before heading back to Kathmandu to fly out. Will keep in touch.

[Denman John]

A few more pictures from Nepal.

[T4920]

@Denman-John amazing, will definitely be there at the same time as you then!

I'm in Phuket right now, just met a friend and heading to Samui tomorrow.

Will be getting back to Pai on 2/3 Jan

[SKT]

@Denman-John lovely pics. Hopefully this doesn’t sound dim but they truly convey a sense of place. Thanks for sharing.

[endo]

@Denman-John is that a foto or a painting? That's so beautiful. And what mountain is it? I definitely hear the mountains calling when seeing this.

[Denman John]

@SKT Thanks man, much appreciated! I’ve been trekking on trail for 10 days and tried to round out the pictures. One thing I conveniently left out were stairs … so many stairs …

[Mister_Brue]

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[Denman John]

@endo Thank you sir. All the pictures are straight from my phone camera, unedited. That is Annapurna South (7219m) taken from Poon Hill lookout station. I climbed about an hour in the dark to make it up there for sunrise and it was so worth it! The colours of the mountains started changing so fast as the sun came up. I also have a video, but can’t seem to figure how to post it here. It’s posted on my Instagram story if you’re interested …

[endo]

very beautiful, seems worth the early climb ️

[ROman]

@Denman-John Great pics again and thanks for posting.

[Twistlock]

@Denman-John , stunning pics, thanks for sharing!

[Giles]

Me not going on a fishing holiday. I should be able to squeeze that in without P noticing