The Thai dog In Thailand one sees dogs everywhere; outside shops, homes, in the fields and even in the busiest street you will find a dog just casually lying down licking his nuts, oblivious the juggernaut of traffic heading down on him. They seem to own the spot.

Daily feasts. We had spent most of the first day when we landed buying cooking gear. Tables, chairs, gas cooker, the odd pot, wash-up bowls etc. What a wasted exercise, (blew a sum of our precious budget). With most of these adventures getting food is such a mission. Thailand, what

Heading out north We have finally negotiated our way out north east of Bangkok and are heading towards Ayutthaya which we hope to skirt to the east as well. Then we will cut in west and join some smaller farm roads that we have seen that run

Sleeping? We were under the impression that finding a campsite was going to be no issue, but it’s a serious mission at the moment. Our lack of communication is the biggest issue. It seems whatever we try and explain comes out the wrong way and we are

Day 1 Finally in Thailand Walking out of the plane it felt as if some one had left the oven door open. It’s seriously hot here and then there is the humidity. The run is going to be, let’s say interesting. With our mountain of baggage we

The first journey was my beginning to this life changing event beginning all those 10 years ago (and so the numbers roll), when I put on my running shoes for the first time in Jiayaguwan in the Gobi desert region of NW china.   It was down on

Looking back over my shoulder, through the dust at the fading footprints that I have left across this planet – the rugged mountains that I have climbed crested with snow caps and clothed in spinney shale. Proud they stand in the morning light as the clouds

There is the saying, the stars are aligned or beginning to align – but not only the stars, then there is the numerical side as well.   In the Asian countries numbers play a big part in people's lives; superstition, luck, back home here in SA as well,

Thailand Ultra and the Power of 10   So what is this all about?   To run the 100 km Thailand Ultra Marathon, known as the "Beast", recently rated by Red Bull as the 5 th hardest Ultra marathon in Asia is a tough challenge, but there is a twist.