The Journey(s) of Ian

As part of my ongoing quest to visit every Thai province and every Lak Mueang in Thailand I visited the two remaining 'day trip' provinces to the east of Bangkok. Originally, the plan was Mo Chit bus terminal outwards, but a friendly taxi driver offered to take me there and back for 1500 baht ~ $50. A taxi maximizes my chance of doing two provinces in one day, plus it makes a driver very happy. First Nakon. The closest, and on the way to Prac. 1 hour plus to Nakhon. pop. 20k? Burbs and rice farms most of the way. Nakon is a small quiet town of rice farmers and light industry. Very few farang. Spent three hours or so here, snaps and general looking around. Prachinburi was a 20 min drive to the south east of Nakon. pop 20k? Rice farms and light industry all the way. The road was fairly busy, the route to Cambo, and the Songkran time of the year. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone. :) Location: Central east Thailand.

Over the last two decades gps units have decreased in price, increased in accuracy (no small part due to Prez Bill Clinton’s decision to turn off the ‘inaccuracy’ in the civilian version of the us mil controlled gps service. Bill—he was a president to be proud of), and gained in functionality. These beneficial advances have given rise to many different improvements in our daily existence: navigation, the saving of lives, etc., however, as always, technology has produced a beneficial effect in our recreational life (but this time not sex). The rise of the gps has also given rise to gps based recreational activities. Today I will discuss two of these: geocaching and waymarking. The two are related, but the first—geocaching, is the more prominent. In its simplest form one obtains a gps spot from a website, navigates to that spot, and then records the site in a log. Not too exciting you might ask, well you would be wrong if you answered in the affirmative. One must plan, think, and hunt t...