Thailand

I might have titled this A Month of Eating Dangerously or something similarly vague, but I find the specifics just draw one in, don’t they? At England in July the most dangerous thing I ate was clotted cream.

the breakfast of champions, or perhaps we could just call this rocket fuel. My quadracious training program for the Hood to Coast relay race takes a lot out of me, and that’s why I start my days with rum raisin milk.

A few days ago I mentioned my discovery of miang kham and its multifarious flavors. I’ve had miang kham again tonight, and can take you through the dinner and its aftermath in complete, I may even say quadracious, detail.

I’ve had some excellent food this week. I was at Hua Hin for a seafood meal and enjoyed my first Beerlao outside of Laos. The Beerlao Dark Lager is my favorite beer in Southeast Asia, ranking just ahead of San Miguel Corporation’s Cerveza Negra.

I have completed another month of undefeated golf, unless you want to count finishing second as losing. More about that later. In my first round of the month, I won a stableford match at Siam Country Club’s Plantation course.

My preparations, and more specifically, my quadracious training program for the Hood to Coast, require me to run prodigious distances whenever I can. The Suan Luang Rama IX Park is conveniently located near my new

Today is Makha Bucha Day, the full moon day of the third lunar month, and I was running before dawn this morning in a mini-marathon through the salt flats of coastal Samut Sakhon.

https://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377When our story was interrupted last time, Nathan had just been removed from the hospital at Trat. The oxygen and IV and overnight stay there coincided with the breaking of his fever (from the measles) which he was subsequently diagnosed with at a hospital in Bangkok.

You will have seen by now the official photos from Harmony, Amanda, and Nathan's visit to Thailand. I have now been authorized to show the rest of the story. What you find here contains a faithful account of the fortunes, misfortunes, uprisings, downfallings, in short, a complete report of the trip.

My first round of the year was a casual one with Bambi and friends at Bangkok Golf Club. We had been out to Thaniya Plaza the night before to buy fashionable new shorts.