How does an Airstream get to the northwest mountains of Thailand?
And, once it got here, who decided to turn it into a tourist kitsch version of an Austin Food Trailer?
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November 14, 2012
Today's Spider -
We don't go seeking these things out. They just happen, or, as in ...November 8, 2012
The 1192 -
The 1192 climbs up the west side of Doi Inthanon, the highest mountain ...November 8, 2012
The Wild Sunflower Field -
In northwest Thailand there is a field, a mountainside, actually, that's ...November 6, 2012
Hill Tribe Clothing -
One of the great treasures of the world are the small regional ...November 6, 2012
Tuesday's Cloud -
I am not, by this post title, promising a cloud shot every day.
I'm ...November 6, 2012
One Corner, Five Minutes, 11 Scooters and 14 Kids -
After lunch today, during which time ...November 6, 2012
First World Problems Anthem 60 Second Spot - Our friend, Jay Shapiro, sent me this link ...November 5, 2012
First World Problems -
The first world is filled with problems.
Do I have the absolute hippest ...November 5, 2012
How does an Airstream get to the northwest mountains of Thailand?
And, once it got here, ...November 5, 2012
Death On The Trail -
Here's what death in nature looks like, at a small scale.
This ...November 5, 2012
If you want to walk to Burma -
Just head out over those mountains. The mountains ...November 4, 2012
Today, We Called It "Delicious" -
Thailand has 102 national parks. We've been fortunate to visit ...November 4, 2012
Stopping For A Cloud -
The urgent phrase "stop, stop, stop, stop" is frequently heard in ...November 2, 2012
Wachirathan Waterfall -
There are a LOT of waterfalls in Thailand. Thousands. Who knows, probably tens ...November 2, 2012
Today's Favorite Wat Photo -
If you have even a passing interest in history, culture or ...November 1, 2012
A Man and His Rickshaw -
Pedaled rickshaws are not commonly seen these days.
They are mostly ...November 1, 2012
Scooter Transport -
The scooter is the first step up the economic ladder for individuals and ...October 29, 2012
GE UM12C at Sawankhalok Station -
I was fortunate to be visiting the Sawankhalok Station, in ...October 29, 2012
Sunrise at Wat Saphan Hin -
There are two periods of time when it's worth shooting ...October 28, 2012
The March of the Termites -
We were out exploring some Wats that are surrounded by ...October 27, 2012
Why We Wander –
There’s a reason why we choose to wander about on our own.
We’ve ...October 26, 2012
The Home for Wayward IHs - Some things just cannot be explained. How do a bunch of ...October 26, 2012
Chaos Monkey -
Many ask,
“Hey, what’s the big deal?
After all,
it’s just a monkey.
A monkey in ...October 24, 2012
Photon Delivery Vehicle -
Vehicles come in all shapes and sizes. Just about every type of ...October 24, 2012
Urban Prerunner -
The Toyota Prerunner model was introduced to leverage the mystique of purpose-built trucks ...October 20, 2012
Where are you going, anyway?
Implicitly and explicitly, we get asked these questions:
Why don’t you just ...April 9, 2012
The Crossroads and the Compass - 7 April 2012 We don’t ride as much as we used ...November 17, 2010
As most of you know, we spent most of the time between 2003 and 2009 ...July 21, 2010
This was the sunrise view from the balcony of our room today at the Many ...July 19, 2010
19 July, 2010 While Scott is out wandering the world, we are left to more pedestrian, ...October 27, 2009
Americans don’t get out much. That should come as no surprise considering that, according to the ...October 25, 2009
Reentering the grid is a challenging experience when planned and voluntary. When unexpected, arbitrary and ...October 21, 2009
Much to the chagrin of my long-suffering wife, I’m a bit of a pack rat, ...September 24, 2009
Setting up a house can often be laborious, if not tedious, but there are some ...August 19, 2009
Part two of our interview by Truck Camper Magazine is here: http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=842&Itemid=34 .August 17, 2009
While unpacking the Fuso after its arrival from South America we found a few pounds ...August 17, 2009
We've been asked more than once what we carried on the Fuso in its 10,000 ...August 17, 2009
We were recently interviewed by Truck Camper Magazine. The interview is here: http://www.truckcampermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=841&Itemid=34 .August 1, 2009
OK, so it's been a while... Four months, in fact. It’s been almost exactly four months since ...July 16, 2009
"The transition from 'astronaut preparing to accomplish the next big thing' to 'astronaut telling about ...July 2, 2009
We’re visiting my mother and grandmother in northwest Arkansas. They are at an age and in ...May 28, 2009
Our Fuso is still in South America. We've had some issues with the American shipping ...March 10, 2009
As reported here, the night after the frame on the truck broke our server was ...March 6, 2009
. 6 March 2009 Amazon Basin Rainforest . The trip into the Amazon basin begins by air, but must ...February 28, 2009
Frame repair is complete. Shots from yesterday. Shots from today. Frame break area. Crack area, reinforcement of passenger side ...February 27, 2009
Our day began with a beautiful sunrise glowing on the snow capped volcano across the ...February 19, 2009
The day started like any other day out here. We got up, got around, had ...February 14, 2009
A friend of ours is starting a new business. I recently spent a morning with the local ...February 2, 2009
Since I didn't have much else going on, I also wrote a couple of books ...February 2, 2009
A brief update: Late Oct/November 2008: Ecuador - Cuenca, Otavalo & Quito Mid-Nov to early Jan ...January 31, 2009
Hello. My name is Iggy and I’ll be your guide today. Click here for the ...January 21, 2009
It was pointed out on a forum I participate in that while I am advocating conservation ...January 5, 2009
PDF version of this document is here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/onelapofamerica.pdf Last year I met a European traveler in ...November 19, 2008
The tailcoat was electric blue, and being pressed up against the car, covered the window. ...November 7, 2008
I've been getting a lot of requests for a shot of me in the hat ...October 30, 2008
Hello, my name is Doug, and I am a stuff-o-holic. Click here for the rest of ...October 28, 2008
300 years ago in the Royal Navy, we would have been dragged through the ocean ...October 25, 2008
Photos from September 2008 are posted here: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-09-September/ Photos are all from Peru and include: Nazca Lines Chicken ...October 19, 2008
“Instant karma’s gonna get you” I grunted and rolled over, but the knocks came again. “Knock, ...October 17, 2008
The old man motioned from the dark opening. Come in, he prompted, come here. Steph ...October 14, 2008
Photos from our travels in August 2008 are posted at: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-08-August/ These photos are from Peru ...October 11, 2008
We stopped at Cabo Blanco, Peru, for lunch today. Cabo Blanco is popularly known for ...September 30, 2008
After more than a month of driving chicken bus roads, where our typical day's average ...September 26, 2008
If you had to choose between black and white, which would you choose? The Cordillera ...September 15, 2008
I updated our expedition route map to reflect our recent camp sites. I also added elevation ...September 12, 2008
One common denominator of developing country travel is chicken bus roads. No matter where you ...September 3, 2008
The Nazca Lines are located in southwest Peru near the modern-day city of Nazca. They were ...September 2, 2008
We just completed a two day run from our last stop, Ollantaytambo, Peru, to what ...August 30, 2008
The 22 highland weavers of Patacancha, Peru received payment for goods sold today. Their efforts ...August 26, 2008
The tourist walked up to the restaurant, stopped, glanced at the exterior, looked over the ...August 14, 2008
The hunter-gatherer bent down to the bubbling spring. The water was clear like the other ...August 9, 2008
Photos for May, June & July 2008 are now posted at: May: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-05-May/ June: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-06-June/ July: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-07-July/ .August 3, 2008
This was our view this morning. Cusco, Peru. .August 1, 2008
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is one of the largest flying birds in the world ...July 31, 2008
I went down to the market and sat down on the curb. I asked around ...July 30, 2008
The air was so thin our breaths came in deep, raspy gasps. The wind whipped ...July 27, 2008
For 391 years no outsider walked the passageways. For 391 years no outsider touched the ...July 19, 2008
10:15 AM I was sitting at the table outside the gas station using their WiFi to ...July 16, 2008
Every year there is a festival at La Tirana, Chile. La Tirana has about 250 ...July 15, 2008
We visited the world’s largest open pit copper mine at Chuquicamata, Chile today. While we ...July 14, 2008
Prior to departing for South America I collected a set of GPS waypoints from prior ...July 9, 2008
Those of you who remember the post “How Big is Big” will remember that we ...July 8, 2008
You approach as any new pilgrim would after a long, long journey across the dry, ...July 7, 2008
We crossed the border between Argentina and Chile at Chile Chico on 29 March 2008. ...June 28, 2008
We broke the rule. We knew the rule. We knew it very well. It was ...June 19, 2008
Introduction This pack list is based on unsupported global travel in developing countries. Developed countries have most ...June 10, 2008
We both wanted to buy real hiking boots before we departed the U.S. for this ...June 5, 2008
On 1 May 2008 we discovered major condensation in the berth area of our camper. Click ...June 1, 2008
Perhaps no other system on an expedition vehicle is as wrapped in mystery or inspires ...May 22, 2008
Background: Garmin MapSource (GMS) is software provided by Garmin with some of its map products. GMS ...May 9, 2008
Photos of our travels in April 2008 are now posted at: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-04-April/ Notes: 1. If you've recently ...May 1, 2008
Photos of our travels during March 2008 are now posted at: http://dhackney.smugmug.com/Travel-Photos-by-Year/2008/2008-03-March/April 28, 2008
I added our fuel log to the route map. You can click on the link ...April 25, 2008
The rewards of travel are many. Some are small and some are big. And some ...April 23, 2008
I added the service/repair log for our expedition vehicle to the route map page. Click ...April 16, 2008
Garmin GPS to Google Earth For this task I use GPSBabel, a great little donateware utility, ...April 16, 2008
You can get an idea of the places where we are camping by viewing the ...April 16, 2008
I updated the route map to include photos and comments for every waypoint after 2 ...April 14, 2008
Route Map I added a route map of our travels to the web site. Click here ...April 12, 2008
We are back in Chile and finally got a good internet connection, our best in ...April 9, 2008
If my foulies could talk, I’m sure they’d have expressed mixed feelings. Sure, they were ...April 9, 2008
04/09/2008 01:52:37 GMT 04/08/2008 21:52:37 Local It's very dark now, but still raining hard, as it ...April 3, 2008
Here's a shot of one of our rear tires with a newly mounted spare behind ...April 3, 2008
More recent narrow passages...April 2, 2008
I know a place For the rest of the story, click here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/chile/docs/aplace.pdfMarch 29, 2008
We were westbound on the Chile Chico road when we saw them. We’d been through ...March 28, 2008
For this trip I left my trusty Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod at home. I wanted to ...March 28, 2008
In the early 1900s Argentina was the second richest country in the world. In subsequent ...March 23, 2008
“Bad roads bring good people.” – Mama Espinoza. That’s the most famous quote from the most ...March 22, 2008
22 March 2008 This has been a week of firsts. Some were invigorating, others interesting ...March 13, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008 Dear Nakeya, We spent the last two days at Perito Mereno Glacier in ...March 8, 2008
8 March 2008 We did our first bit of Ruta Cuarenta (Route 40) today. Surprisingly, a ...March 7, 2008
7 March 2008 The Land of Towers held many wonders. Including waterfalls For the rest of the ...February 28, 2008
28 February 2008 We heard of a place, faraway; a place of lakes, mountains and mystery. ...February 18, 2008
Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world, is more than a place on the ...February 16, 2008
Many times when you see a highway warning sign you never know if they are ...February 14, 2008
14 February 2008 Lago Fagnano, Tierra del Fuego, Southern Patagonia, Argentina S54.53362 W67.22849 We found a nice campsite ...February 14, 2008
02/14/2008 54° 48.73' S We've reached the end of the world. All is well. We're in Ushuaia, Argentina. It's the ...February 10, 2008
One of the challenges of world travel is procuring fuel. Generally gasoline and diesel are ...February 8, 2008
02/08/2008 02:10:34 GMT We are 6,186 miles / 9,955 km from the center of the culinary ...February 6, 2008
I created a Garmin GPS data file containing South American waypoints from five sources. If you ...February 3, 2008
3 February, 2008 Trevelin, Argentina Dear Troop 27, One of the best things about traveling around the ...February 1, 2008
01 February 2008 12:06:37 GMT I was a car guy most of my life. I became car ...January 29, 2008
Before we left Chile we were told by our friend, Jorge, who is a pro ...January 29, 2008
We're in northern Patagonia. I'm on the BGAN sat system, so this is the most expensive ...January 28, 2008
01/28/2008 01:43:25 GMT We crossed the Andes today. Now in Argentina. All is OK. Sent via SkymateJanuary 26, 2008
We spent our first month in Chile in Santiago and the Valparaiso areas. In general, Chile ...January 25, 2008
In NASCAR parlance, we've come off the red and out of the yellow. We are Green ...January 20, 2008
One week ago, our rig came off the ship damaged. We didn’t know if it ...January 17, 2008
Thursday, 17 January, 2008 Our rig came off the ship at 6:20AM on Sunday, 14 January. ...January 16, 2008
File this one under: Mystery of the Universe When we opened up the camper on the ...January 16, 2008
We returned to the docks on Wednesday, 16 January, 2008. We were scheduled for an inspection ...January 13, 2008
The ship carrying our Fuso, Seaboard's Thor Nectar, arrived late morning on Saturday, 12 January. ...January 7, 2008
Have you ever been in a new city, in a new country and done something ...November 30, 2007
I just came across this company and their product launched 1 November, 2007. Small, lightweight and ...November 29, 2007
We are pulling out to put the rig on the ship to Chile in a ...October 8, 2007
Following is an update on what we’ve been up to lately. Web Site Upgrade Project The updates ...October 6, 2007
While we were in Lincoln City, Oregon, Steph arranged for us to learn how to ...September 18, 2007
In the first light of day, before even the dawn, they come. Down to the base ...August 27, 2007
Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/in-this-land.pdf You will need an Adobe PDF document viewer ...July 31, 2007
30 July, 2007 Hitt Wash Santa Maria Mountains Northwest Arizona, USA The white Toyota Tacoma pickup slowly moved into ...July 21, 2007
The crowd of 8,000 was a ten on the scale of eclectic. From the upper ...July 17, 2007
One summer afternoon, sometime in the mid-80s, we were sitting around the kitchen table at ...December 21, 2006
Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/afraid-03.pdfNovember 15, 2006
A friend asked me for some thoughts on China based on my research and travels. Please ...September 15, 2006
Just before midnight local time on the night of 27-28 August, 2005, the National Oceanic ...June 15, 2006
While visiting the R.B. McLean Mill National Historical Site, the last remaining commercial scale steam ...September 24, 2005
Turkey Creek Community Gulfport, MississippiSaturday, September 24, 2005 The sky in the east begins to ...August 29, 2005
Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/DelMar.pdfJune 20, 2005
We were approaching the area where the North Atlantic ocean floor rises up to meet ...June 15, 2005
The sailboat’s compass glowed red in the 3 AM darkness. Quetzal, a late ‘80s Kaufman ...May 25, 2005
Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/the-old-tent.pdfDecember 25, 2004
December 25, 2004 It took some time to get our tree this year. We had a ...October 5, 2004
5 October, 2004 I was watching the GPS count down the kilometers. We were riding down a ...October 3, 2004
3 October 2004 “Fire in the Hole!” I screamed it before I consciously thought about it. To my ...September 7, 2004
7 September 2004 Japan is dying. Japan, a nation that has existed for thousands of years, a ...June 23, 2004
June 23, 2004 I just read the newspaper for the first time in over six weeks. That ...June 22, 2004
June 22, 2004 America knows no tribe. This fact was first brought to light for me by ...June 5, 2004
June 5, 2004 Hello to all, This morning I awoke to the soft pastel light of sunrise ...June 4, 2004
Please see the PDF document at: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/Syria/05%20-%20Conversation%20with%20the%20Bedouin%2016.pdfApril 12, 2004
April 12, 2004 I felt like Ralphie. I couldn’t think of a single thing. My mind was ...April 6, 2004
Please see the PDF file at: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/India/darjeeline.pdfJuly 4, 2003
“Hold on, I’ve got to take this call” “Ok, no problem,” I said. I was sitting in ...
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