Death Race 2025.

Remember the David Carradine (of Kung Fu fame) movie Death Race 2000? I don't, but I do remember the title. And that is what I thought about when I decided to ride my little Yamaha Exciter 155 from โคราช / Korat to บุรีรัมย์ / Buriram. It's about 125 km. It took about two hours plus each way. 

The weather was unusually good. It was not hot, which is extremely rare here. The ride itself was not fun. The scenery was not great. The danger factor was extraordinarily high. But I had to do it, and I did, and I survived--again. I have no idea why, throughout my life, I have presented myself with these kinds of stupid challenges. 

The best thing to come out of completing this challenge is that I have no desire to ever do this kind of distance again on my little Yamaha. I guess I'm glad I got it out of my system. If you're ever in บุรีรัมย์ / Buriram, I can recommend the french fries at the Afrika Bar & Restaurant.

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Evening pond, as always.

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Getting dark earlier now.

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วัดศิมาลัยทรงธรรม / Wat Simalai Songtham.

As you can imagine, there I was thinking, "Oh, great. Another boring-ass temple." But I really liked this one. It was almost like a fort you would have built with your neighborhood buddies back in the day, built straight up the side of a hill, though.

Trigger warning: If you don't like frightening imagery, get out of here now. There's some pretty weird shit up there on the top levels. I like looking at it, but I would not want to spend the night in there.

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อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาใหญ่ / Khao Yai National Park

It was my partner's idea. I don't know if she sensed my desperate need for nature, or if she just felt like a road trip. One thing's for sure: Better get your travelling done while you still can.

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The evening pond abides.

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วัดศาลาลอย / Wat Sala Loi. It's been a while...

Looks like they've made some changes around the temple grounds. Still nice, as always.

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Another late-evening sunset.

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The office is once again a gym/office.

Now it's just like it was in Roseville, with one big exception. Toby is waiting for us at the Rainbow Bridge. It is very nice exercising at home. I can still go to the fitness center for weights if/when I feel it.

Best part is the tunes. At the fitness center, I had Spotify playing tunes through a single Bluetooth earpiece. Now I've got the Sony CFD-G50 boombox AND the Sangean WR-1 prison radio putting out sound that is plenty good enough for my 67-year-old ears.

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White bird returns!

Haven't seen White Bird for a long time. Welcome back!

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