I am giving you this information as Maka Bucha Day has been mentioned in the Introduction and on Day I of my Walk For Thailand in 1998…In the Thailand calendar 2541… Today 13th February 2006 is Maka Bucha Day…This is the occasion when the Lord Buddha’s disciples spontaneously walked and gathered to listen to His [...]

Sadao to Hat Yai…Province of Songkhla…45 kms (28 miles)… Total Distance Walked…57 kms (35 miles)…Average per Day…28 kms (17 miles)… We had a Thai breakfast in the Sadao market area at 07.00 hrs and started walking on highway 4 at 07.30 hrs. It was 45 kms to the Garden Home hotel in Hat Yai…a 12+ [...]

Padang Besar to Sadao…Province of Songkhla…12 kms (8 miles)… Wednesday 11th February 1998 was Maka Bucha day in Thailand and a public holiday. It was also the start of Walking For Thailand… Today, 11th February 2006 is the start of my story about my 3,063 kms walk through 32 provinces in Thailand in 1998… I [...]

Prologue: I first got my idea for Walking For Thailand on 30th December 1997. I immediately wrote a letter and sent it by air mail to John Buchanan who lived near Oakham with his wife Banoo. John was Headmaster and also Housemaster at Deanscroft House when I was at Oakham School from 1960 to 1964. [...]