Friday 31st July, 1998. 2,000 kms day for William! We left our bungalows at 07.00 hrs after having fresh juice and coffee. Our walk was flat through many villages and we stopped at “Cabbages & Condoms” and had breakfast near a lake and fed the fish. We started to enter the hills aiming for a resort, [...]

Sunday/Wednesday – 26th/29th July, 1998. We had planned to walk today, but decided to walk on the new road from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai. Also, it had rained all Saturday night and was still raining Sunday morning until 12.00 hrs. We said our Farewells to all the fantastic staff at Traveler Inn, who had made us [...]

Wednesday 22nd July/Saturday 25th July, 1998. We left Traveler Inn early, but both ached more than ever before. Had coffee in Mae Taeng after 2 kms. We then walked 500 metres and William said “I CAN’T GO ANY FURTHER” as he had very bad stomach pains. We had both exhausted ourselves physically and mentally. We [...]

Monday 20th July, 1998. At 07.30 hrs David Hardcastle took photos of us outside the T.A.T. office with the old metal bridge, which is a Chiang Mai landmark, in the background. We both had new shoes and I gave David my old shoes as a memento that I had bought in Prachuap Khiri Khan. These were [...]