Tuesday 7th July, 1998. We only got 3 hours sleep and had a long walk ahead to try and reach Lampang 60 kms north. We left at 06.30 hrs, before the lady arrived and had previously thanked her husband. We found food and coffee after 7 kms at Sop Prap at a petrol station and [...]

Monday 6th July, 1998. We left at 07.00 hrs with cloudy skies, hoping for dry weather. We had a few light showers and one heavier one, where we sheltered in the trees under the hammock to keep dry! The road entered the mountains on both sides and at 15.00 hrs we saw a sign to [...]

Saturday/Sunday – 4th/5th July, 1998. It rained all Saturday except for 90 minutes from 16.00 hrs. We went into town by tuk-tuk to the ATM at Bangkok Bank and withdrew 3,900 baht and bought 2 pairs of socks. A motorist gave us a lift back to the hotel in his pick-up and it started raining again [...]

Thursday 2nd July,1998. We left the hotel at 06.30 hrs and walked to highway 1 and the continuation of road construction. We were passing a police box on the RHS opposite the road to Ban Tak (after walking for 22 kms at lunchtime) and the police were having a party. They stopped us and invited us [...]