This is for brother Chris

life is either a daring adventure or nothing.(H.Keller)..  you can play it safe and be comfortable or you can take the road less traveled and learn that you can stretch your comfort zone and have an adventure that you will remember for a lifetime.  

So today I went for a ride in the country and hoped to end up in the area of the craft shops.   I started down the river road....not a highway but a decent road. the traffic was pretty light so I could stop and take some pictures...such as the rice growing on both sides of the road.

I am not sure if they have any load capacity rules, but none that I could tell.
There appeared to be a rope across the back of the truck near the bottom, but not too sure what was holding the top of the pile on to the truck.  and yes...I took the picture while rolling down the highway...  with Joe's words in my ear.... don't take risks and there is no AAA in Thailand.









You never know who is driving on these roads.  Some of the little folks look about 10.  I stopped at a 7/11 to get a water and was about to ask the driver of the next scooter if I was on the right road when I happened to not the hair cut.  He did not move a muscle just watch me walk about and take pictures.  I think his owner was buying her lunch.  Note he just sat there and when she came out...moved  back without a collar or leash and then rode  off.   You don't see this stuff at the Hyatt..

Well the road took  a turn and there was a little sign with a word that i know to be Hung...so I went that way.  more rice...smaller road...smaller road until I came to this.....note..road on this side....raod on that side...and logs across a "bridge" under construction...  There was a bike...but no driver....now what...




I guess it is universal.... the arrow...means this way...so I went to the arrow. and after a few old prayers from my grade school days..... I drove across...  Now I could be home reading a novel about an adventure...or...I could take the road less traveled.