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fiddlehead
06-18-2009, 21:29
I posted some of this in another thread but didn't want to hijack it, so here:

Yesterday, i went out hiking in the jungle here to show my trail to a guy i had met online.
I am just recuperating from the marathon in 100 deg. heat and a bit sore.
I have a bad cold and had to work the night before until 1 am. (we left at 8 am)

I wasn't expecting much.
Turned out this guy is a great hunter from New Zealand and taught me much about where we were.
He showed me where wild pigs had apparantly rooted in the ground, 3 different species of butterflies, we took a lot of pics of giant spiders, and he was very impressed with the trail and it's beauty.

Here are a few pictures near the southern-most point (the end) of my trail here in Phuket from yesterday's hike:

My friend Kevin from NZ:
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg201/fiddleheadpa/IMG_3604-1.jpg

One of the many big spiders we saw:
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg201/fiddleheadpa/IMG_3602-1.jpg

Me at the very end of the trail:
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg201/fiddleheadpa/IMG_3623-1.jpg

warraghiyagey
06-18-2009, 22:01
That doesn't look like Maine at all. . . .

saimyoji
06-18-2009, 22:07
any decent trail through the jungle should end at a bar. :D

warraghiyagey
06-18-2009, 22:24
I like cheesecake. . .

fiddlehead
06-18-2009, 22:24
any decent trail through the jungle should end at a bar. :D


All great trails have great endings.
On this one, you'll have to retrace your steps about 1/3 mile to the nearest bar.

warraghiyagey
06-18-2009, 22:25
All great trails have great endings.
On this one, you'll have to retrace your steps about 1/3 mile to the nearest bar.
Or you could just stop 1/3 mile from the end and call that good. . . :sun

Lone Wolf
06-18-2009, 22:29
Or you could just stop 1/3 mile from the end and call that good. . . :sun

if and when you ever meet fiddlehead you will like him instantly

saimyoji
06-18-2009, 22:29
All great trails have great endings.
On this one, you'll have to retrace your steps about 1/3 mile to the nearest bar.


that works. :clap

fiddlehead
06-18-2009, 22:34
if and when you ever meet fiddlehead you will like him instantly

Well, thanks a lot for that LW.
May I add: Especially if you like Floyd.

I almost had an AT thru-hiker ("Wall" '95) come and do this trail with me but, we had one of those "monsoon" driving rain days and he had to fly out the next day (Yesterday)

Anyone is welcome to come and hike it although i am only half finished with the route (after 1 1/2 years of exploring this island).

Lone Wolf
06-18-2009, 22:45
Well, thanks a lot for that LW.
May I add: Especially if you like Floyd.

I almost had an AT thru-hiker ("Wall" '95) come and do this trail with me but, we had one of those "monsoon" driving rain days and he had to fly out the next day (Yesterday)

Anyone is welcome to come and hike it although i am only half finished with the route (after 1 1/2 years of exploring this island).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQNFyEI2rs

warraghiyagey
06-18-2009, 22:49
if and when you ever meet fiddlehead you will like him instantly
That's all I need to know. . . :sun:sun:sun . . . lookin forward to it. . .