Category: Planet Doug Journal – 2021

Tuesday, November 30, 20214:30 a.m. Green Guest HouseMae Sot, Thailand I guess this is an interesting day in my life, because this is my last day at the Green Guest House. I’ll be sleeping here in this bed in this room one last time tonight, and then I’ll be leaving….

Friday, November 26, 20216:22 a.m. Green Guest HouseMae Sot, Thailand Let’s start with the story of the pants. It’s kind of amusing. I told the first part of the story with two main themes: One was that I was so pleased that I found a tailor and that this tailor…

Wednesday, November 24, 20217:30 a.m. Green Guest HouseMae Sot, Thailand I experienced a small triumph yesterday. At least, I would call it a triumph in my world. For everyone else, it would just have been another Tuesday. But for me, it will go down in history as the day I…

Sunday, November 21, 20215:55 a.m. Green Guest HouseMae Sot, Thailand The clock is ticking. The countdown is underway to the moment I hop on the scooter and ride away from Mae Sot. Of course, I will be coming back to Mae Sot one more time. It could be just to…

Thursday, November 18, 20217:21 a.m. Green Guest HouseMae Sot, Thailand I’m back at the Green Guest House. I wasn’t gone that long, truth be told, but it feels like it was a long time. It was long enough that, in the dark during the night, I couldn’t even remember which…

Tuesday, November 16, 20216:10 a.m. Room S5, Orchid Hibiscus Guest HouseSukhothai, Thailand Here it is. My last day in Sukhothai. Today, I’m riding my scooter to Tak City, where I’ll be spending the night at the SOHO Boutique Hotel once more, thanks to a donation from a mystery benefactor. I…

Monday, November 15, 20213:55 a.m. Room S1, Orchid Hibiscus Guest HouseSukhothai, Thailand It’s been two days again since my last journal entry. I’ve just had a lot going on, and I’ve been very tired after my hours out in the hot sun exploring Sukhothai. Last night, I was so tired…

Saturday, November 13, 20217:30 a.m. Room S5, Orchid Hibiscus Guest HouseSukhothai, Thailand A full day and two nights have passed since I arrived in Sukhothai. For a variety of reasons, I wasn’t able to write down the story of my scooter trip from Tak City to Sukhothai. And that’s fine,…

Thursday, November 11, 20214:00 a.m. Room 102, Dome Thong Residence HotelTak City, Thailand As has become frequent, I can feel that I have no business being awake this early. I’m not fully rested and ready to face the day yet. But I couldn’t sleep. The night feels like it has…

Wednesday, November 10, 20215:11 a.m. Green Guest HouseMae Sot, Thailand It’s five in the morning, and I feel pretty good. A bit tired, but not excessively so. And as I look around my room, I can sense that I am about 65% packed already. All the signs are positive that…