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To the mountaintop
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 22/02/2018
» Rising 2,285m above mean sea level, Doi Pha Hom Pok of Chiang Mai's Fang district ranks as Thailand's second-highest summit. On my recent visit to the mountaintop -- I had not returned to Doi Pha Hom Pok since I first climbed it 25 years ago -- I wanted to make the most of the trip, so I added biking as part of it.
Calling all enduro bikers
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 16/03/2017
» To some, 2016 isn't over yet, not until this weekend when the final round of the Thailand Enduro Series is completed.
Ghost riders in Suphan Buri
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 24/03/2016
» 'When I was young people believed there was a secret city on this hill. At night, sometimes they heard traditional music being carried by the wind down from the hilltop," Sompong Taengthap, also known as "Hang Nak 4", which is his radio call sign, related in a serious voice. He added that once his father could not be found for two days. When he finally returned home he thought the entire family was crazy because he didn't spend the night anywhere. All he did was go up the hill to collect bamboo shoots and stop for an afternoon nap at Phu Hang Nak.
The German legacy in Qingdao
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 17/03/2016
» The wind was chilly and the mass of fog it brought inland from the adjacent sea obscured the entire sky and anything higher than the treetops. From the lookout point on a small hill where I was standing I could see through the white haze part of a town made up of Western-style buildings that were topped with red-tiled roofs, including one impressive mansion perched on the side of another mound nearby. When the sky is clear, I was told, it would also be possible to see the twin towers of a century-old Catholic church and many other pieces of historical architecture further away.
It's all downhill from here
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 07/08/2014
» I rarely feel excited about the hyped releases of new, state-of-the-art bikes or bike-related products. But every time I learn about a new trail being built in this country my eyes suddenly open wide, my ears prick and my invisible tail wags like a windscreen wiper in a rainstorm.