Trips

Itinerary, ledger and links for every trip an entry was shot on.

Where I’ve been

Thailand · 6 Oct 2026 – 8 Oct 2026

Kanchanaburi Deep: Erawan, Hellfire Pass and the Kwai Noi

The default 3-day answer for most people — a real waterfall, real war history, and a river to sleep on, all inside a 2h drive.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿5,046 pp at 4 sharing

Japan · 16 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026

Japan: Takayama to Tokyo by car

Eight days on the ground (17–24 Oct, inside a 16–25 Oct trip), four friends, a self-drive rental car from Narita to Shinagawa and then three days in Tokyo: Takayama's old town, Hakuba and Matsumoto, a half day on foot in Kamikochi on the way to Fuji, two nights under Mount Fuji and the Five Lakes, Hakone on the way in, then DisneySea and the city.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿52,808 pp at 4 sharing

Japan · 1 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

Kumano Kodo Nakahechi, solo

Planning estimate ≈ ฿35,485 pp at 1 sharing

Thailand · 5 Dec 2026 – 7 Dec 2026

Nan: Doi Phu Kha and Bo Kluea

Fly in, rent a car, Pua–Bo Kluea over the sky road — driving here as a Thai.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿8,010 pp at 4 sharing

Thailand · 31 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027

Khao Sok & Cheow Lan Lake

New Year on a Cheow Lan Lake raft house — the hosting-friends test.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿10,932 pp at 4 sharing

Thailand · 20 Feb 2027 – 22 Feb 2027

Railay and the Krabi islands

Railay in high season: the longtail and park-fee prices a Thai negotiates vs the posted ones.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿8,375 pp at 4 sharing

Hong Kong · 20 Feb 2027 – 22 Feb 2027

Hong Kong, Stay Plus weekend

Thailand · 9 Mar 2027 – 10 Mar 2027

Khao Yai: Pak Chong Wine Country and the Park Core

Bangkok's weekend park on a weekday — the saturated-place test with the crowd removed.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿6,386 pp at 4 sharing

Japan · 10 Apr 2027 – 18 Apr 2027

Kyushu: the Aso caldera and onsen loop

Fukuoka, Yufuin, Aso/Beppu by car — a Thai drives Japan on a 1949 permit.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿52,146 pp at 4 sharing

Iceland · 6 Sep 2027 – 17 Sep 2027

Iceland Ring Road

A full lap of Route 1 in the long summer light — waterfalls, a glacier lagoon, fjord villages and a volcanic lake, all on one paved road.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿100,294 pp at 4 sharing

Thailand · dates to be set

Chanthaburi: Gem Market, Cathedral and the Chao Lao Coast

The coast town Bangkok drives past: the gem-and-durian economy, the old waterfront, Chao Lao beach.

Planning estimate ≈ ฿3,150 pp at 4 sharing