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the Degree Confluence Project

I stumbled on this article of mine (from I Think 2006), when I attempted to get to the confluence of 16N 99E. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, My name is Robert Haynes and I work on the Canadian Helpdesk. On March 20th I journeyed farther and deeper into the wild jungles of Thailand than I would’ve ever dreamt imaginable. Here is a ‘snippet’ of my trip… I embarked on a venture that I was hoping would land me at the longitude of 99 degrees East, and 16 degrees North. Where might that be you ask? 15km East of Umphang Um-what? Well, that’s 160kms South of Mae Sot. Where?? Mae Sot is roughly 240 miles North West of Bangkok, on the Mynamar/Thailand border. Umphang is easily accessible by car or my favorite mode of transportation, motorcycle. Although roughly only 100 miles south of Mae Sot, it takes about 5 to 6 hours to drive because the road is so twisty, steep and windy that your average speed is about 20mph on nicely paved roads, with little traffic. The pur...

Thailand 2011

Looks like there is a pretty good chance I'm going to be heading to Thailand in 2011! Motorcycle's scooting around a great company! If you're interested in coming along Definitely give me a shout!!! www.thailandbiketours.com