Knapsack Treks - Part 34

The Whole Story

by admin December 22, 2011 No Comments

First, read the happy ending. Victims trapped by flash floods at a Malaysian national park have been rescued and they’re in good health http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111220-317285.html Now, read the details, before the rescue. http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20111222-317663.html This may sound like an isolated incident, but rainy seasons in the tropics are predictably. In fact, flash floods are very common this […]

Knapsack News

Politically Correct Airline?

by admin December 16, 2011 No Comments

New PC Air on Thursday took officials and journalists on its maiden flight out of Bangkok under the ministrations of four third sex flight attendants. The privately-owned Thai airline’s management prides itself on its equal-opportunity employment policy for transsexuals. It invited about 100 Civil Aviation officials and journalists on its inaugural flight from Bangkok to […]

Adventure News

Left For Dead

by admin December 3, 2011 No Comments

Lincoln Hall (born 1956) is a veteran Australian mountain climber and author. Hall is the author of White Limbo, the story of the first Australian team to climb Mount Everest. While others in the team made it to the top, Hall was forced to turn back close to the summit due to illness. Nursing a […]

Spellbound

Walking On The Death Railway

by admin November 10, 2011 No Comments

This was my first trip back to Kanchanaburi after 25 years. I was a 19-year-old soldier boy, staying in an army camp at Sai Yok. Time flies, some things have changed a lot. There are now a lot more stalls here. Some things haven’t changed that much. The view from the railway track above the […]