To celebrate his 9th anniversary of freedom within the grace of Jesus, Noah embarked on a 100-kilometer bike ride to Maeklong river southwest of Bangkok.
meet Mir... Noah's black stallion. he has a silicone gel saddle and canvas saddle bags for ultra-long rides.
The mouth of the Tha Chin river just about a kilometer from the sea. at this point a ferry connects both sides.
seven in the morning and the westbound ferry is almost empty
that's the Mahachai side
at the Ban Laem side with a packed breakfast of champorado
salt flats at samut songkram province. this is sea salt which is very coarse.
at the mouth of the Mae Khlong river facing the gulf of siam...
...where noah had lunch of prawns and crabs.
at the Maeklong train market. that's the railroad tracks where a train passes about 8 times a day. vendors are able to retract their goods at a safe distance at the first notice of an approaching train
at the Maeklong train station and Noah was told that there was no train today and for an entire week due to repairs on the rails.
the train master said in good english that noah could get a passage in a "car" with Mir. Noah paid the fare of 10 Baht and 20 Baht for Mir.
the "car" turned out be this large songthaew with a bunch of lively country folk who tried to engage noah in a crazy banter. the songthaew stops at the Ban Laem pier...
Mir at the aisle of the train patiently enjoying the ride...
and noah nod's off to sleep
before parting... this is how Noah looked for the freedom ride. Thank you Jesus for setting noah free!
The trip started at 5 AM and 11 hours later Noah was back at home tapping this story on the keyboard.
