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10/13/2026: derekandrosalea.travel

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This morning we got a ride over to Khlong Toei, a truly enormous market in town frequented by local restaurant owners picking up their meat and produce. It was a full-on immersion experience for sure. I think we were the only white people there! We got some basil pork on rice with a fried egg and ate it on...

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10/13/2026: derekandrosalea.travel

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This morning we got a ride over to Khlong Toei, a truly enormous market in town frequented by local restaurant owners picking up their meat and produce. It was a full-on immersion experience for sure. I think we were the only white people there! We got some basil pork on rice with a fried egg and ate it on...

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10/13/2026: derekandrosalea.travel

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This morning we got a ride over to Khlong Toei, a truly enormous market in town frequented by local restaurant owners picking up their meat and produce. It was a full-on immersion experience for sure. I think we were the only white people there! We got some basil pork on rice with a fried egg and ate it on...

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Today we got up and grabbed coffee at the shop next to the hotel before heading over to Wat Pho (a Buddhist temple that’s around 400 years old) and the Royal Palace, two major attractions near the river in Bangkok. The architecture was crazy in the wat especially, with thousands of tiny colored mirror...

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Today we got up and grabbed coffee at the shop next to the hotel before heading over to Wat Pho (a Buddhist temple that’s around 400 years old) and the Royal Palace, two major attractions near the river in Bangkok. The architecture was crazy in the wat especially, with thousands of tiny colored mirror...

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Today Rose and I embarked on our big trip to Southeast Asia, which will take up most of the rest of our year off. We drove down to Denver a day early to see our friends Josh and Monika before heading out Thursday evening to the airport for 25 hours of travel over three flights to Bangkok. The trip was long,...

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Today Rose and I embarked on our big trip to Southeast Asia, which will take up most of the rest of our year off. We drove down to Denver a day early to see our friends Josh and Monika before heading out Thursday evening to the airport for 25 hours of travel over three flights to Bangkok. The trip was long,...

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4/23/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/22/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/21/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/20/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/19/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/18/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/17/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/16/26: derekandrosalea.travel

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4/15/26: derekandrosalea.travel

","summary":"","url":"https://derekandrosalea.travel/2026/04/15/after-deliberating-for-the-past.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T05:42:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Derek Smith","url":"https://dcs.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F01%2F1862295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"dcs"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 05:42","date_timestamp":1776318160,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88354269","content_html":"

4/13/26 \"\"\"\"\"\" : derekandrosalea.travel

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We got up, already sore from yesterday despite our day off in Roosevelt. We decided to do a “smaller” day today at 10 miles, mostly on dirt roads frequented by folks on their four-wheelers and the like, but there were still lots of ups and downs throughout the day to wipe us out. The Four Peaks are one of...

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This morning we got a ride back to the marina with a local clockmaker and his family, heading to work for the day in Tonto Basin. We hiked from there along the highway for a bit before starting the big climb into the Four Peaks range. The climb was steep, and the biggest since Mount Lemmon. Partway up we got...

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Today we took a zero in Roosevelt. We are tired after the climb over the Superstitions, and the next leg is 7 days over two mountain ranges of similar size to get to the town of Pine, so we thought it’d be prudent to rest up. It is nice to watch movies and sit on the couch in the AC all day!

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Today was a bit brutal. I woke up with about 50 gnat bites on my legs that I got while we were sitting around getting water at a speing yesterday. Then we descended off the north side of the Superstitions and were expecting a breezy 13 miles. Instead, we were faced with a trail alternating between a rough...

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We had a pretty good day hiking through the Superstitions today, up and down through saddles and across ridges. We decided to do most of the range today but save the big descent to Roosevelt Lake for tomorrow, and ended up finding a scenic campsite on a ridge after the last climb of the day.

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