GLOBE TROTTING COMMENCING
Added 2023-08-16 17:17:42 +0000 UTC30 HOUR FLIGHT
There's always a chance for Auroras when flying near the Arctic Circle so I'll likely be awake all night prior to our 8 hour layover in Tokyo. The wife and I aim to starve ourselves of plane food so that we can fill our bellies with raw sea creatures there. Then we fly to Bangkok for family and friend reunions.
TARGETS:
- Lightning in Bangkok
- Angkor Wat in Cambodia
- Manta Rays, lightning and Gigantic Jets in the Maldives
- Wild animals, especially cobras!
THE RAINY SEASON
We always go to Thailand in the Dry Season (December) and thus, I never capture any storms. This year is my first time going in the wet season. Higher chance of foiled plans / higher chance of lightning time lapses from skyscrapers, water spouts and cobras. Hell Yes!
YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW exactly what you're gonna score on these exotic trips though. The targets get you out there and then you're almost always blind-sided by some unexpected dreamy phenomena, culture or wild animals. I look forward to sending you guys sneakers peekers of what we see and learn each week.
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC I traveled to Darwin Australia for lightning storms and landed in the middle of the "worst lightning season remembered" there. But Mother Nature blew my mind with all these guys... I finally got around to editing this video uploaded to my other YouTube channel last night.
SECRET STORM CHASING TRIP TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE is now on the books for December. More on where another time, but I'll give you a hint. It ain't Down Under. I'm so excited to be traveling the globe again. Who knows what we'll find?
Monster thanks to you all! Stay cool everyone in the Northern Hemisphere
Hank
Comments
Good luck!!
Seth T
2023-08-19 14:42:41 +0000 UTCPumped!
Pecos Hank
2023-08-17 04:30:13 +0000 UTCThanks so much Samantha. Hope to see you in Houston sometime this Winter.
Pecos Hank
2023-08-17 04:29:54 +0000 UTCThailand and Angkor is gonna be fun! The Khmer are really nice people.
Eamon Delaney
2023-08-16 23:06:56 +0000 UTCSO exciting! Wishing you both comfortable and productive naps on all those flights. Y'all better have a blast!!
Samantha McClure
2023-08-16 22:07:30 +0000 UTCDude, the moisture source is the Amazing basin!
Pecos Hank
2023-08-16 21:56:49 +0000 UTCThat could be fun especially with a back stage pass. However If it's not in the wild it doesn't count. we got cobras at the zoo here in Houston. :D
Pecos Hank
2023-08-16 21:55:54 +0000 UTCNope
Pecos Hank
2023-08-16 21:54:45 +0000 UTCSo excited to finally see it.
Pecos Hank
2023-08-16 21:54:23 +0000 UTCIt's finally here! 🙌 Very excited for you two! Hope you have a great trip and stay safe!
Tornado Ali
2023-08-16 20:51:13 +0000 UTCSounds like a fun trip, gonna take a guess and say the other area is probably Argentina. It has similar geography to traditional tornado alley with a north-south running mountain range with westerly flow going over it with a moisture source to the east and somewhat flat terrain between for mid latitude cyclones to traverse. Its one of those magic places on Earth where it all comes together. Although the supercells there will be backwards lol.
Celton
2023-08-16 18:44:52 +0000 UTCI know touristy stuff is against the grain, but this place is well within your circle....my kids and I were there 10 years ago and it was quite an experience...no shortage of cobras! They extract venom here for anti-venom applications.... https://www.saovabha.org/service_saovabha/Snake-Farm-Mission
Richard C
2023-08-16 18:14:20 +0000 UTCHope your mystery destination has frilled dragons!
Wendy Jay
2023-08-16 17:55:07 +0000 UTCI can’t wait to see what you find! Safe travels, Hank!
Ashton (Infamous)
2023-08-16 17:43:12 +0000 UTCThe video was awesome! Love all the wildlife you found! Way cool
Janine Moss
2023-08-16 17:35:39 +0000 UTCOuu, great!! Safe travels!! I hope that secret chasing of December start with "Argen" and ends with "tina", my country :D
Máximo Argy
2023-08-16 17:30:59 +0000 UTC
