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  • Great video. I took a similar trek to the hills and took a ride on the elephants. The hill tribe people are so interesting and calm. Im sure ill be posting more reminiscent comments as I make my way through your vid's. Sorry in advance, haha. Man I gotta get me some of that sillems Black, its a hot ticket item i guess, hard to get. Patients will pay I hope.

  • @Baccybandit I think you'll dig the Sillem's Black once you try it. Keep an eye out for it always comes round and don't settle on the others Red, Blue etc. Black is the one you want. Always glad to hear about other peoples experiences here in Thailand. Hope you cant get back sometime. Thanks for watching.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Wow, you have a leather covered pipe also!

  • that was really cool! I have great memories of travelling in northern Thailand - we hired a motorcycle and just rode...wonderful vid.

  • @OxfordshireBriar Appreciate the kind words. I really love the northern parts of Thailand myself, Sounds like you

    had a great experience on that motorcycle. Cheers,

    James

  • It's probably the best way to see this kind of terrain, on an elephant. Let the Elephant worry about the walking, treking in this kind of wilderness is nothing to them.

  • @thewr0ngchild Haha, The elephant trek was definitely an unforgettable experience! Seeing a tiger or two would have been great, but I'm not sure if the elephant would have freaked out or ran after the tiger with me on it! haha. They really go at there own pace and do what they want along the way. Hope you get to have the chance to see some in the wild. Thanks for stopping by!

    Cheers,

    James

  • Excellent video. I was in Chiang Mai 10 years ago. Brought back a lot of great memories.

  • @LudgerSylbaris Thank you for watching! The downtown are has grown quite a bit, but the outlying areas are still nice. Hope you get a chance to come back.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Chiang Mai is such a cool place to hang out.

    Great video mate, brought back some very fond memories - Thanks.

  • @41DegreesSouth Glad to hear you've been there! The whole northern part is my favorite are of Thailand.

    Hope you get back soon. Thanks for stopping by.

    Cheers

    James

  • not a pipe smoker, i resort to cigarettes and cigars. regardless, this video was very well presented. absolute good job! your vacation looked divine.

  • @aznmidgetskater I enjoy the occasional cigar and cigarette my self. You should get out to Thailand sometime.Thanks for your comments!

    Cheers,

    James

  • I've only just got around to catching up with this video. Absolutely excellent stuff! I remember doing an elephant trek once and I found it terrifying! haha

    Cheers,

    James

  • @jataylor888 Man James, I was scared to death! All I could think of was this elephant falling off the path and rolling over us and being crushed to death. I was hell bent to make a vid though haha.

    Thanks for watching mate!

    Cheers,

    James

  • @astroman2112 very doubtful that would happen. If you were in tiger country you were a damn sight safer on the elephant than not on him lol. It's also a brilliant way to observe tigers in the wild, I really hope I get the chance one day!

  • @jataylor888 Thanks for watching James, You need to get out here sometime mate! Yeah, I was actually pretty terrified at the time haha! I just kept thinking of this damn elephant falling off the edge and crushing my mom and I while rolling down the mountain lol.

    Cheers, J

  • Wow what an awesome video....and to see the hackert pipe...I feel honored....How lucky are you to be surrounded by such beautiful countryside and beautiful people...Loved it......Jake and Nancy

  • @JakeHackertPipes Hello Jack and Nancy! Thanks for stopping by! I love my Hackert pipes! They've been amongst my best smokers and the Hackerts are truly world class pipes! haha They go on all my adventures.

    Keep up the great work!

    Cheers,

    James

  • wow weeee really cool vid my friend.....

    your having a blast....

  • @MrBlink182ishi Thanks man! Glad you stopped by.

  • Very cool video brother. This is probably the best pipe video I have seen thus far. I just seen a show about the longneck people. I once rode an elephant, great job my friend and I love that pipe good to hear you got a winning combination. God Bless...Joe

  • @RevJoeyG Thanks Joe, I really appreciate your comment! The long neck people are really the nicest sincere and simple people you could ever meet. It was a pleasure to be in their world for a short visit. Yeah man elephants are cool. Thanks for watching buddy.

    Cheers,

    James

  • James you definitely are the king boss of travel pipe smoking videos suhn!

    Awesome stuff mang great locations, Jake would be proud :-) Love these videos suhn keep em rollin they are truly classic productions from you mang.

    Saalm

  • @OneManSmoke Dang!! OMS stopped by! haha. Good to hear from you suhn. Hackert pipes are truly world class! Editing this mofo was a pain fo sho but I got something out of it. Thanks for the comments Salam coming from the best, that means alot bro. We be ruling the world!!!

    Peace,

    James

  • what a beautiful video! great images, thanks for sharing. Happy puffing!

    Alex

  • @thepipelounge Thank you Alex, glad you could stop by.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Man thats some beautifull country..Thank you very much for sharing

  • @NEsmokes Glad you like the vid! Thanks for watching.

  • You really mastered the art of amateur video. I really enjoyed watching your trip. Thanks for sharing that with us. God Bless.

  • @1533ramsay Thank you for the kind words and really appreciate you watching.

    Cheers,

    James

  • @MountainBriar Good to hear from you Dobbin! Glad you enjoyed the vid. I highly recommend Thailand for a vacation! Great mountains and beaches and the people are great. Thanks for the comments.

    Cheers,

    James

  • My wife's khoon yai lives near Chang Mai.

  • @ozarknick I guess you mean grandmother, Thats cool. When you coming out to visit? haha

    Thanks for watching.

  • @astroman2112 LOL. Yeah. I'd hoped you'd understand my phonetic butchering of the Thai words. My wife and I would really like to go visit over there, but it's not likely.

  • Fantastic travel/pipe video!

  • @HolySmokeNPipePadre Thank you Padre! Appreciate you watching sir.

  • @HolySmokeNPipePadre Thanks for watching Padre. Hope your enjoying that new Duhhill.

    She's a beauty!

    Cheers,

  • What a cool video. Thanks for sharing! I love elephants. I remember riding one as a kid - very intelligent creatures.

  • @TheWanderingRecluse Thank you for watching! Elephants are fantastic creatures and like you mention extremely intelligent.

    Cheers,

    James

  • i love maps! so already this is an awesome video!

    Cheers

    ruben~

  • @NorthGeorgiaPipe that's an awesome water fall!! great video!

  • @NorthGeorgiaPipe Haha, Thats funny you mention maps. In the 5th grade or so I was crazy about getting National Geo mags just for the maps. I had a stack of maps like a couple feet high! Map nerd I guess. Came in handy I guess, probably a big reason I traveled so much. haha.

    Thanks for watching and the comments.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Cool vid man. Thanks for taking us along on your trip. Good to see ya.

  • @reverendmbrewer Hey thanks for watching man! I've been out of the Ytube loop for a while, got some vid's to catch up on. Hope all is well with you.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Nice to see you. Thanks for taking us along with you. Nice places to puff.

  • @MrSmokeGuy Thank you for the comments! Yes indeed, always looking for a nice place for a relaxing puff.

    Cheers,

    James

  • @SensicalPipe Thanks for watching! Hope all is well in Canada.

    Cheers,

    James

  • WOW what else can be said , simply amazing . Like jay said jake hackert never would have thought his pipe would be in Thailand on a elephant lol.

  • @beans316 Hey Beans! Thanks for the comments! Yeah, Jake Hackert... the Official pipe for elephant trekking! hahaha I gotta get caught up on some YouTube vid's. I think I saw you had a Hackert pipe come in recently? You'll dig it.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Hey James, great to see you again.. Awesome video man, like the Metallica in there..looks like you had a great time, thanks for sharing

    Cheers,

    Dan

  • @dansibleys Hey Dan! Good to hear from you and thanks for the comments. I thought the Metallica song would go pretty well with the elephants. haha. Hope all is well in New Zealand.

    Cheers,

    James

  • @OldNorthernSmoky Thanks for watching! Definitely some great views here.

    Cheers,

  • Awesome video, James! Just awesome.....

    Ken

  • @Charredbriar Hey Ken! Thanks for watching! Hope your doing good, I need to get caught up on Ytube.

    Hope your doing good buddy.

    Cheers.

  • @astroman2112 Yeah...you DO need to get caught up on YTube!! I'm doing good, finally got a job last week! I posted a video about it (my latest one) so that'll let you know more. Good to finally see another vid from ya....Missed ya!

    Ken

  • That must be quite a spectacular view...thanks for sharing. Thanks to YouTube and great videos the world seems much smaller.

  • @thvisualstenographer Thanks for the comments! Gotta love YTube for bringing us all together haha.

    It is amazing where pipe smokers are all over the world.

    Cheers,

    James

  • gorgeous place. Wish I could visit there someday.

  • @truckpipe Thailand is great to visit! Helps if you like spicy food and come Dec/Jan as its the best time. Not too hot! Thanks for watching Greg.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Outstanding video! What a beautiful part of the world!

  • @Matches860 Thailand is truly a great place to see! Thanks for watching!

    Cheers,

    James

  • Excellent video as always. Thanks for sharing your experiences!

  • @metropolismodern Thanks for the comments! Glad you could tune in.

    Cheers,

    James

  • great video James. thanks for sharing your vacation with us.dave

  • @buckeyepipesmoker Hey Dave! Thanks for watching man. Hope all is good.

    Cheers,

    James

  • As usual that was an awesome video. I believe you once said that you were a photo journalist and it really shines through!! Very well done. Love, love, love your travel videos. Keep up the great work, James.

    ~Tom

  • @MyMonkVlog Hello Tom, Really appreciate your comments sir. Yes, my background is in photo journalism. Mostly with traditional still cameras. Video is ok for me but man, editing is a killer! haha. I always love to see travel videos myself. Thanks for watching Tom.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Great great video James.

    Take care

    Olle

  • @snuggan1 Thanks Olle! Hope all is well in Ban Pai! Your not making too much trouble up there I hope haha

  • How do you spell ?'spealem's black'? Also, what happens to be your favorite 3 tobacco's right now?

  • @Gijera Thanks for watching! That would be Sillem's Black tobacco. Made in Germany. Kind of a really good quality aromatic with latakia. Berry-ish with a deep darkish flavor maybe a hint of vanilla. I really do dig it.

    Top 3 baccy right now is would be the Sillem's Black, Orlik Golden Sliced and Capstan (blue) Navy Cut.

    Cheers,

    James.

  • Awesome video James! Looks like a brilliant trip. Good choice on the Sillems Black, great tobacco! Cheers - Woody

  • @Woody182 Thanks for tuning in! The Sillem's Black is good stuff for sure.

    Cheers.

    James

  • Ha ha ha... the animation of the map at the beginning was brilliant James! ha ha ha! Nice scenery no doubt! ha ha ha... try to say that quick 3 times!! Glad to see you back in the tube buddy! What a setting to clean your pipes, wow! Say hello back to your mom man, elephants, wow... awesome! Cheers, Harvey

  • @hjrosasq Thanks Harvey! Glad you enjoyed the vid my man. Nice to be back, hope I can get back into it more, but work is full on! Hope all is well in S. Korea.

    Cheers,

    J.

  • One of your best vids ever. +1,000,000,000,000,000 Thanks for taking us along.

  • @Teewinot2 Wow! Thanks for the great compliment Doug! Glad you enjoyed the vid.

    I especially like your photo vid's as well and the reviews haha

    Cheers,

    James

  • Man, your videos are just so cool. I love seeing all the cool things you show us. Thailand is beautiful.

  • @26ronix Thanks for the comments! I really enjoy vid's too where people get out and show whats around where they live. Appreciate you watching.

    Cheers,

  • Awesome tour James !!!

    Mountains, temples and smoking a pipe

    while riding an elephant...wow!

    You are really digging Sillem's Black, eh?

    Which reminds me to smoke it before going to work.

    The last scene is amazing. Peaceful and beautiful place.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Cheers,

    Don Carlos

  • @TheMatrixPipe Hello Don Carlos! Thanks for the great comments. Yeah, I really really like Sillem's BLK. I smoked it nearly everyday when I had my first tin so I got kind of burned out on it. It is pretty rich tasting after all, but great quality and still like to smoke a bowl every other week or so. Hope your doing good my man.

    Cheers,

    James

  • You made my day with this vid. 10 pts... Keep em up, and happy smoking.... Thomas

  • @santamaria74080 Wow, thanks Thomas and glad to here that! When are you coming back to Thailand?? haha

    Bring a pipe!

    Cheers,

    James

  • Brilliant video James. I’ve been interested in going to Thailand for a while now, it looks like an amazing country, I think I’m going to have to stop off for a few days when I go to New Zealand.

    Dan

  • @SimpaSmoker Wow! New Zealand would be great! Not yet been there, but one place I really want to see. Lots of people actually transit through Thailand on there way to Aus and New Zealand. If you can swing it and have the time I'd highly recommend it mate. Once your here its pretty cheap to eat/drink etc. Hope your brining a pipe! haha. Thanks for watching.

    Cheers,

    James

  • EPIC!!!!!

    Thanks for the awesome tour James!

  • @misterpipesmoker Thanks Jeff! Editing was real muther! haha

    Hope you're doing good suhn.

    Cheers,

    J.

  • Great video. I'm glad to see you.

  • @TristownDynamite Thanks for watching Triston! Hope your doing good.

    Cheers.

    J.

  • WOW! What a great video! Thanks for sharing,

    Pops

  • @oldpipepops Thanks for watching Pops! Had a great time making and putting the vid together.

    Cheers,

    James

  • I wonder if Jake ever thought one of his pipes would have been smoked on top of an Elephant. hahahah

    I gotta tell ya man watching this vid was a great way to start my day.

    All the best,

    Jay

  • @dighsx Hey Jay thanks for the great comments! You know, I had wondered that too, seeing something you made in some exotic part of the world on top of an elephant....WTF?? and then laughing... Good to hear from you Jay.

    Cheers,

    James

  • That was a fantastic video! Very enjoyable. Breathtaking scenery and sites. The people seem so charming and welcoming. I'm surprised how intimate you were able to get with your video taking. To me this was better than Nat Geo. Thanks so much for sharing.

    Cheers,

    Ron

  • @EastEndPipes Thanks Ron for the great comments! The people are great here in Thailand for sure. I've found warm climates usually = warm people. Man, that would be great if one of those Nat Geo guys or BBC documentary guys were smoking a pipe out in the field! haha

    Cheers,

    James

  • Wow! What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL trip!

  • @piperevival Thanks for the comments! Lots of great locations here in Thailand.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Hey man great to see you! Your camera picks up some quality video! Beautiful. Love that waterfall across from where you stayed, spreads out all over the rocks and drops way down. Nice.Sillem's Black! YES!! Crazy seeing that Hackert all the way in Thailand on an elephant! How was dinner? Looked amazing! Sky lanterns! Wooo! Some pipes and baccy just fit together. Take care James.

  • @pipeheadOR Thanks for the great comments man! haha, I've wondered what Jake would think knowing his pipes are all over the world and seeing one smoked on an elephant. Dinner was great as long as you like it on the spicy side and usually they do the sky lanterns on New Years where hundreds of them fill the sky! Lots more impressive than doing just a few. Good to hear from you.

    Cheers.

  • That is a great video James. Thanks for sharing all those beautiful places. I like the Nanna Ivarsson pipe, might try to get my hands on one of them.

    Olivier

  • @homewaters1 Thanks for watching Olivier. The Nanna is a great pipe! Its bowl is on the smaller size but it one of my most comfortable pipes. Check out bisgaard-pipes (dot) com

    Cheers,

    James

  • Amazing video and vacation. You've single handedly put Thailand on my "places to go" list. Thanks for sharing.

  • @PipePedaler Thanks for watching, Glad to hear Thailand is now on your "places to go" list! hahaI think you'd really like it here. If you like thai food its even better.

    Cheers,

    James

  • Beautiful setting, to enjoy a pipe in!

  • @jerryspipe Thanks for watching Jerry. Definitely some great places here in Thailand to chill with a pipe.

    Cheers,

    James

  • WATCH THIS VIDEO IN FULL SCREEN FOLKS! It's awsome. Thanks for sharing James. This is the part of Thailand that I want to visit next time. Gorgeous footage! Looks like you had a wonderful vacation (great to see your mom too).

    Cheers mate,

    - Mike

  • @Flieger671 Wow! Man, thanks for the great compliment Mike! Coming from you sir, that really means a lot. Flieger flicks are among the best for sure! It was a great time with my mom, she really enjoyed it here. I'd recommend Chiang Mai and the north of Thailand over much of the rest of the country. Hope you get back out here soon haha!

    Cheers,

    James

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