Predator 4x4 all terrain power wheelchair

Predator 4x4 power wheelchair by Radical Mobility, South Africa. With the wet savannah mudlands at the company's doorsteps, it is blessed with testing and making power wheelchairs that can survive the harshest environment. Maybe it will build a power wheelchair which can outrun a cheetah (about 70 mph or 114 kph)?

Wheelchairs as fast as this cheetah?

Below is the philosophy of Radical Mobility:

"Radical Holdings (Pty) Ltd t/a Radical Mobility is a South African company that designs, manufactures and markets power wheelchairs, which maximize mobility and comfort for disabled people.
Martin Brown, founder and CEO of Radical Mobility is a C3/6 quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair since 1998. His frustration in trying to find a power wheelchair that catered for his needs led directly to the formation of Radical Mobility.

Martin demanded manoeuvrability indoors but also the ability to drive on surfaces like beach sand. He needed comfort and support, and the ability to surmount obstacles and slopes and didn’t want his power wheelchair to look like hospital equipment. So Radical Mobility was born with inspiration from his Creator, friends and family. Martin teamed up with Pieter Nell to develop a range of wheelchairs that are affordable, comfortable, safe and versatile – especially in their ability to operate indoors and outside."

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Up a steep slope with minimal effort.



Beach cruising

A voice-controlled power wheelchair

A cool wheelchair using one's voice to move it.

The next day 15 August 2008

My buddies Ricky, Philip and me after a hearty breakfast in the hotel. Although this hotel is not in the main cities like Bangkok, its breakfast buffet was better than a similar four-star hotel breakfast in BKK. Charoensri Hotel breakfast was really good :)
This was the first forest monk's temple we visited.
This temple belongs to one of the disciples of the great late Ajahn Mun. A doctor donated a real skeleton to remind the followers of the impermanence of life.
The temple hall.
The serenity of the temple's surroundings.

Me feeding the fishes as my other buddies went up to the temple which was not wheelchair accessible. This is outside Ajahn Fon's wat, one of AC Mun's disciples.
The view ouside the pond.
The great tudong master late Ajahn Mun's museum.

Personal artefacts of AC Mun when he meditated and wandered in the wild forests of Udon Thani.
Noticed the parasol which was the protection he had to shelter him from rain and sun when he meditated in the forests.

A path built for walking meditation in the forest.
A friendly monk at Wat Pa Yong who was also our translator when we visited the abbot there.

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My recent trip to Udon Thani, Thailand

Just landed in Udon Thani, about one hour from Bangkok
Posing outside the Udon Thani domestic airport. It is a small airport with basic amenities and a canteen for light refreshments. Behind me is my buddy Ricky who was one of the three of us in this trip. Our purpose of the trip was to visit the forest monks in Udon Thani.
I was outside Charoensri Grand Royal Hotel where we stayed. I just had dinner at the nearby night market.
View of our hotel at night.
Our first taste of local food at the night market! We had a plate of ngio hiang dish or "chinese rojak", a huge steamed fish, fried chicken, mango salad and fresh coconuts for each of us. For dessert, we had "ching ting" which is the best I ever tried: its version had more than ten ingredients unlike the Singapore version of maybe 4-5 ingredients. The total cost? About S$16 for four of us :)