Adding features/functionality to ASP.Net MVC 3
Out of the box ASP MVC is a good framework, although in my opinion lacking quite a lot of functionality. That isn’t a problem though as one of the greatest features of ASP MVC is how easily extensible it is. I’ve been working on my own framework, AutoMvc, to extend ASP MVC. This article will go over some of the additions I have made.
Cycling to Gdog’s – Thailand (Part 3 – Ko Lanta to Trang)
Leaving Ko Lanta, I said goodbye to Liam and Jess and was on my own once again. For the first time in Thailand I started to get a lot of attention. Mopeds would beep me, or more commonly pull alongside me and ask where I was going. They didn’t seem to care where I was from, just where I was going in Thailand. On the ferry out of Ko Lanta, two muslim girls just starred and smiled at me from no more than three metres away. I gave them a friendly wave to keep them content. They giggled and turned away. Twenty seconds later they had turned round and were smiling at me, this time also waving. I waved back once again and they turned away. This repeated around a dozen times and became a little bit tiresome although the girls were very sweet. I started gazing up at the sky and pretend-checking my bike to avoid eye contact! Annoyingly I saw them on the 2nd ferry (two to get off Ko Lanta) and it all repeated again.
Cycling to Gdog’s – Thailand (Part 2 – Phuket to Ko Lanta)
Cycling out of Pa Tong was a lot harder than I had remembered (when entering). While the hills weren’t very steep relative to what I’ve cycled in the UK and Europe, it was the heat that was causing me problems. Even climbing for a minute or two I found I would overheat and be drenched in sweat. Stopping to rest, even in the shade, meant I would sweat even more. It was a no-win situation. The best thing to do was to get over the hills as quickly as possible. The northern part of Phuket was suprisingly nice. The beaches were beautiful and quiet. When I stopped for lunch, there were only a few people dotted around, all of which were Thai. It was quite a contrast to the southern part of the island and amazed me that people don’t seem to venture further up to find such beaches.
Cycling to Gdog’s – Thailand (Part 1 – Phuket)
My original plans were to visit Thailand after having done India. This all changed when I decided I would spend Christmas with my brother in Hanoi. Given I didn’t have enough time to cycle India before going to Hanoi, I chose to fit in Thailand instead. Due to budget reasons it meant having to drop Malaysia and Singapore from my travel plans and around 600km of cycling distance. I booked a return flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok, landing in Bangkok on November 7th. Given this was right in the middle of the largest floods in Bangkok for 40 years I decided to see Bangkok at the end of my tour of southern Thailand, so booked another flight from Bangkok to Phuket.
Cycling to Gdog’s – China Completed
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