I had two weeks in Thailand, most of it hanging out with my old uni mate Paul Kenny and his lovely wife Panadda. I slept for two days on arrival. It’s just too easy for me to sleep right now but I’m sure I needed it. Well, after a couple of days, I was more …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last day for this trip. I was going to enjoy this despite it being an ugly ride into Bangkok. The hotel here is great and I love the area. There was no shortage of food options around, so I set off and grabbed breakfast a few kms later. As usual, the …
Today’s ride on Komoot Another rice porridge with pork and egg for breakfast. It’s a great way to start the day and it provides plenty of energy for what is inevitably ahead. The Platinum hotel is really nice. The problem currently is the roadwork on the main road. I mentioned yesterday about the grey dust …
I had an early swim and it was fantastic. The water here is quite clean and the beaches have white sand so it’s an ideal spot. A lot of the beach bars and restaurants have issues at high tide though. A few of them have to move and stack their tables and chairs to avoid …
The objective here on Ko Samet was to relax and take it easy for a couple of days. There was no riding to be done, as my bike is on the mainland, and the beaches are just over the road from the hotel. In some ways, I chose the wrong time to get here, as …
Today’s ride on Komoot I packed up and got going pretty early (for me) – I checked out before 7:30. That may be a record 😁. Then I headed to a really cool bakery cafe down the road – closed. Then a nice place over the road from there with staff milling around – closed. …
Today’s ride on Komoot I wanted to get to the beach today but I simply couldn’t be bothered riding another 100km day. So I thought I’d go to Chanthaburi and have a wander and a look around at whatever tourists things they have. I only decided this mid morning, so I booked a hotel and …
Today’s ride on Komoot There were some uphills today. Nothing spectacular, but I doubt that I’ve been up any hills since getting to Song Cau in Vietnam. I headed into Aranyaprathet for a coffee and a very early second breakfast (after this morning’s muesli). So nice, that I didn’t want to leave but realised that …
Today’s ride on Komoot A short day today – 20+ kms which was down to the Friendship bridge on the Thai side, then up to the town of HouayXai which sits directly opposite Chiang Khong across the Mekong. The slow boat from HouayXai to Luang Prabang goes on Mondays and Thursdays, so I expected the …
Lots to do today. I had my new front sprocket, but needed a special tool to install it. I had also spoken to the bike shop in Chiang Mai and had my hopes up that a local bike shop could do it. So I rode the 6kms to the only bike shop around, and had …
