Travel Blog

Pushing onwards to Khao Yai National Park and up the hills

Around 03:00 we are awoken to the rain hitting our tents, so we quickly pull out our rain fly and cover the tents before everything gets wet. For the next few hours we all pretty much toss and turn before finally getting up and out of the tents. We are up and ready to roll before 06:30 and we wait around while Randy gathers and packs his gear. This just happens to be his first time setting up his camping gear, so he has yet to find his routine. No worries, we are pretty confident that after a few more nights and days of touring he will have a system. Once Randy is set, we roll our bikes across the street and sit

Leaving Bangkok; a night at the police station

Leaving Bangkok from near the airport was not a big deal, but first on the list is finding the local post office and mailing all of our winter gear and some other items that we will not need. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Getting ready to roll...yes, we know how to destroy a room with the help of a bunch of panniers[/caption] As soon as we pull into the post office parking lot we become the local show. One of the postmen starts chatting with us even before we get our bikes parked, wanting to know where we come from and where we are going. That was all it took! He began telling everyone within

Sightseeing Bangkok

After picking up Randy from the airport; lazy day of putting his bike together and getting over jet-lag, we all take the train into the old part of Bangkok to do a little bit of sightseeing. Not only do we check out the Grand Palace and Wat Pho with its giant reclining golden Buddha

Making it to Bangkok: Dusty roads, heavy traffic, and please move those market stalls

The first 20some miles today were great cycle touring miles along fairly quiet roads through the Thai countryside. Drivers are courteous like usually. We cycle close to the ocean where small fish on big screens are drying in the sun along the roadway.

Visiting Phetchaburi: temples, parks, caves, and more monkeys

We arrive in Phetchaburi in mid afternoon. After finding our way to the budget hotel, we decide to wander through town, maybe find our way up to Khao Wang--the palace hill--and grab a bite to eat. To get over there, we have to climb up and down some stairs to maneuver over a crazy busy intersection. School children in their uniforms are hustling home from

Cycling to Phetchaburi past new and old temples

We have about 40 miles of cycling to make it to Phetchaburi. The initial 15 or so are a lot of ups and downs, before hitting flat land again. We ride along a canal with many cows tied up along the water. Actually, these are the most cows we have seen so far in Thailand. They do look quite different from the US or European

Kraeng Krabang; meet Toy, Annika and Katrina

Since it was almost dark when we made it to Kaeng Kraban, we decided to stay right at the park's headquarter campground. It is located at the park entrance by a lake. The plan is to get a good night sleep and then hopefully move to the second campground which is located about  20 some miles deeper in the jungle. Unfortunately, one of the rangers tells us that it is impossible to take bikes to that campground. Supposedly, we'd have to hire a very expensive

Cycling to the east coast of Thailand; long day of cycling, long night of train rides, and long ways on taxi Thai-style

We are off to another early start. The goal for the day is to reach the eastern coast of Thailand about 50 some miles away. Maybe we are slowly getting used to the heat or it is the lack of hills today, but riding during the morning hours seems much easier today. We stop a few times

Cycling to the Ratchaprapha Dam

Today, we plan on cycling to the Ratchaprapha Dam at Khao Sok National Park. To get there we have about 40 some miles of cycling to do. The road leads through much more jungle type vegetation, past many more beautiful karst mountains, and up and down plenty more rolling hills.

Khao Sok: about hiking in the jungle and wild bathroom encounters

The park ranger was not kidding, when he warned us about rain rolling in during the night. Not only did it rain...it poured! Accompanied by lightning and thunder. As the storm moved in closer, we moved over into the covered area of the park's restaurant to wait out the worst of