Laos
10月3日, ラオス ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Pack up and head for the “Friendship Bridge” and the border with Laos. Unable to ride across the bridge; instead crossing in a shuttle bus. Manage passport control fairly easily. And just likeもっと詳しく
Last day in Thailand
10月2日, タイ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Head out on bikes to Wat on top of a steep hill. 18% grade is tough on a bike and walking. Great views from the top! Downhill is hard in a different way! Ride along the bike path, do a bit of shoppingもっと詳しく
Chiang Khong
10月1日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Dry yet dark morning and off we go. Relatively long ride to the border town of Chiang Khong but mostly flat and have a bit of a tail wind. Lots of rice and corn fields. Storm clouds are around us butもっと詳しく
Weather delay
9月30日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
After much dithering, opt to heed the weather alerts warning of torrential rain and floods and stay in place. A true rest day! Do some planning, a bit of shopping and a good dinner.
Wat Rong Khun
9月29日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Short ride to Wat Rhon Khun aka The White Temple. A local temple that is being rebuilt by a well known artist. He hopes to be done by 2070 (training others). Very wild place! Also busy with tourists.もっと詳しく
Chiang Raí wandering
9月28日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Beautiful sunny day so put on our walking shoes heading for grand adventures. First stop, Mae Fah Art and Cultural Center. Beautiful gardens and exhibits of local,craftsmanship using teak. Continuedもっと詳しく
Chiang Rai
9月27日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Very short day (18 miles) so take our time getting out. Cruise down the highway - going south for a change. Stop at the Botanical Gardens for a quick visit. Nice exhibit of medicinal plants. Finishもっと詳しく
Mae Chan
9月26日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Day is much sunnier, making for great views of the mountains around us. Ride amongst many crops including; corn, oranges, limes and of course bananas. Quiet road becomes a busier road but not muchもっと詳しく
Fang
9月25日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Leave our pleasant “retreat” noting all the rain that filled in the gullies. Sunshine quickly gave way to clouds and drizzle as we began climbing. Jagged peaks poked through the clouds and mist.もっと詳しく
Chiang Dao
9月24日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Another buffet breakfast topped off with another birthday cake, with singing. Pack up and leave our fancy hotel, resuming our northward journey. Quickly find quiet roads. Day warms up as we findもっと詳しく
Another trip around the sun
9月23日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 31 °C
Start my birthday with a bountiful breakfast buffet. Once fueled up, mount our bikes (yes spending my birthday on my bike) and head into the countryside. Nice rolling hills and quiet roads lead us toもっと詳しく
Moving up in the world
9月22日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Use our credit card perks to stay in a fancy hotel for last nights. Pack up and ride a few miles to Melia hotel. Check in early and set up by the pool. Then the rain hits. Deluge for hours. Ventureもっと詳しく
Cooking on a farm
9月21日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Easy morning and afternoon. Picked up by the cooking school van and drive first to a market and then out to the farm. Tour their garden, learning about the ingredients we will be using. We each get aもっと詳しく
Hike up the Monks Trail
9月20日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
After the morning shower (seems to be the norm), caught a lift to the base of the Monks Trail heading for Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Trail was pretty busy up to the first temple. As we continueもっと詳しく
Back to ruins
9月19日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Head a bit south to a complex of ruins that were only recently discovered (1990s). Sites were sprinkled amongst peoples homes. A relaxing afternoon before out for dinner - best seafood that we’veもっと詳しく
More Chiang Mai meandering
9月18日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
Slow start (we are trying to relax a bit) but eventually head out. Find our way to a few more Wats and then exit out of the walled city towards the east. Stroll through very busy market, buyingもっと詳しく
Botanical Gardens
9月17日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Quick breakfast at our hotel before mounting our bikes and heading out of town. Roads are quite congested and in need of repair. Eventually find a lovely protected bike path. Wind our way to Maeもっと詳しく
A day of maintenance
9月16日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
My day is spent getting a physical and getting my bike tuned up. Doug gets a hair cut and a massage. Manage to see a Wat or two. Out for an excellent dinner - trying the local specialty of Khao Soi -もっと詳しく
Chiang Mai walking tour
9月15日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Slow start. Make our way to a bagel shop and have bagels and lox for brunch. Fueled up, we start our tour through Chiang Mai and the many Wats. Cover a few of the more than 120 before we are templedもっと詳しく
Chiang Mai
9月14日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Head back to town to check out sights. First up - cat cafe! Visit Wat Phra That Haripunchai where many people have come to pray. Try to stay out of the way and be inconspicuous (hard as only whiteもっと詳しく
Lamphun
9月13日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Another hilly day - but the morning is a nice warm up. Enjoy a muddy path before joining the highway. Unfortunately no other option to get to Chiang Mai. Last hill is long and hot and noisy withもっと詳しく
Back to the hills
9月12日, タイ ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
First order of business - up a rather big hill (at least relative to what we have been doing lately). Though it’s early it’s already hit which only adds to the fun. Cruise down the other side andもっと詳しく
Last push northward
9月11日, タイ ⋅ 🌩️ 29 °C
Pushing on through to Chang Mai. Generally nice quiet roads and dry conditions. Ran into another cyclist heading same way. Only 3rd we have seen in Thailand. Better views of the mountains today. Findもっと詳しく
Ruins of Sukhothai
9月10日, タイ ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
Day off to explore the even older capital city. Seems Sukhothai was at its peak in 12th/13th centuries. A lot of work has been done to restore the structures, especially the Buddhas. Rode our bikesもっと詳しく
