Fang
25 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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.Читать далее
Chiang Dao
24 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 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 findЧитать далее
Another trip around the sun
23 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 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 toЧитать далее
ПутешественникHappy Birthday, Birthday Buddy! What a beautiful way to spend your birthday, Helene!🎉✨️🤗
ПутешественникHappy Birthday! We are sending lots of birthday wishes from Portland! 🥳🍾🎂
Moving up in the world
22 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 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. VentureЧитать далее
Cooking on a farm
21 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 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 aЧитать далее
Hike up the Monks Trail
20 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 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 continueЧитать далее
Back to ruins
19 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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’veЧитать далее
More Chiang Mai meandering
18 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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, buyingЧитать далее
Botanical Gardens
17 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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 MaeЧитать далее
A day of maintenance
16 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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 -Читать далее
Chiang Mai walking tour
15 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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 templedЧитать далее
Chiang Mai
14 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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 whiteЧитать далее
Lamphun
13 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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 withЧитать далее
Helene Rimberg
Yup. I think we have been eating little green ones like that
Back to the hills
12 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 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 andЧитать далее
Last push northward
11 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌩️ 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. FindЧитать далее
Ruins of Sukhothai
10 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 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 bikesЧитать далее
Sukhothai
9 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Nice tailwind as we pedal north (can’t remember last time we went in one direction for so long). Lots of puddles on the roads and the dirt road is a tad bit muddy. Skies in front of us are quiteЧитать далее
A day amongst wet rice fields
8 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
Another mixed day weather wise. Ride amongst rice, corn and sugar cane. All is pretty flooded though not sure if that is the norm for this time of year or excessive. End point chosen as there areЧитать далее
Banphot Phisai
7 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌩️ 30 °C
Most of the morning spent riding amidst the drizzle. Roads are full of puddles and the river is swollen and moving fast. Ride along nice quiet roads amongst the rice paddies and bananas. Find a cheapЧитать далее
Travel mode
6 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
These are the days we put our head down and just ride. We are keeping the distance manageable yet getting delayed by rain during the day. Today it started with sun but clouded up pretty quickly. It isЧитать далее
When it rains ….
5 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Yes, it pours. We seem to be experiencing the rainy season. Though we remain dry most of the time, rain seems to be unleashed later in the day. This is what happened today and we sought shelter veryЧитать далее
Ayutthaya
4 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
A day exploring the ruins. Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand in olden times. It was plundered by Burmese. Bangkok became the new capital. Wandered around the various sites. Seemed a bit differentЧитать далее
Helene RimbergSuppose so. Not sure these ones are happy with the job. Saw them all penned up
Путешественник
Very cool. It looks a lot like Angar Wat in Cambodia. Maybe a future trip - so you can compare the Wats :-)
Goodbye Bangkok
3 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ 🌩️ 32 °C
Pack up and ride north through the somewhat chaotic traffic. It is certainly not as bad as I had expected but still took a lot of concentration and caution. The urban sprawl continued for what feltЧитать далее
A few more Buddhas & river cruising
2 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Our last day in Bangkok. Stop first at Wat I - home of a very large standing Buddha. Able to climb up almost to the top for a nice view. Walk to the river and board the hop on hop off ferry and travelЧитать далее
Wat Phra (part 2)
1 сентября 2025 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Couldn’t restrain myself. So many pictures.
Helene RimbergIt’s the temple complex that houses the reclining Buddha. I forgot to mention in the other post, it also is a center for traditional medicine and massage.
