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Day 791
Friday, August 29, 2025
☁️ 33 °C
Altitude: 15 m
Thailand Ban Bang Li 13.564559, 99.81400213°33’52” N 99°48’50” E
Rice fields and dogs
August 29 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
Take care of a few errands before leaving. Ratchaburi and the train is our destination. Very flat riding, thankfully, as it’s very hot. Rice fields and marshes dominate the landscape. Side roads are great but full of dogs who seem particularly aggressive. They generally go away after you yell at them. But still …. Stop for a smoothie and finish our ride. Ensure we can take our bikes to Bangkok and find a hotel. Check out Ratchaburi at night.Read more
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Day 790
Thursday, August 28, 2025
☁️ 31 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Thailand Phetchaburi 13.104854, 99.94881213°6’17” N 99°56’56” E
Goodbye Gulf of Thailand
August 28 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Made our way out of Hua Hin and road a quiet road near the coast (couldn’t see the water but could see high rise resorts). Finally stopped at quiet beach and had final swim in the warm water. Began our journey inland as rain began to fall. Did find ourselves on a proper cycle lane for about 10 miles. Very flat riding and managed to stay pretty dry as entered big town of Phetchaburi . Found our nice room by the river. Walked amongst one of the large temples before having a very good dinner.Read more
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Day 789
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Thailand Hua Hin 12.567674, 99.9587912°34’4” N 99°57’32” E
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From quiet beauty to chaos
August 27 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Another late start as tire needs to be fixed again. Short ride to Khao Sam Roi Yot National
Park. Stop at the headquarters and notice very aggressive monkeys that the workers fight off with sling shots. Do a little walk amongst mangroves and monkeys. Stop to investigate Porcupine Cave. As seems to be the norm, round a corner and see a temple and golden Buddha. Detour to Phraya Nakhon cave. Steep walk up to amazing caverns, with skylights and a temple in the middle. Push on along through quiet resort villages before arriving in the chaotic resort city of Hua Hin. Check in, do some laundry and cringe at all the white people on holiday in the western bars. Are we still in Thailand?Read more
Hannah Boe They stalagmeet
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Day 788
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
🌧 29 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Thailand Kui Buri District 12.088462, 99.95567312°5’18” N 99°57’20” E
Another tiny coastal village
August 26 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Day started with a flat tire. Fortunately hadn’t left hotel. Late start but short day planned. Arrive quickly into the largish town of Prachuap Kiri Khan. A few stops to pick up some needed items. Find myself in the Thail version of Costco. Not quite what you need on a bike. Head along the coast in the drizzle. Arrive at our chosen destination and find a nice little hotel. Check out local beach and then local seafood restaurant. Back to no English on menus but we did fine.Read more
TravelerThailand made the news here due to the heavy rain and flooding, so naturally I thought of you, but realize big country and hope you’re in a very safe part. These pics are beautiful. Love seeing them. A part of the world I’ll never see-in this life, for sure.
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Day 787
Monday, August 25, 2025
🌧 29 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Thailand Ban Wa Thon 11.734877, 99.77690411°44’6” N 99°46’37” E
Continuing along the coastline
August 25 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Continue our journey northward. Sun is out for a bit which is a nice change. Get stopped on the road by the police; all of whom take out their phones to video us. Ride a bit to get breakfast and coffee. But do find one of our favorite “rest areas”. They have bathrooms, coffee shop and at least one store - all of which is quite handy. Continue on and make our way to giant golden Buddha looking out to sea. So ornate. Clouds roll in. Stay on small roads until very end. Stop at small village outside of Prachua Khiri Khan. Water is a bit rough and too late for a swim. Nice dinner at nearby resort.Read more
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Day 786
Sunday, August 24, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Thailand Bang Saphan Noi 11.09012, 99.48970411°5’24” N 99°29’23” E
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Back to Thailand Riviera
August 24 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Early start but stop almost immediately for coffee. Day is overcast and quiet as we take small roads to return to the coast. Find ourselves on the Thailand Riviera again - apparently a project to create a 900 km route from south west coast up to Bangkok. Loose it a few times on our ride but stay on fine roads anyway. Stumble upon huge sleeping Buddha! Rain comes and goes but light and keeps us cool. Make it to tiny seaside village of Bang Saiphon Noi. Nice bungalow by the sea. Quick dip before dinner.Read more
Hannah Boe Wow those are incredible
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Traveler Everywhere you go is not like anything I’ve imagined. I love looking at these pictures. Makes me feel like I’m seeing the world too.
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Helene RimbergGlad you are along for the ride
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Traveler I also love seeing the pictures and reading about your journey. This picture and caption makes me think - there’s more than 2 of you at that cafe in the middle of nowhere who are living your dreams. Good for all of you!!
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Day 785
Saturday, August 23, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Thailand Ban Ko Son 10.45202, 99.2180410°27’7” N 99°13’5” E
Goodbye Koh Tao
August 23 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
A lovely sunny morning. Walk back to shark bay and get a nice bit of snorkeling in. Just love the big coral gardens. Pack up and hang at the beach before riding back to the pier to catch our ferry. Much quicker ride back to the mainland; though a late departure didn’t leave us with much daylight to ride very far. End up right across from the night ferry port Eat at same restaurant as when we leftRead more
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Day 784
Friday, August 22, 2025
🌧 28 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Thailand Bang Saphan Noi 11.092278, 99.49008811°5’32” N 99°29’24” E
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A snorkel adventure
August 22 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Cloudy skies and windy conditions has us dithering all morning about whether to go on a snorkel cruise around the island (we seem to be dithering a lot lately). Opt to go. Picked up and taken to the other side of the island and the boat. Short trip to first stop - a lovely little island off our island. Though crowded, manage to snorkel away from others. Great coral formations and big fish. Back in the boat for lunch Stop at two more snorkel locals (both quite nice) and then the skies open up. Tad bit chilly as we head off into the wind and waves. Opt to sit out the next two stops as too cold to go in. Battle rough seas back to dock and return to our bungalow. Out for Spanish tapas and gelato.Read more
Hannah Boe Reminds me of the glacial granite formations in Lolo, MT
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Day 783
Thursday, August 21, 2025
☁️ 29 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Thailand Ko Tao 10.068498, 99.82658810°4’7” N 99°49’36” E
A coastal hike
August 21 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Sleep in and awake to overcast skies and rain. Make our way to our breakfast buffet. Afterwards ponder our options over cappuccinos by the sea. Decide to hike along the coast. A bit rough at times but very pretty. Stop and snorkel a bit on quiet little beach. Enter busy port town, get gelato and high speed ferry tickets for our return journey. Walk back along busy road (lots of motor bikes). Out for ok pizza dinner.Read more
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Day 782
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Thailand Ko Tao 10.068041, 99.8262810°4’5” N 99°49’35” E
Koh Tao
August 20 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
A smooth, yet noisy crossing. Dock at 3:00 am but can stay on the boat and sleep. Finally disembark at 6:00 and find an
open coffee shop. Very short ride to the south side of the island and try to check in. Too early so go hang on the beach
for awhile. After checking in, walk to the next bay over - shark bay - and do a bit of snorkeling. Relax on a quieter beach before returning to our bungalow. Nice dinner up on the hillside.Read more
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Day 781
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
☁️ 32 °C
Altitude: 88 m
Thailand Ban Ko Son 10.43924, 99.25093410°26’21” N 99°15’3” E
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To the ferry we go
August 19 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Another late morning for some reason. Continue our northward journey along the “Thailand Riviera”. Very nice quiet road along the water. One bit of amusement - it is common to “employ” monkeys to help with coconut and palm kernel picking. We see them hanging ion to the trucks coming and going from work sites. Cross a sketchy bridge and deal with a few rain drops but not too bad. Pass a number of temples and a very large Buddha before finding the ferry dock. Quick dinner before boarding our night ferry. Each get a bunk.Read more
Hannah Boe Omg cuuuute
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Day 780
Monday, August 18, 2025
☁️ 32 °C
Altitude: 15 m
Thailand Pak Nam Lang Suan 9.948035, 99.1541119°56’53” N 99°9’15” E
The Gulf of Thailand
August 18 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
With a long day ahead of us and hot weather predicted, opt to get breakfast at the cafe. Nice choice. Leave before 9 - early for us. Rather quickly spot a large cobra crossing the road. Stay vigilant after that. Make good time on quiet rural roads. Quick lunch and then reach the Gulf. Stop for a swim - very warm water. Opt to continue to a larger town. Check in to hotel and out for a very good dinner - soft shelled crabs and red meat.Read more
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Day 779
Sunday, August 17, 2025
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Thailand Tha Kham 9.098456, 99.2305759°5’54” N 99°13’50” E
A two pool day
August 17 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Wake up mostly recovered from yesterday’s adventures. Walk across the road to the local swim hole. Beautiful, cool water. Pack up and continue eastward towards the Gulf of Thailand. Roads remain relatively quiet. Decide to go a bit farther to a riverside resort with a pool. Nice bungalows and cool salt water pool. Eat dinner by the pool.Read more
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Day 778
Saturday, August 16, 2025
🌧 27 °C
Altitude: 35 m
Thailand Bang Sawan 8.621143, 98.9724298°37’16” N 98°58’21” E
I hate mud
August 16 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
After our morning showers set off, heading east towards the other coast and hopefully dryer weather. Make good time on the big roads but are glad to get onto quieter ones. After a turn, road is no longer paved and muddy from the rains. Continue on. And then it becomes thick and like clay. And we are stuck. Literally- having to clear tires and crevices so that the bikes will move. HORRIBLE! After about 2 hours and maybe 2 miles land back on gravel. But we are spent. Roll along the hills and amazingly enough come to a tiny car wash. Doug hoses us down. Late lunch and return to big road. Make our destination of Bang Sawan and find a hotel a bit outside of town. Fortunately they have a restaurant. Unfortunately it’s closed. Walk back to night market. Our first one. Manage to find some dinner (not bugs) and return to room.Read more
TravelerSorry to be laughing, but I am laughing. Bike at the carwash. 🤣
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Helene RimbergIt was a little car wash. Just a handheld pump. Almost hosed myself down. That would have been amusing
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Day 777
Friday, August 15, 2025
🌧 27 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Thailand Ban Ao Nang 8.014064, 98.8349748°0’51” N 98°50’6” E
Unintended rest day
August 15 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Very rainy morning. Pore over weather forecasts to figure out how bad it will be. Finally decide to stay and right after we pay for another night, the rain stops. Stays relatively dry for the remainder of the day. Do some planning and go out on a beach walk. Help groups of children with their English lessons by being “interviewed”. Out for very good Indian food.Read more
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Day 776
Thursday, August 14, 2025
🌧 28 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Thailand Ban Ao Nang 8.03931, 98.8165868°2’22” N 98°48’60” E
Railay Beach
August 14 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Bit rainy in the morning so take our time getting ourselves ready for the day’s adventure. Take a longboat down the coastline to Railay beach - a peninsula only accessible by boat. Explore on foot with the hordes of tourists. Check out a very cool cave and follow the submerged walkway to tip. Heavy rain comes down but we have our ponchos. It lets up a bit and mosey around for awhile longer before heading back. Another nice Thai dinner and find good ice cream.Read more
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Day 775
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Thailand Ban Ao Nang 8.039475, 98.8164348°2’22” N 98°48’59” E
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Ban Ao Nang
August 13 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Very short ride out of Krabi town to the seaside resort of Ao Nang. Very touristy, yet beautiful. Walked along the beach to the tip, and hung out watching the tide go out; opening up a walkway to nearby ‘island’. Returned on the beach as it had become much bigger with the lowering tide. Watched sun dip down before going out for pizza. Sometimes you just need gooey cheeseRead more
Hannah Boe So many shells!
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Helene Rimberg Only way I can “collect them”
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Day 774
Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
☁️ 26 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Thailand Krabi 8.054168, 98.9163898°3’15” N 98°54’59” E
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Wat Tham Suea
August 12 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
No rush this morning. After coffee head into Krabi for breakfast. Skies open just as we are about to leave. Wait it out and catch a ride to Wat Tham Suea; a Buddhist temple in the hills. Check out the main temple before heading towards the caves. Once again it pours and we wait. Finally continue along, getting wet anyway. Rain tapers and decide to ascend the 1200+ steps to Buddha and views. Well worth it. Clouds add to the mood. Nice outing. Back to hotel before laundry and another very good dinner.Read more
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Day 773
Monday, August 11, 2025
☁️ 28 °C
Altitude: 28 m
Thailand Krabi 8.054063, 98.9165658°3’15” N 98°54’60” E
It’s a warm rain
August 11 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
After deliberating back and forth between heading to the theoretically drier east coast or staying on the likely wetter but more scenic west coast , opted to take our chances. Wait out the first rain shower in the hotel. Have a nice stretch of dry rural roads before hitting the busy highway. Sun peaks out momentarily but the rain returns forcing a lunch break undercover. Opt to push on to Krabi. Nice hotel in quiet area. Out for dinner, first stopping at Booze Bar.Read more
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Day 772
Sunday, August 10, 2025
☁️ 29 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Thailand Hat Pak Meng 7.486512, 99.3311377°29’11” N 99°19’52” E
To the Andaman Sea
August 10 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Have a “normal” breakfast (yogurt) but stop for coffee before leaving town. Because of all the estuaries, it’s impossible to go in a straight line. Stop at a Botanical garden and do a short jungle walk. Lovely trees! Enjoy the view from above with a canopy walk. Day heats up and we go onward. Stop at 7-eleven (our new favorite stop) for smoothies. Day is also a bit windy - not in our favor. Finally make it to the sea. Stop for a bit before continuing to our hotel. Beautiful, long Beach full of locals enjoying their Sunday afternoon. Great seafood dinner with the help of an English menu!Read more
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Day 771
Saturday, August 9, 2025
☁️ 32 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Thailand Ban Na Yai Mom 7.376582, 99.6779627°22’36” N 99°40’41” E
Meandering through the countryside
August 9 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Rainy night gave way to clear morning. Odd breakfast delivered to our door. Ok but not my fave - chicken and rice soup (Congee). Quickly find ourselves on small roads, amongst the jungle interspersed with rubber trees and other fruit bearing trees. Stop in a cemetery for a snack and continue on - reaching Yan Ta Khao. Find our hotel (harder than you think when can’t read signs). Relax and then venture out for dinner. Google translate to the rescue again.Read more
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Day 770
Friday, August 8, 2025
☁️ 31 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Thailand Ban Ko Ta 6.884437, 99.8016016°53’4” N 99°48’6” E
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Thailand
August 8 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Early morning to catch the 9:30 ferry to Thailand. Pay for our tickets and await clearing Malaysian border patrol. Do notice the sign that says bikes not allowed but they do let us through. First on board to stow our bikes in the back. Short trip to Thailand. Last off and wait to clear Thailand border patrol. No problem. Ride quiet roads at first and then join the larger road with an ample shoulder. Hot day but make good time to town of La-Ngu. Find our hotel and relax before venturing out. Find the restaurant we had chosen and with the help of google translate manage to order our first Thai meal (in Thailand). Stop for dessert on the way back - much easier as could just pointRead more
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Day 769
Thursday, August 7, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Malaysia Kuah 6.305868, 99.8523716°18’21” N 99°51’9” E
Beach combing and deja vu
August 7 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
After checking out, head down to the beach for the afternoon. Hadn’t seen the beach at high tide. So many different types of shells! Get a tiny bit of rain but seek cover under a tree. Pack up and ride back to Kauh for our ferry to Thailand. Check back in to the same hotel. Dine at the nearby arts cafe. Nice dinner!Read more
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Day 768
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 12 m
Malaysia Rhu Cape 6.439443, 99.8040166°26’22” N 99°48’14” E
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To the west and waterfalls
August 6 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Skies are nice and clear when we wake up but become a big ominous as we head out across to the east side of the island. Rain begins to fall as we arrive at the start of the walk up to Seven Wells falls. But it passes. Beautiful falls and not too many people. Lounge around in the pools for quite a while, trying not to slip on the rocks. Return to our room and walk along the beach for fish dinner.Read more
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Day 767
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Malaysia Rhu Cape 6.434666, 99.7991646°26’5” N 99°47’57” E
To the north side
August 5 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
First order of business - determine if we can take a ferry to Thailand. Ride to passenger ferry terminal and confirm - we can! Grab some breakfast and ride the 12 miles across to the north side of the island. Check in to Red Coral Cottages. Skies open and it dumps for a few hours. Afterwards, head to the beach. Long Beach walk. Dinner right next door.Read more
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