Johannesburg - Bangkok
29 Mart 2019, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Being a "daylight" flight made it very difficult to sleep. Two flights (transit in Singapore), airport Express train, Metro train, and then a 30 minute walk. Bike for the meantime is stored at theOkumaya devam et
Bangkok
30 Mart 2019, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Exploring Bangkok like the rest of the tourists (Note to self - don't forget sun protection next time). Made use of the Skytrain, and the Chao Phraya River Express to reach most of the landmarks.
TheOkumaya devam et
Bangkok
31 Mart 2019, Tayland ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Started the day by going for a walk in the park not far from the hotel. Didn't take me long to realize that I needed to be back on the river where its much cooler.
Took the Skytrain to the pier, andOkumaya devam et
Siem Riep (Cambodia)
1 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
What was meant to have been a 1 hour flight, ended up by being 2 hours with one aborted landing due to bad weather.
Good or bad, the lady next to me said that I looked like a pilot. Then theOkumaya devam et
Angkor Wat - Day 1
2 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
To put Angkor Wat into perspective, I covered 55km today exploring all the temples, and probably walked at least another 15km.
Angkor Wat is an enormous Buddhist temple complex located in northernOkumaya devam et
Angkor Wat - True Story
2 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
True story. I had hosted a young American touring cyclist who had been on the road for 18 months. Cycled from his home in North America, through South America, and then flew over to SouthOkumaya devam et
Angkor Wat - Day 2
3 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
The Angkor Wat temple is surrounded by a 15-foot high wall, with a moat 5 km long and 4m deep to protect the city, the temple and residents from invasion. A sandstone causeway served as the mainOkumaya devam et
Bangkok - Airport (BKK)
4 Nisan 2019, Tayland ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Arrived back in Bangkok airport, and first did a recce of the airport layout before collecting my bike.
During the recce I came across some sleeping capsules. I guess if you are claustrophobic theseOkumaya devam et
Pattaya
5 Nisan 2019, Tayland ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Leaving any big city is never easy and always a bit of a slog. Never did I feel unsafe, but what I never expected as I headed SE was the infrastructure. For 70km there was an overhead carriageway, aOkumaya devam et
Rayong
6 Nisan 2019, Tayland ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
The road leading out from Pattaya was still busy with three lanes in either direction. Eventually the traffic became less.
Took a detour down to a fishing village, drying on racks in the sun wereOkumaya devam et
Laeng Sing (Thailand)
7 Nisan 2019, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Although not easy to wake up early every morning, the early starts are great.
Not far into the ride I took shelter in a hardware store for about 40 minutes when a storm came lashing down.
From thereOkumaya devam et
Laem Ngop (Thailand)
8 Nisan 2019, Tayland ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The rain came pelting down last night, with claps of thunder that the wooden cabin would literally shake. Awesome to go to bed listening to the rain coming down.
The monks typically start meditatingOkumaya devam et
Ban Huang Som (Thailand)
9 Nisan 2019, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Today was one of those days where cycling just seemed so much easier. Cruised along merrily on some of the quieter roads.
The river estuaries seemed to be used a lot as fishing villages and from hereOkumaya devam et
Tatai (Cambodia)
10 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
Had to endure the border crossing into Cambodia today. Emigration on the Thailand side was quick, entry into Cambodia not so quick. I was hoping to sneak in with my single entry visa that was issuedOkumaya devam et
Koh Sdach
11 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
The kind lady at the hotel gave me 'padkos' for the road today, 4 eggs, 4 slices of bread, and one Dragonfruit. Today I started out one hour before sunrise, the idea was to summit one of the bigOkumaya devam et
Koh Sdach - Day 2
12 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
This is not your typical tourist destination, this is the real Cambodia, and very little to no English is spoken.
After yesterday's epic day, today was a day off. A family member from the Guest HouseOkumaya devam et
Kampot (Cambodia)
13 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ 🌧 33 °C
Today I made up for some lost time (following my earlier diversion) by making use of the local transport for part of the route. Watching the bus being loaded I thought it would not be possible to loadOkumaya devam et
Kampot - Day 2
14 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Town is quiet today, only a few tourists and expats roaming around. It is the Khmer New Year starting today and runs for three days.
One of the most popular fruits in these parts is the Durian, butOkumaya devam et
Kep (Cambodia)
15 Nisan 2019, Kamboçya ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
With New Year celebrations ongoing the beaches were packed, and the roads gridlocked. SA is not the only country where the masses flock to the beaches for the holidays. At least with a bicycle it wasOkumaya devam et
Phu Quoc (Vietnam)
16 Nisan 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
The border crossing from Cambodia to Vietnam was uneventful. Very quite, I think that I was the only person leaving Cambodia. Arrived in a small town of Ha Tien and found myself an ATM and withdrewOkumaya devam et
Phu Quoc (Vietnam) - Day 2
18 Nisan 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Taking a break from cycling, and spending a few days doing some scuba diving, my other passion.
The reefs here are okay, but still hard to beat the reefs off Mozambique, Madagascar, and SA. It takesOkumaya devam et
Can Tho (Vietnam)
20 Nisan 2019, Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 32 °C
Can Tho (Vietnam) 🇻🇳
Time to leave the island of Phu Quoc and head back to the mainland. I took the earliest ferry possible so that I could at least get in some cycling today. Docked on theOkumaya devam et
Bao Tang Tinh (Vietnam)
21 Nisan 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Bao Tang Tinh (Vietnam) 🇻🇳
The first ferry to the far bank was R1, then followed some back roads on the way out of town.
It's a nightmare navigating through the delta with all the small roadsOkumaya devam et
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
23 Nisan 2019, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
Ho Chi Minh city (Vietnam) 🇻🇳
Final push today from the outskirts of HCM and cycled straight to a bike shop (Mr Biker) that I had found earlier on the "Warmshowers" community. Very thankful forOkumaya devam et








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