Johannesburg - Bangkok
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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 the Czytaj więcej
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 the Czytaj więcej
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.
The Czytaj więcej
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, and Czytaj więcej
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 the Czytaj więcej
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 northern Czytaj więcej
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 South Czytaj więcej
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 main Czytaj więcej
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 these Czytaj więcej
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, a Czytaj więcej
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 were Czytaj więcej