Pooped Puppy & The 7 Headed Serpent

The last two days I stayed close to the decathlon to make sure the bike would be okay. I rode about 20K both days and everything is in order.

I get up early and probably chose the target a little too far at 104km. The air quality is terrible, traversing a busy Korat city and I am still coughing up chunks and I feel like that cold is still there. Lousy way to start an exotic bike trip.

At my first stop for a drink, about 2.5 hrs in, all of a sudden the pedal gives way and goes crooked in the crank arm. I don't force it. I get fueled up at this little store and I try to get it back in but it will not align straight and the threads will not catch to go all the way back in. Unless I fix this I'm stranded and I'll need a taxi to go back to decathlon. I was just about to give up and on this final try I managed to make it work. Long stop of 2 plus hours. The pedal keeps loosening causing lots of stops. Tomorrow I'm going to weld them in place. There!

104km was more than I should have done off the 4 week xmas couch. My body is complaining loudly. I'm a pooped puppy.

At one of my stops I find a temple It's a special one, the statue leading to the golden Buddha is a seven-headed serpent. It has a different meaning in each of the cultures that has used it.Read more