Saturday 7 April, 2018 Day 10 / Battambang to Siem Reap via boat [Missed Day 9? Read the previous post here] I wake up to the sound of rain. Thank goodness it’s not a big cycle day but I’m still worried about the short trip we have to make to the boat terminal which is … Continue reading Day 10 – Battambang to Siem Reap
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Day 9 – Pailin to Battambang
Friday 6 April, 2018 Day 9 / Pailin to Battambang [Missed Day 8? Read the previous post here] Today’s ride will take us to the bigger town of Battambang. There don’t seem to be any convenience stores around so we decide to get straight into the cycling and figure out breakfast along the way. Cheye … Continue reading Day 9 – Pailin to Battambang
Day 8 – Pong Nam Ron to Pailin
Thursday 5 April, 2018 Day 8 / Pong Nam Ron to Pailin [Missed Day 7? Read the previous post here] Today we set out to cross the border into Cambodia. We are pretty tired from the previous day’s ride and conclude that it was definitely a smart idea to break the ride into two and … Continue reading Day 8 – Pong Nam Ron to Pailin
Day 7 – Chanthaburi to Pong Nam Ron
Wednesday 4 April, 2018 Day 7 / Chanthaburi to Pong Nam Ron [Missed Day 6? Read the previous post here] The original plan today was to cycle across the Thai border into the Cambodian town of Pailin but we decide to split the ride in two and stay overnight in Pong Nam Ron, the last … Continue reading Day 7 – Chanthaburi to Pong Nam Ron
Day 6 – Ban Phe to Chanthaburi
Tuesday 3 April, 2018 Day 6 / Ban Phe to Chanthaburi [Missed Day 5? Read the previous post here] We make an early start at 6:30am and decide to stay off the highways today and take the coastal roads instead. It’s a bit more navigating but ends up being a much more enjoyable day of … Continue reading Day 6 – Ban Phe to Chanthaburi
Day 5 – Jomtien to Ban Phe
Monday 2 April, 2018 Day 5 / Jomtien to Ban Phe [Missed Day 4? Read the previous post here] A long day of cycling ahead, so we chow down some bread we bought the previous night and I decide to wear my skull face mask for the first time this trip to avoid inhaling all … Continue reading Day 5 – Jomtien to Ban Phe
Day 4 – Bang Saen to Jomtien
Sunday 1 April, 2018 Day 4 / Bang Saen to Jomtien (Pattaya) [Missed Day 3? Read the previous post here] We set off on another shorter days cycle, but our last one for a while. We are heading towards Jomtien, another beach town just a little bit out from Pattaya. Cheye keeps telling me his … Continue reading Day 4 – Bang Saen to Jomtien
Day 3 – Chonburi to Bang Saen
Saturday 31 March, 2018 Day 3 / Chonburi to Bang Saen [Missed Day 2? Read the previous post here] As we are completely wrecked from the events of the previous day we decide to break the next planned day of cycling into two and do 20km today and 40km the following day. We take a … Continue reading Day 3 – Chonburi to Bang Saen
Day 2 – Bangkok to Chonburi
Friday 30 March, 2018 Day 2 / Bangkok to Chonburi [Missed Day 1? Read the previous post here] Our AirBnB host arrives at 10am to help us check out and we have a brief chat with her, including asking her the best way to ask for vegetarian food. She tells us the word mangswirati, so … Continue reading Day 2 – Bangkok to Chonburi
Day 1 – Bangkok
Thursday 29 March, 2018 Day 1 / Bangkok This is the first day of what I’ve name ‘The Great SE Asian Cycling Trip’. Cheye and I have been planning this over the past nine months since we found some cheap flights to Bangkok and decided to do a bit of cycling through Thailand and into … Continue reading Day 1 – Bangkok