August 21, 2013, Wednesday, Mae Ramat (Thailand) *Still raining* I woke up, packed a bit and ordered breakfast next door. Mike came over around 7:20, informing me his co-teacher will be at his house at 7:45. I finished packing, and rolled my bike up to Mike’s house (just around the…
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Riding S(o)low, Part I: August 16-20, Suphan Buri-Mae Ramat (Thailand)
August 16, 2013, Friday, Suphan Buri-Ban Rai (Thailand) 115km total: 8465km Stopped by Kannasoot to say goodbye to Alex and his co teachers and then headed out. seeking out the rural back roads, well worth the time being lost/going slow trying to clarify if I’m on the right road. By…
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Go Bears! in Thailand, Part II: August 12-15, 2013, Sara Buri-Suphan Buri (Thailand)
August, 13, 2013, Tuesday, Sara Buri-Suphan Buri (Thailand) 105km total 8350km Breakfast at the wat and then getting lost out of town. I crossed the plains in a good amount of time. Stopping for rest in An Thong. Pretty rice paddies, but a busier-than expecting/hoping for highway. I made it…
Go Bears! in Thailand, Part I: August 9-12, 2013, Samut Sangkhon-Sara Buri (Thailand)
August 9, 2013, Friday Samut Sangkohn-Bangkok-Pak Chong (Thailand) 55 total 8155km Today marks a new section of my trip: I’m cycling alone to northern Thailand. Andres has plans to visit Siracha(a pilgramage of sorts, if you know the sauce, you’d understand) And I have a couple friends scattered on the…
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Pushing To Bangkok August 1-8, Somewhere-Samut Sakhon (Thailand)
August 1, 2013, Thursday, Somewhere-Chaiya (Thailand) 130km 7495km We were so slow and melonchaly while packing, I thought Khanom might be the next black hole. But we made it on the road and flew to Surat Thani for lunch. And we found a quiet rural road which we road to…
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Sawatdeekrap Thailand JuLy 26-31, 2013 Ayer Hitam (Malaysia)-Somewhere(Thailand)
July 26, 2013, Friday, Ayer Hitam(Malaysia)-Songkhla(Thailand) 145km total 7075 Wow. Thailand. A new country. New language. New culture. And I have yet to find out if it’s a place I’m going to like. It seems to be the backpackers spot. If you’re on a trip through South East Asia, you’ve…
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Selamat Tingal Malaysia: July 20-25 Penang-Ayer Hitam (Malaysia)
July 20-24, 2013, Penang (Malaysia) Penang was another place where our “rest” simply equated to not being on the bikes. Turns out Raj only gets 15 days as well, so he joined us at our host, Alex’s house for our time in Penang. Alex took us kayaking to “Rat island”…
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Malaysia has Mountains? July 11-19, 2013, Kuala Lumpur-Penang (Malaysia)
July 11, 2013, Thursday, KL-Kuala Kubu Bahru(Malaysia) Our alarms went off, we ate breakfast at 5:30, and fell back asleep to wait out the rain we woke up to. We left once the rain eased off and reluctantly said goodbye to Steve. He was our bike touring mentor for so…
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Malazya: June 29-July 11, 2013 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Day 144, June 29, 2013, Saturday, Malacca-UPM It took a day or two for Andres and I to leave Malacca. 150km is a big pill to swallow. I slept through my alarm one day, and the next we chatted with Howard and friends over breakfast into the heat of the…
Moseying in Malaysia: June 22-27, 2013, Singapore-Malacca (Malaysia)
June 22, 2013, Saturday, China Town(Singapore)-Desaru (Malaysia) 110km total: 5370km Mid morning, we crossed Singapore to get to the ferry terminal in Changi Village. As we waited for enough people to fill the ferry, we laid down on the waiting benches. We were then scolded with “These benches are for…