We are behind on the schedule we put together shortly after leaving Kuantan. As a result of spending an additional week in Malaysia and a desire to spend more time in Thailand, we will not be going into Laos or riding much in China. The longer we spend here, the more we discover things we want to do, and realize we don’t have time. We’ll just have to find some way to come back…
Our plan now is to take a boat from Northern Thailand to China (two days on the Mekong).
For now our schedule looks roughly like this:
- 20 – 27 Apr: Ride the South Eastern coast of Thailand – take train/bus to Bangkok
- 28 Apr – 11 May: Ride some part of Northern Thailand
- 12-15 May: Take boat from Chiang Saen, Thailand to Jinghong, China
- 16 May: Bus Jinghong to Kunming
- 18 -20 May: Train Kunming to Beijing
- 20 May: Bus to Tianjin
- 21-22 May: Ferry Tianjin, China to Incheon, South Korea
- 23 May – 1 Jun: Ride Incheon to Pusan
- 3 Jun: Board ship Pusan to Seattle
We’ll see how quickly this changes…