Category: Visited Places
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Songkram – a country-wide water fight
Read more: Songkram – a country-wide water fight69 km, 4h 20 min, max temp 38 (Note the slow speed is directly related to slowing down for the accept face smearing and water pouring from well meaning Songkram celebrants) We left shortly after 8 am and it did not take long for our first Songkram experience – as we were leaving Phang-nga a…
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Bike maintenance
Read more: Bike maintenanceIt seems like we have been spending more time resting than riding lately. Given how Becky was feeling yesterday, we really did need another day off the bikes, and our bikes were in need of some tender-loving-care. So today was dedicated to bike maintenance and relaxing. On the bike front, we began be deconstructing our…
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w with fish, bucket, bucket, candy cane
Read more: w with fish, bucket, bucket, candy cane47 km, 3 hours, Max temp 42 ¾Ñ§§Ò aka Phang-nga (if you are seeing gibberish, it may be that you don’t have the Thai font installed) We are having some fun with the Thai script. The characters have great shapes to them, such that you can image different things with the names. Unfortunately, there are…
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Cycling or swimming?
Read more: Cycling or swimming?68 km, 3h 50 min, max temp 36 At one point today Becky was thinking that cycling in the rain was like exercising in the shower. But then the rain got much worse and it felt more like swimming than cycling. We stopped under a temporary marquee for shelter and were quickly joined by two…
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Culture shock
Read more: Culture shock34 km, 2h 15 min Today turned out to be a very wet day. It was not raining when we packed up, but right after we started riding from the hotel out to the ferry (a 23 km ride) the rains began. They were light at first, but the heavens opened up before we arrived…
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A haircut, a massage, and not a lot of Internet
Read more: A haircut, a massage, and not a lot of InternetWe have spent the last couple of days relaxing. Scott got a haircut (including thorough head and neck massage), and Becky did some foot reflexology and Thai massage (not to be confused with Thai yoga massage, but still very nice). It was nice to relax, but we have been frustrated by the lack of Internet…
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In search of the best value
Read more: In search of the best value42 km, 3h 10 min, max temp 45 (ouch) We were up early and arrived at the ferry company to buy our tickets to Langkawi more than an hour before departure. The folks at our hotel said they did not take bikes, so we were a little concerned; however, we need not have been. The…
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A bicycle pitstop in Penang
Read more: A bicycle pitstop in PenangIf you are in Penang with your bike, why not stop by si Tigun bicycle café ? (note: closed Mondays) That’s exactly what we did on Sunday afternoon. They have indoor bicycle parking, free Wi-Fi, and they make real cappuccinos. Upon arriving, we were immediately greeted by Sandra and her 2-month old son. We had…