Chumphon is generally considered the starting point of Southern Thailand. One road heads towards the Eastern Coast, and another over the central hills towards the Western Coast. Having deliberated over the last few weeks on ‘East or West – which is best’, we opted for the more scenic Western Coast. […]
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Leaving Prachuap on the coastal road, we had a tough 200km over the next couple of days… First we took the wrong road (again!) and had to cycle an extra 10k around a peninsula, got attacked by a pack of 6 angry dogs, and then had to climb over a […]
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Having found out where we were from the hotel manager and Miss ‘Wee’, we continued on the coastal roads and finally found our way to the National Park. There was so much to see in the national park, but we had to restrict ourselves to only the best sites, that […]
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We left Hua Hin, still following the network of coastal roads (not on our map). We had a print-out from a fellow cyclist’s website which had a copy of a local tourist map from Hua Hin to the Sam Roi Yot National Park. We first cycled through a forest park, […]
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Rather reluctantly (since it was such an amazing place) we left Bangkok and headed down south, excited that we would be at the seaside again after almost 3 months!! The last time we saw the sea was in Istanbul.. Despite the heat of Pakistan (and, to a lesser extent India), […]
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With so much to see in this amazing city, our planned 3 day-break quickly transformed into 6 days!! We saw all the sights in our guidebook, and also did some exploring of our own at the less touristy places, such as the supermarket (where we had great fun browsing through […]
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Our plane landed in Bangkok (well 25 kilometres from Bangkok!) in the early hours – we seem to be making a habit of this! We checked into a local hotel near the airport and had 12 hours of sleep each!! Tired after the boogie night and the flight. We head […]
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We decided to leave India with a bang and a bit of clubbing action… …so we set out with Darius to explore the nightlife in Kolkata. He took us to the trendiest bar in town (‘Someplace Else’) where there was a resident rock band playing live rock favourites. We whipped […]
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Almost 180 days in, we are now half way through our journey, and on time per our original schedule!! Alas wish our budget management was as good as our time management :p So here is a recap of the trip to date – we have had some ups and downs, […]
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… about bl**dy time!!! Nic repaired Sedef’s bike, luckily the damage was not as bad as it seemed. Though the front chain wheel is still a little wonky, the handlebars, tyres, gears and chain have all been sorted! Also, at last our parcel has arrived, after we complained to the […]
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