Adventure Travel Blogs

Hi to anyone on AOC on 7th Feb. Us Northerners are travelling by a different route. We land in Bangkok about 12 hrs before you . Looking forward to meeting you all.

Have a safe journey, see you Friday ( or Saturday morning)  Best wishes, Eileen and Gavin.

second day cycling (day 4 of the tour)

Exodus we all have to tell you: you need to do better on the second hotel! Beds were superfluous as they were so hard we may have well slept on the floor. This after the first day of riding 90k so sore and still jetlagged was unwelcome.

At least the day went better from there!!! On the upside the weather was overcast and quite fresh which we all welcomed in place of the high heat and humidity we feared. On the downside we had cross winds ...

After a day and half of flights and transfer we finally set off on the trip that we all signed up for: cycling!! On your bike and ready set go!

Through bamboo forests and mixed country lanes and paved smaller back roads there is nothing but lanscape to enjoy. The almost 90k day passed easy with all of us chatting getting to know eachother, waving at kids and counting dogs. (there are a LOT of dogs!) 

Our first stop at a buddhist temple with an good intro by our main guide 'Al' i...