Posted in The Trip on Feb 28th, 2006
Still feeling worse for wear with the heat and Nic still struggling with his legs muscle, led us to have a longer than expected break in Krabi, our next stop. To give our bodies a rest we decided to take it easy for a few days and only do some very light exercise. So next [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 23rd, 2006
A hard day’s ride from Phuket brought us to the town of Phang Nga, situated right next to the famous bay with the same name. The heat was ferocious again, and Nic pulled a muscle behind his knee, which didn’t help. At the hotel that evening we met another cycling duo – Clemence and Therese, [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 22nd, 2006
Not content with cycling just from London to Sydney, we thought we’d add (another!) extra 160km to our trip by popping down for the day (like you do!) to Phuket island. Since we were so near we thought it would be rude not to! :p So off we went and instead of heading east towards [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 20th, 2006
After our jungle adventure, we got back on our bikes (this time ready to take on the fl*pping great big hill!). Tracing our steps back to Takua Pa, and then onwards to Khao Lak – a popular tourist resort with a nice tropical beach, and loads and loads and loads of rooms, restaurants and everything [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 19th, 2006
With an easy 40km day ahead of us, we had a bit of lie-in, and set off rather late. We hoped to be at the park in a couple of hours, and perhaps do a bit of light trekking before sun-down. Little did we know that between us and the park stood what the locals [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 16th, 2006
Our next stop was a little town called Khuraburi, not really a resort town but a popular traveller’s hotspot for diving trips out to the nearby islands. There was a decent selection of bamboo and (more insect proof) concrete bungalows here. We had another rest day here to let Sedef recover fully, staying at a [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 14th, 2006
Leaving Ranong we headed down the mountains towards the sea – this time the Andaman sea (West coast of Thailand). Our first stop was the very quiet and sleepy Laem Son National Park, with only two places to stay. We chose the Dutch managed resort called Wasana, which we were told about by other fellow [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 10th, 2006
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. We had more detail on [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 7th, 2006
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 steep hill in the heat [...]
Posted in The Trip on Feb 3rd, 2006
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 were (roughly) on route for [...]
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