Trip SummaryRuth:Instead of spending our last few days in Bangkok we have taken a side trip to Khao Yai National Park. It is a spectacular place and one we will definitely return to when we have more time.Photo courtesy of Wikipedia, but we did see four Great Horned...
Trip SummaryWe are now in our last week and have to make some tracks toward the airport. Today we are spending 7 hours on a train heading south before we take our last excursion to Khao Yai National Park. We are stopping tonight part way down at Lopburi so we...
Trip SummaryRuth: Somewhere at around the 35km mark I realized I was pedaling. Our ride down from the National Park was wonderful even if I cost us both a set of brake pads. We stayed up high on a ridge for 11 kms before plunging down to the valley below. The...
Trip SummaryWe are staying at Khun Sathan Homestay at 1377 meters at the National Park of the same name. Our hosts are a Hmong family who have welcomed us as honoured guests. The spreads of food that they have prepared for us are large even for calorie deficient...
Ruth: This morning we visited Wat Phumin, Northern Thailand's Sistine Chapel. The temple was built in 1596, but it was during it's restoration in the late 19th century that Thai Lue artists painted the now famous murals. These murals are noteworthy not only for their...
Gordon: We booked a night at the Phu Lang Ka resort only because it was the sole accommodation we could find at a convenient distance from where we stayed the previous night. The few comments on the internet were not encouraging: "time has not been kind to this...
After 1,000 kms of cycling in Thailand it is time to make the case for why this might be just the best place on earth to cycle.1. PeopleThis is of course well known, but Thai people are lovely and this really is the land of smiles. Whether you are in Bangkok or the...
Today we have been cycling through the infamous Golden Triangle. This was the name given to a region encompassing a portion of Burma, Laos and Thailand during the the American War on Drugs.It has now been appropriated by the town of Sop Ruak to designate the...
Ruth: No amount of flattery from Gordon will talk me up another mountain road like the road in and out of Mae Salong. I did make it without bailing and taking a $2 ride up but oh my $#€%!! Today was not as difficult as yesterday, but still we were racing down...
Fang to Huai Khum Resort on the Kok RiverHuai Khum Resort to Mae SalongWe are up at 1100 meters in Mae Salong, a Chinese Nationalist outpost with a colourful history. During the communist revolution the Kuomintang (Nationalists) were swept from power and one group of...
We are presently only about 20 km from the Burmese border, and the landscape has changed dramatically in the last two days. This region is covered with haystack shaped limestone mountains clothed in jungle and dotted with caves. Last night we had the honeymoon...
We are staying in Chiang Mai for Christmas, and because of the combination of the resident expat population and Thai hospitality, it does feel a little bit Christmasy. There are Christmas trees, Christmas carols and numerous offers for traditional turkey dinners at...