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2024-2025 Asia Cycle Trip: The Numbers

January 31, 2025 - near Na Di to near Prachantakham - 65 kms - Saengcha Farm Resort February 1, 2025 - near Prachantakham to near Bang Nam Priao - 75 kms - tt Residence February 2, 2025 - Bang Nam Priao to BKK - 50 kms - At Residence Suvarnabhumi  Ruth:  Our last days of riding included a night at a chocolate farm and a ...

By |2025-02-04T12:24:43-08:00February 4, 2025|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , , , |6 Comments

Cycling the Roads of Thailand

January 23, 2025 - Khon Kaen to Mueang Phon - 77 kms - Manfah Resort Mueang Phon January 24, 2025 - Mueang Phon to Phimai - 78 kms - Phimai Paradise Hotel January 25, 2025 - Phimai to Nang Rong - 89 kms - Rabbit Island Hotel January 26, 2025 - Nang Rong to near Non Din Daeng on Highway 348 - 54 kms - ...

By |2025-01-26T01:20:04-08:00January 26, 2025|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , , , |6 Comments

Traversing Central Isaan

January 18, 2025 - Nakhon Phanom to Sakon Nakhon - 98 kms - @ Sakon Hotel January 19, 2025 - Sakon Nakhon to Kuchinarai - 95 kms - Chatrudee Parkview January 20, 2025 - Kuchinarai to near Yang Talat - 93 kms - Baan Home Resort  January 21, 2025 - Yang Talat to Khon Kaen - 71 kms - J-Boutique Hotel  January 22, 2025 - ...

By |2025-01-22T05:10:31-08:00January 22, 2025|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , , |8 Comments

Savannakhet

 January 6, 2025 - Paksxong to Savannakhet - 72 kms - Savan Villa Hotel January 7, 2025 - Savannakhet - 0 kms - Savan Villa Hotel Gordon: We are spending a couple of nights in Savannakhet, Laos' second largest city.  It attracts few foreign visitors, but it's a pleasant place to pass a few days.  Much of the downtown area was built by the French ...

By |2025-01-07T05:04:48-08:00January 7, 2025|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments

Cycling in Isaan: Road Conditions

December 23, 2024 - Khao Phra Wihan National Park to Ban Wari Udom - 45 kms - Kanthiya Garden Hotel December 24, 2024 - Ban Wari Udom to Det Udom - 54 kms - Saabpaiboon Grand Resort  Our mood sobered quickly today when we passed a recent fatal accident. We know it was fatal because the body was still lying on the road bundled in ...

By |2024-12-24T02:40:46-08:00December 24, 2024|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

Preah Vihear

December 18, 2024 - Phanom Rung to Prasat - 69 kms - Thongpaeka Hotel December 19, 2024 - Prasat to Sangkha - 66 kms - Manee Sangkha Hotel December 20, 2024 - Sangkha to Ban Nong Khen - 69 kms - Terawadi Resort  December 21, 2024 - Ban Nong Khen to Khao Phra Wihan National Park - 48 kms - Farm Stay December 22, 2024 ...

By |2024-12-22T15:40:05-08:00December 22, 2024|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , |4 Comments

Phanom Rung and Prasat Muang Tam

December 17, 2024 - Ban Chaloem Phra Kiat - Smart Resort - 34 km day ride Gordon: Today we did an unladen ride to a couple of Khmer sites, Phanom Rung and Prasat Muang Tam.  They were both constructed by successive regimes between the 10th and 13th centuries, but predominantly by the Angkor culture in the 11th and 12th centuries.  Almost all of the iconography ...

By |2024-12-17T04:56:00-08:00December 17, 2024|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , |6 Comments

Settling into the Village life in Isaan

December 15, 2024 - Phimai to Ban Nong Hong - 60 kms - Pimaka Resort December 16, 2024. - Ban Nong Hong - Chaloem Phra Kiat - 58 kms - Smart Resort Ruth: We have been making our way slowly through Isaan, the region that makes up the northeast of Thailand. It is the poorest region of the country and very few tourists venture into ...

By |2024-12-16T04:53:33-08:00December 16, 2024|Categories: 2024 South East Asia|Tags: , , |6 Comments
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