Every Province Challenge

We have done nearly 2,000 kilometres in 24 days and it was great fun, but now we have a few days to kill until we pop up to Surin in the bus for Chris and Gae’s wedding, so we have chosen to stay in the lovely and quiet beach side town of Ban Krut. We […]

We left later than usual today in order to take advantage of the breakfast offered with our room (900 Baht) at Nana Beach Resort in Chumphon. So we didn’t get rolling until 8amish, which seamed like a good idea at the time, but as the day wore on I felt like I would have rather […]

We left Ranong at the usual time of 5:30am, it was a nice morning and the resort owner Noyi got herself out of bed just to say goodbye to us, which was very lovely of her. As we rode off Natt and I discussed how we had not gotten a great photo of us with […]

No cycling today. Well, actually a short 9.5kms. We posted some more stuff back to Bangkok today, another 4.2 kgs to be correct. It was some of our clothes and a collection of stuff we had been given by people in different towns along our trip. So I think we’ve mailed back just under 12kgs […]

Today’s ride, 115 kms and 788 metres of hills. My ass is extra sore and I’m sleepy. The pair of cyclists we spoke to along the road the other day decided to stay at Home Phang Nga Guest House as well, so we had a couple of beers and talked about the world with them […]

Original Article here from PhuketWan.com includes Photos! Phuket Pedal Power Pair Setting Out Soon on Route 66 By Prasit Tarnsirisin Friday, June 15, 2012 PHUKET: An Australian and his Thai girlfriend are on Phuket today, pedalling their way around Thailand on a bicycle built for two.The concept of one rider taking it a little easy, […]

Today we left at 5:30am from Phuket town and headed towards Phang Nga, a distance of 95km with 441m of ascent. We had a meeting with the Tourism Authority of Thailand staff and a couple more interviews in Phang Nga. It was more of a photo shoot actually, as they had us do a half […]

Today was a strange day. First, the good news, our legs have had 2 days off after we decided to stay in Phuket an extra night to accommodate more interviews organized by คุณบังอรรัตน์ ชินะประยูร of the Phuket Tourism of Thailand Office. I really don’t know how many different groups of media turned up, but the […]

Since Phuket is Thailand’s only island province we decided that it would be a good idea to arrive by ferry. There is a bridge that connects Phuket to the mainland but we figured it would be more fun to take a ferry, not to mention that it would provide a much needed day off for […]

Started out early after a good night’s sleep. I’ve had a little bit of a head cold and have been taking a couple of night time cold tablets to make sure I sleep, they seem to be working their charm. Anyway, got up at 5:30am and headed off by 6:00am. Dawn is at 5:40am so […]

Today was only 25kms on the bicycle. We hit Trang and ordered pizza and a beer. Well that is not exactly how it happened, but with the beer in my hand right now it sure does feel like it. We rode into town, it was hilly, 110 metre over just 25kms, which means it was […]

Was a massive 132kms today and 440 metres of up-ness, our biggest day yet. We ended up pushing the bicycle for 300 metres over the crest of a steep hill at the 86km mark. Was not really happy about it but it had to be done as I had nothing left in me. We’re going […]

Today we left with B and her boyfriend from TCA Showroom in Hat Yai at 6am. They rode with us for 10kms until we reached highway 4, this is the same highway that passes our old place back in Cha-am, Petchaburi. It’s the major freeway that traverses the length of the Thai peninsula. The road […]

Today we left Pattani for the last time on this trip. We were accompanied by a small group of “only” 20 people who met us at the hotel and cycled with us 30kms out of town towards Hat Yai. We’ve said goodbye to this group 3 times at this stage and it was getting a […]

It is now day 11 and after a very long day yesterday I have now got the energy to write about it. We started alone at dawn in Thailand’s largest Muslim town, Narathiwat. This was the first time we had ridden anywhere without someone accompanying us, but we had been told that there would be […]

Distance Covered: 117kms Riding Time: 5 hours and 15 minutes Left with 30 cyclists riding around town at 6:10am. They escorted us to the beach of Pattani capital city, then 50% of the riders peeled away leaving a smaller group that would cycle the whole way to Narathiwat. This smaller group was led by three […]

Firstly, Natt and I want to thank ซี ฮาเลม มาลา and the whole ชมรมจักรยานจังหวัดปัตตานี (Pattani Cycling Club) for everything they have done for us, but more about that later.   Total: 550kms – 5 Provinces and around 27 hours in the saddle. Expenses for the last 7 days: 7,894 Baht (will do a breakdown after […]

Hello. Today we are headed towards Thailand’s “Red Zone.” Evidently, the problems associated with this area of Southern Thailand are a result of the conflict between Muslim separatists and the Thai government. I’m not sure who is to blame for the problem, but I know the people in Songkhla province have been as friendly as […]

Last night we discovered that our two front panniers (Ortlieb roller classic rears) have both got a few small 20 cent piece sized holes in them. I thought they were pretty much indestructible, but I’ve been proven wrong. In the evening we removed all the heavy items like the tool bag and spare cables to […]

Was our longest day today, 110kms… not the hardest out of our 4 days but it is getting easier, or at least easier after the day off. We left at 5:30am because we wanted to arrive to our destination before the really hot part of the day. Arriving just after 1pm we managed to avoid […]

Was a hard second day. I have already starting planning about stuff that we do not need to carry with us anymore and can post to Bangkok. Everything is fine, my muscles are definitely not in the correct places for this new cycling position and the saddle is hard on my tender ass. Give me […]

Today was the first day of the Every Province Challenge, an Idea that Natt and I, well mostly I, dreamed up, but something that Natt has come on board with more recently. As I sit in Sichon, in Nakhon Si Thamarat province, eating a lovely and cheap chicken basil on rice dish I am very […]

Today was the final bicycle check with friend John Graham from Bicycle Thailand. We spent a few hours making some small adjustments and playing with the length of the boom for Natt as well as  sorting out a GPS mounting location on the unusual handlebars. It was great working with John. He knows his stuff […]