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Paul Hamon
Paul’s side of the ride, written most evenings in English.
Pa Pae to Pai with bad gears!
Surprisingly today was a good day. We cycled 60kms with 30 of them being uphill. Our broken chain from yesterday held up and we made it all the way to Pai. The problem was the…
Mae Thaeng to Pae Pa both in Chiang Mai
Today was supposed to be hard cycling, but it wasn’t. It WAS hard for another reason. We only planned 34km today to make sure we could deal with the hills leading to Pai. The…
across the top of Chiang Mai
My neck is covered in mosquito bites, hundreds of them. Ok, maybe just tens, but it’s crazy because I cannot find the mosquitoes. Side note – I’ve had a bottle of wine and the…
Chiang Rai to Wiang Pa Pao
Today was supposed to be mostly flat and around 80kms. It was and the cycling was easy except for a couple of steep hills. The SHOULDER was shocking, most likely the worst we’ve…
around Chiang Rai
Today was pretty straight forward. We picked up our new disc brake pads from the post office which had been sent via EMS on Friday and arrived on Monday at lunch time. Great! We…
Mueang Phayao to Chiang Rai
Mueang Phayao to Pran Was an easy ride, just under 50km. We left late, relaxed, drank too much coffee, ate noodles, stopped at a strange little wood ‘resort’ and decided to stay…
Somewhere in Phayao to Amphur Mueang
Cycling over the last 2 days has been hard, we’ve had plenty of hills and it’s only the start of the hilly region. We are not athletes, we are just two normal people, people that…
Meeting Nature Focus Thailand in Nan
Yesterday, we had the honor to meet Tu and Jan from Nature Focus Thailand (www.naturefocusthailand.com). Our meeting them was purely by accident, but we’re very glad that we did.…
Mueang Nan to Chiang Muan, Phayao
This was our hardest day ever, only 70kms but 1,620m of grade that was too steep for us to cycle up in parts. Plus we didn’t eat breakfast before we left the town. The total…
Celebration – Mueang Phrae to Mueang Nan
Distance: 6,659.9 km Provinces: 56 Days: 100 It’s been 56 provinces and we arrived in Nan today. We were prepared for steep hills and a hard ride and although today was long at…