Cycle Tour Day 4, 95km average 25km/h. Hot - 33.3deg and humid. Bacon and eggs to order for brekky, (although they said "no bacon" when they bought the plates) kicked off a great day. Rode away at 8am back into the extensive rice growing area. One stretch took us down a vegetation tunnel through typically Thai (try saying that after a couple of beers) villages. Flat and straight on a mix of very smooth and very rough/potholed road till the 65km mark where we had ...

Cycle Tour Day 3, 83km average 25 km/h. 6:30am brekky of curried pork & rice plus very strong coffee. 8am ride away. Because we arrived late last night there was no chance to look around this interesting town of 50,000 people. It is the site of the National Elephant Roundup. Heeehaaaaa!!! It looked interesting as we rode out of the centre and through the burbs. Once out of town we entered a huge rice growing region where the harvest was in full swing, some by...