Cycle Tour day 5, 87.5km average 23.5km/h. A little disorganised in the food dept this very flash hotel as nothing was happening when we arrived for brekky at the designated time of 6am. Finally got some cereal, (cornflakes or choc cornflakes) toast, eggs & bacon to order and yoghurt. Just need fuel I guess. Bused from the motel due to the busy roads and was soon in the back-blocks which is always the most interesting. The rice paddies gave way to cassava, da...

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...

Cycle Tour Day 2, 87km, average 22.7km/h. After the long climb to the top yesterday we enjoyed a nice downhill run to start the day. It was good to see the bright sunshine; not too hot but the humidity was through the roof after the rain. It wasn't long before we entered the National Park with its wild Elephants (saw plenty of poo only) monkeys, deer, squirrel, beautiful butterflies and a few birds, some familiar and some not. The downhill start didn't last long ...

Cycle Tour Day 1 - 75km, average 25km/h, showers and storms in the afternoon. Great early brekky in the motel followed by an 8am briefing by our Tour Leader, Bouen, who looked after the tour most of us were on in 2012 (Bangkok to Saigon). It was then onto the bus for a transfer out of this bustling city of 11 million people. Riding a bike in Bangkok would be close to suicidal. Stopped at Saraburi, about 2 hours out, where we were issued our bikes, brand new strai...