Leaving megacities takes time – time on big arterial roads with lots of traffic. Its not pleasant cycling, but it was safe enough with the wide side lane. Cycling along minding my own business, I was overtaken by another cyclist – Arne from Belgium. He’s heading to Singapore – like me, so we cycled together along the busy, flat, straight road.
The beautiful road
We are now close to the sea – the sea I have not seen since Turkey (except briefly at Bangpoo). Bring on the beach!
Arne and me
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Happy New Year 2016 ARTiC CYCLER
Many many respect to you..!
Tonnie
Hey! Thanks Tonnie. Happy new year to you!
Also happy new year from my side ! You make me dreaming of my own three weeks on the bike from Laos to Thailand 😉
Cool. When are you doing that?
I will leave the 20th of februari in Brussels. I shall cycle From Luang Prabang to Chiang Mai with three friends. The three friends are leaving me in Chang Mai, two back to Belgium, one back to his town Vientiane. I want to cycle the Mae Hong Son loop and after the loop I have a one week visit to my daughter in Phuket.
Sounds great. Enjoy! 🙂