Posts Tagged ‘Takrao’

Day 279. 84km. Takrao – Phanan Nikhom

Posted: December 12, 2015 in Cycling, Thailand
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Bernadette and I slept in today, and then talked and talked and talked. We only started cycling around 11 (rather than the usual 6). Consequently only a few kilometres were done today through the plantations of various crops.

Me and Bernadette

Me and Bernadette

It was quite a pleasant road, although at the end, it was clearly getting busy – approaching the mega-city of Bangkok.

Lovely view over the plantations

Lovely view over the plantations

I feel rather silly, but, this crop is being grown everywhere in Laos, Cambodia and now in Thailand. Does anyone know what it is?

What is this plant?

What is this plant?

Tomorrow and early rise, and into the Bangkok traffic-jam.

Me and Bernadette

Me and Bernadette

Day 278. 123km. Pong Nam Ron – Takrao

Posted: December 12, 2015 in Cycling, Thailand
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We sat, together, in the airconditioned room. ‘And then there was that!’ – and another story would be told with a smile from ear to ear. I met world-cycler Bernadette in Amsterdam at a cycling trade show a few years ago when I was excitedly planning my own world cycle tour. And now we find ourselves on the bike in Thailand – in bungalows overlooking a beautiful lake. ‘Good to see you!’ she screamed and we wrapped ourselves in a big hug.

Me and Bernadette

Me and Bernadette

We met at a little shop out the front of the resort. Bernadette couldn’t cycle due to cramp, and I couldn’t walk – my right hip tends to give way when I walk. It comes and goes. So, I cycle at walking pace to our bungalows next to Bernadette.

Today was undulating landscape cycling, firstly in the sun, and then through a shady park, passing elephant signs. No elephants, though.

Elephants

Elephants

We arranged to meet in a town Takrao that isn’t called Takrao, off a road that isn’t the 3259. I asked for directions to a town that isn’t called Wang Mai. Google maps and Maps.me got everything wrong about the naming. So, I find myself in a town whose name I’ve forgotten.