1,000 Km on River Kwai
Well today I crossed the first 1000Km (1033Km to be extact).
I'm currently in Kanchanaburi, the famous site on the river Kwai. Most of you may know the bridge from either the book or the movie 'The bridge on river kwai'. The existing bridge is partially reconstructed, and original two wooden bridges were destroyed by the allies or collapsed due to purposely poor construction. Current accommodation right on river Kwai (on a pontoon) for about $2 cnd a night, the north is very cheap, almost everything is half price when you compare it to the south. I might hang around here for two nights as I would like to see Sai Yok Noi waterfall and Erawan National Park.
Overall the last few days were a bit boring as most of the riding was on a busy highway 4, which is the main and only highway linking the south of the country to BKK. Some beautiful small towns with Thai and Khmer inspired architecture. It was interesting to see how slowly Mosques from the south were replaced by Wats in traditional Thai style and how now Khmer architecture is slowly coming into play. As well European touch can be observed in some towns.
So first 1000 km behind me and so far it was been great, usual pains but I should be able to manage. It took 11 days with 2 rest days and one sick day. I should be averaging about 90km a day or so. The second leg to Chang Mai is about 900km, but it will include some mountain passes of about 1500-2200 meters, so it will be fun (right...). After that I would like to take a 'two week vacation' away from cycling to relax and do some trekking in the national parks around Chang Mai and Pai.
Cheers for now and all the best.
Rob
I'm currently in Kanchanaburi, the famous site on the river Kwai. Most of you may know the bridge from either the book or the movie 'The bridge on river kwai'. The existing bridge is partially reconstructed, and original two wooden bridges were destroyed by the allies or collapsed due to purposely poor construction. Current accommodation right on river Kwai (on a pontoon) for about $2 cnd a night, the north is very cheap, almost everything is half price when you compare it to the south. I might hang around here for two nights as I would like to see Sai Yok Noi waterfall and Erawan National Park.
Overall the last few days were a bit boring as most of the riding was on a busy highway 4, which is the main and only highway linking the south of the country to BKK. Some beautiful small towns with Thai and Khmer inspired architecture. It was interesting to see how slowly Mosques from the south were replaced by Wats in traditional Thai style and how now Khmer architecture is slowly coming into play. As well European touch can be observed in some towns.
So first 1000 km behind me and so far it was been great, usual pains but I should be able to manage. It took 11 days with 2 rest days and one sick day. I should be averaging about 90km a day or so. The second leg to Chang Mai is about 900km, but it will include some mountain passes of about 1500-2200 meters, so it will be fun (right...). After that I would like to take a 'two week vacation' away from cycling to relax and do some trekking in the national parks around Chang Mai and Pai.
Cheers for now and all the best.
Rob
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