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4000km, 71 days, 23 punctures, 5 countries, 4 accidental dismounts, 3 hospital visits, 2 trips to local welders, 1 night sleeping on a birthing table and we finally rolled into Siem Reap, Cambodia.
 
We set off from Kuala Lumpur on 23rd March, just three days after landing in Singapore without so much as an address to [...]

June 5th, 2009 | Tags: Asia, Cambodia, Cycle Asia, Cycling, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam | Category: Asia Trips, Cycling, Sporting Trips | Comments (2)

May 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Adventure Sports, Bangkok, Bicycle, Cycle Asia, Cycling, Khao San Road, Kiuakacham, Ku Si Waterfall, Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng, Mountainous Laos, Old City Guesthouse, Phitsanulok, Rural Loas, Southeast Asia, Sukhothai, The Songkran Festival, Things To Do, Uttaradit, Vang Vieng | Category: Asia Trips, Cycling, Laos, Sporting Trips, Thailand | Comments (2)

Today we are in the city of Surit Thani. At the moment, in an internet cafe, sheltering from the monsoon weather that seems to occur on a daily basis in Asia, it’s just a matter of at what time! In a couple of hours however, after I have picked up my washing and done some other [...]

April 7th, 2009 | Tags: Adventure, Beach, Charity, Cycling, elephants, Jungle Trek, khao lok, Khao Sok, leeches, rainforest, rainforest resort, surat thani, Thailand, tortoises, tsunami | Category: Adventure Sport, Asia Trips, Cycling, Sporting Trips, Thailand | Comments (1)

We have only had to get onto the bikes one time in total over the past three days. I cannot tell you just how good that has been for what are quickly becoming old and tired leg muscles!!!
That being said, the one day of cycling that we did have to endure was a pretty tough [...]

April 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Adventure Holiday, Ao Phangnga, Asia, Charity, Cycling, Gap Year, Krabi, Phangnga, Thailand | Category: Adventure Sport, Asia Trips, Cycling, Sporting Trips, Thailand | Comments (4)

Day eight of the trip marks our second whole day off cycling so far. It is a particularly sweet day off as it is one that we earned rather than had scheduled on account of our covering over 300 kilometres in the last two days…
Since the last blog we have certainly come a long way. [...]

March 30th, 2009 | Tags: Adventure Holiday, Asia, Butterworth, Charity, Cycling, Gap Year, Krabi, Langkawi, Malaysia, Satun, Thailand, Thailand Immigration | Category: Asia Trips, Cycling, Malaysia, Sporting Trips, Thailand | Comments (1)

I am sat in an internaet cafe in a place called Ipoh in Malaysia, exactly 205 kilometers away from Kuala Lumpur. I know that it is exactly this distance as in the last two days that is how long we have had to cycle to get here!!! It has been quite the eventful first few [...]

March 26th, 2009 | Tags: Adventure Holiday, Asia, caqmp quality, Charity, Cycling, Gap Year, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Thailand | Category: Asia Trips, Cycling, Malaysia, Sporting Trips | Leave a comment

The route has been planned, the kit not quite organised and the first aid kits filled to the brim with a combination of mosquito spray, dissentry medication and malaria tablets… what a treat!
So with slightly less than two weeks left before embarking upon this epic adventure, it seems like an apt time to look in [...]

March 20th, 2009 | Tags: Adventure, Asia, Cambodia, Camp Quality, Charity, Cycle Asia, Cycling, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam | Category: Adventure Sport, Asia Trips, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Volunteering | Comments (2)