Author: Chris
Dead Drive…
A series on lock ups and uncooperative programs was the beginning of a week long mystery. Amanda would patiently ask if we could upload photos of Laos and after a frustrating session of nothing productive the answer was: No. Late night sessions digging around revealed a peculiar abnormality…100% disk utilization, continuously. For an easy to […]
Temple Ruins in Ayutthaya
Our excellent choice of accomodations at the Ayutthaya place included a light breakfast of coffee and bread, but the innkeeper was feeling extra generous and cooked us fried egg and hot dogs as well. Sufficiently fed and caffeinated we set off on bike in search of ruins. Breezing around on our bicycles we are freed […]
Bad Road Choices to Ayutthaya
Bikes loaded and panniers packed we were ready for our first day of touring since arriving nearly a week ago. We waved goodbye to the now familiar faces at Shanti Lodge and wondered why our coffee lady was absent today. Routing past the Dusit Palace we found ourselves on well marked bike lanes, a miracle! Our […]
Aimless Tourists
Originally booked for one night our morning ritual at the Shanti Lodge has been to extend our visit one more night; today was no different. A habit was starting to form and as we walked to our normal Thai coffee vendor and ordered the usual. The ever present tuk-tuk driver solicited us with the singular “tuk”. […]
Chatuchak Market & The Grand Palace
Consulting a map, our guidebook, and our desire to see each corner of Bangkok’s local and tourist scene we hopped on borrowed single speeds and left from the Shanti Lodge destine for Chatuchak Market. The ride was the usual wrestling with cars for space while ourselves and the motorcycles weave through traffic. Accidentally turning down closed roads […]
Market Hopping & The Reclining Buddha
Out the front door of our accommodations, Shanti Lodge, we wandered a few hundred meters to the neighborhood talad (or market). Unlike the famed night markets, the morning market features fresh (wet) goods for residents and merchants. Far from the forced “health measures” practiced under the USDA; this market featured on site butchering and still […]
Wandering In Bangkok & Khao San Road
Over breakfast at Suk 11 Hostel we decided we would move closer to the sights of downtown Bangkok. Shuffling the bikes and bags down the narrow halls from the third floor was a process but soon we were loaded and riding west. Never ones to take the direct route we weaved through the city stopping at […]
Welcome to Bangkok
Distance: 31km (19m) Location: Suk 11 Hostel, Bangkok, Thailand Rested and recovered from jet lag after a long night sleep in our first guesthouse. We loaded up the bikes and navigated west from the airport aiming towards downtown Bangkok and the Sukhumvit neighborhood. The biking was slow with stops for photos and culture […]
JFK -> TPE -> BKK
Rental car has been returned, bike box weight verified under the max, and the process of taping begins. Three rolls of tape on 2 very large boxes goes quickly. We load them onto the dollies and hand our lives over to the kind women of EVA Air. We learn quickly that JFK International Terminal 2 […]
The Final Hours
Thursday, Jan 12 The calm before the storm. We take it easy exploring the PA Farm Show with Sheila, Katie, and Brett. Our time was divided among three activities standing in line for food, eating said food, then checking out the animal exhibits. We spend far more time with the animals than the few minutes eating fried […]