| Thailand | |
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Capital: Bangkok Population: 64,185'502 Mio. Area: 513,115 km² People: 75% Thais, 14% Chinese and hill tribes, Khmer, Lao, Malays, Moken, Indians and white Languages: Thai |
Route cycled:
Poipet - Tak Bai / 1,715 km
2012 |
Stage / Destination |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.11. | Sa Kaeo | 60 |
21 |
3:16 |
 |
31 |
Long wait at customs!! | |
| 26.11. | Chachoengsao | 135 |
67 |
6:31 |
 |
37 |
They drive on the left | |
| 27.11. | Bangkok | 100 |
57 |
5:54 |
|
36 |
Metropolis of 7 million people | |
| 28.-30. | Bangkok | |
Sightseeing | |||||
| 01.12. | Phetchaburi | 130 |
103 |
6:18 |
|
38 |
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| 02.12. | Hua Hin | 75 |
95 |
4:00 |
|
39 |
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| 03.-04. | Hua Hin | |
Rest days without elephant attrac- |
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| 05.12. | Prachuap Khiri Khan | 94 |
121 |
4:18 |
|
35 |
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| 06.12. | Bang Boet | 129 |
628 |
115 |
6:20 |
|
Idyll far from tourism | |
| 07.-08. | Bang Boet | |
Bungalow, beach and sea | |||||
| 09.12. | Chumphon | 97 |
583 |
66 |
5:33 |
|
38 |
|
| 10.12. | Koh Tao | |
By speedboat to the island | |||||
| 10.-13. | Koh Tao | |
"Paradise" in a bungalow hut | |||||
| 14.12. | Koh Phangan | 16 |
234 |
1:12 |
|
37 |
Songserm Express ferry, there are mountains on the islands! | |
| 15.-16. | Koh Phangan | |
Famous for the "Full Moon Party" | |||||
| 17.12. | Koh Samui | |
Great expectations ..... | |||||
| 18.-20. | Koh Samui | |
Shocking! Tourist bustle | |||||
| 21.12. | Surat Thani | 81 |
290 |
76 |
3:51 |
|
34 |
Songserm ferry to the mainland |
| 22.12. | Ban Ta Kohn | 100 |
833 |
122 |
5:49 |
|
34 |
Rain, Ratchaprapha Dam |
| 23.12. | Krabi | 118 |
924 |
95 |
6:28 |
|
32 |
Rain in the holiday paradise .... |
| 24.-25. | Krabi | |
"Ao Nang Beach", where is the white sandy beach? | |||||
| 26.12. | Trang | 140 |
695 |
95 |
7:51 |
|
36 |
10 km more because we got lost, headwind |
| 27.12. | Phatthalung | 61 |
422 |
199 |
3:49 |
|
29 |
Crossing a mountain range, headwind |
| 28.12. | Hat Yai | 100 |
400 |
90 |
5:24 |
|
34 |
|
| 29.12. | Songkhla | 35 |
107 |
93 |
2:06 |
|
35 |
Huge brackish water area |
| 30.12. | Pattani | 102 |
138 |
62 |
5:35 |
|
32 |
Monsoon, Buddhists, Muslims |
| 31.12. | Pattani | |
Preparations, crisis area | |||||
| 01.01. | Narathiwat | 100 |
110 |
59 |
4:55 |
|
26 |
Monsoon, escorted by the "Cyclist Association Pattani" |
| 02.01. | Tak Bai/Kota Bahru | 42 |
89 |
2:20 |
 |
31 |
Border with Malaysia | |
| Total Thailand | 1,715 |
5,917 |
91:30 |
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