Thursday March 17, 2011, 64 km (40 miles) -
Last night all the omens seemed bad, Mickey threw up after dinner, the rain came at night rather than the afternoon and my back was sore (not much but it made up the 3 bad things!) So it was with trepidation that I settled down to sleep last night. As usual I was completely wrong.This morning was lovely and bright, Mickey was on top of his game and I'd had a voltarin. We got packed up and said our thanks and good bye to 'Mr' Boon Piya and scooted over to the market for breakfast. Pork bits and sticky rice for Jake, Sam and Dave, Crumpets for me and Mick A sausage for Mick and waffles for everyone, filled us up for just over 1,00baht, so can't complain there, have found this much cheaper than all sitting down to cold rice and last night's stew at the wayside stalls!
The riding today got really hot really fast with a vicious head wind, This didn't last long however and we were soon rollercoastering along over gentle downs and not too bad ups. We had a sprite stop at about 30km which was lovely loads of ice, which the kids then transferred into their drink bottles. There were some children hanging about who showed us their toys and sang some of the ABC song to us! Which was pretty cool!
We came to a munger of a hill, which we all agreed was just like the one out of Punakaiki (West Coast SI, NZ). It just seemed to go on forever and everytime you thought you were going to round the corner and be at the top - there was another one. We met a Polish guy at the top who had also stayed in Khuraburi but was going to crack onto Ranong that day. We are enjoying our 50km rides now that the hills have kicked in and none of us seem to have any inclination to go further. Thank goodness, I thought they would never come to their senses!
Last night Mr Boon Piya recommended the SS Kapoe resort to us. Very good, very cheap! Guess what - he was right, lovely rooms. We got two for 350 baht each. Very clean, cold showers and fan. We could have paid 590 for aircon, hotshowers and brand new, but thought we would save our money.
The riding today got really hot really fast with a vicious head wind, This didn't last long however and we were soon rollercoastering along over gentle downs and not too bad ups. We had a sprite stop at about 30km which was lovely loads of ice, which the kids then transferred into their drink bottles. There were some children hanging about who showed us their toys and sang some of the ABC song to us! Which was pretty cool!
We came to a munger of a hill, which we all agreed was just like the one out of Punakaiki (West Coast SI, NZ). It just seemed to go on forever and everytime you thought you were going to round the corner and be at the top - there was another one. We met a Polish guy at the top who had also stayed in Khuraburi but was going to crack onto Ranong that day. We are enjoying our 50km rides now that the hills have kicked in and none of us seem to have any inclination to go further. Thank goodness, I thought they would never come to their senses!
Last night Mr Boon Piya recommended the SS Kapoe resort to us. Very good, very cheap! Guess what - he was right, lovely rooms. We got two for 350 baht each. Very clean, cold showers and fan. We could have paid 590 for aircon, hotshowers and brand new, but thought we would save our money.
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