Got out of bed a little after 6 o'clock to get the early train from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok.
Met a Belgian guy living in thailand (Karel) that was also riding his bike. Asked him for some tips about biking around thailand, getting them on the train, etc. It gave us a idea of the conditions and it seems quite OK generally.
Back in bangkok we soon realised that UPS had not yet delivered our bikes in the hostel...which should already have happened yesterday. Good thing we already stayed 1 night longer in Kanchanaburi...called & mailed around to UPS thailand, saw a new delivery date of 17 Nov?! in the UPS tracking system that scared the living **** out of us. :-O
Finally got contact with them and they said bikes will be delivered tomorrow, no hour specification yet.
Well, we keep positive & wait for them just that little extra time?
Rest of the day in bangkok:
-Buy an additional map of thailand with more clear discription of the smaller B-roads This way we can navigate a bit more clearly from town to town. Found a good Rough Guide, waterproof 1/1200.000 one at Asian Books (Siam Discovery Tower, 3rd floor) for 250B
Tomorrow we check out the bus connection to the east (pattaya) and if/how we can take the bike with us. Normally we would have had the bikes today, leave tomorrow by train (which doesn't ride in the weekend, ***) So we have to figure out how to do by bus or stay in bkk until monday which is NOT AN OPTION. We know bkk by now! It's time to get the show on the road :-)
Karel also gave us the tip to carry around a watergun in case you need to scare a dog away.
It seems to be the most effective way next to suddenly stopping your bike if they chase you (however that move is a bit contra-instinctive don't you think?)
Met a Belgian guy living in thailand (Karel) that was also riding his bike. Asked him for some tips about biking around thailand, getting them on the train, etc. It gave us a idea of the conditions and it seems quite OK generally.
Back in bangkok we soon realised that UPS had not yet delivered our bikes in the hostel...which should already have happened yesterday. Good thing we already stayed 1 night longer in Kanchanaburi...called & mailed around to UPS thailand, saw a new delivery date of 17 Nov?! in the UPS tracking system that scared the living **** out of us. :-O
Finally got contact with them and they said bikes will be delivered tomorrow, no hour specification yet.
Well, we keep positive & wait for them just that little extra time?
Rest of the day in bangkok:
-Buy an additional map of thailand with more clear discription of the smaller B-roads This way we can navigate a bit more clearly from town to town. Found a good Rough Guide, waterproof 1/1200.000 one at Asian Books (Siam Discovery Tower, 3rd floor) for 250B
Tomorrow we check out the bus connection to the east (pattaya) and if/how we can take the bike with us. Normally we would have had the bikes today, leave tomorrow by train (which doesn't ride in the weekend, ***) So we have to figure out how to do by bus or stay in bkk until monday which is NOT AN OPTION. We know bkk by now! It's time to get the show on the road :-)
Karel also gave us the tip to carry around a watergun in case you need to scare a dog away.
It seems to be the most effective way next to suddenly stopping your bike if they chase you (however that move is a bit contra-instinctive don't you think?)
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