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6 June 2019
Monday 3 June. Phitsanulok to Kaeug Sopha (Poi waterfall). 69km. We left Mark’s hostel as quietly as we could at 6.15 and headed off into what we thought would be a day a hard climbing. Although we were were definitely going up, it wasn’t as hard as we anticipated, and thankfully nowhere near as torturous […]
30 May 2019
Friday 24 May. Kawkareik to Mae Sot. 57km. An early start for us today as we had a few hills to get over before our border crossing into Thailand. We thought we had escaped Myanmar with no tummy/bowel issues, but poor Nigel continued to suffer – but still pushed on to get on the road […]
26 May 2019
When we first looked at Myanmar, we knew so little about it that we were unsure where it ‘fitted’ in the world….was it part of the sub-continent or part of south-east Asia? But after 1 hour in the country it was very clear to us that we were in south-east Asia in every aspect…how the […]
19 May 2019
We have now reached the 20,000km mark in our journey in country 20 – and this week we cycled an empty 20-lane highway on our way into capital city number 13. Tues 14 May. Meiktila to Tatkon. 101km. Today was one of those days we weren’t looking forward to….we knew it was an early start/long […]
10 May 2019
Tuesday 7 May. Mandalay to Myingyan. 108km. We knew that today was going to be one of our big days of cycling and although I wouldn’t say we were worried, it was definitely going to be a test to see if we could do the distance in the searing heat. Our alarm went at 4am […]
5 May 2019
Tuesday 30 April. Kale to Kalewa. 40km. Followed by river ferry to Monywa. After making full use of our inclusive hotel breakfast we set off at 7am for our first day of cycling in Myanmar. It was already hot, but the quality of the road wasn’t bad and we knew we didn’t have a huge […]