Entering Thailand near Satun was easy and we managed to find lodging, money, drink and food (in that order) only an hours ride in to the country. The hotel still remains the best overall accommodation and the second cheapest only 450 baht.
The first full day of riding in thailand started badly with multiple punctures and ever increasing temperatures, 52 deg Celsius in the late afternoon, though a light rain shower did offer up some relief.
Overall things went fairly smoothly from there with a rest day in Karbi, which failed to be too restful when we got ourselves locked out of our hotel for the night as we got carried away watching football and missed the hotel nightly lock up.
The situation was partly salvaged when we found a couple beds in an ultra cheap dorm room, though the rooms only occupant was probably not in agreement. The poor guy must of thought he had a result with a cheap dorm room all to himself, little did he know we would turn up at 0130 while he lay speard eagled and naked on top of his bed sheets. After all why would 2 people show up at that hour with no luggage and leave at 6 am?
A late start and out on the road again heading up the west coast where we eventually met up with Benji from Seattle who road with us for a few days.
Following the Thai/Burma border for a couple days we eventually road across to the east coast (width of Thailand now cycled) and eventually north to Bangkok. The coast here was amazing, quite tranquil and faith a greater proportion of Thai tourists.
On this section of the ride we met Stu and Charles from Calgary who were also headed for Bangkok and after passing them we thought we might not might again. On to the outskirts of Bangkok where we eventually found a hotel. Sitting outside some stalls having dinner (night had set in) we spotted 2 flustered cyclists. It turned out to be Stu & Charles. The told us they had sorted out a free place for the night so we agreed to meet in the morning. For the rest of the story you will have to read their blog
http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/stuartcharles/1/1364661851/tpod.html
(The story to which I refer starts about the ninth paragraph)
Despite their troubled the day before Stu and Charles breezed in to Bangkok the next day will what felt like endless trouble began for Neil and I. Two flats and getting lost in the maze of Bangkok started if off and our troubles from there can be summed up in a dying smart phone, lost ATM card and a broken wheel. The broken wheel actually lead us to delay another day in Bangkok. What seemed like the only bit of good luck in this mega city was to find Bok Bok Bikes which had all the parts we were after and who were able to rebuild my wheel with a new rim in one day.
Out of Bangkok proved less eventful than arrival and was trouble free until the Cambodian boarder where upon exiting Thailand we discovered we had overstayed our welcome by 2 days. Luckily we were able to sneak through without much trouble.
Next stop Cambodia
Some photos attached and for a more in depth look see Neil's video.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=plcp&v=UzcaMuLzCaQp
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