Tour starts today:
Meet with our guide to brief on the tour (happened yesterday) and check the bike. Then
transfer to Rayong beach. Start cycling by taking coastline road by the sea
around 50km. Stop for lunch. Afternoon, transfer to Pattaya and check in the
hotel. Pattaya used to be US marine base. Dinner at local restaurant. Then
explore city night life. Overnight in Rayong. (L,D)
Up
for an early breaky at 6am. Plenty of choice, Asian and European dishes,
excellent. Then packed up and was at
the foyer by 8am for a final brief. It was then into two mini buses for
the “2 hour” trip out of the city. Bangkok
Finally
arrived at the start point for the ride and were issued bikes. The team doing this didn’t seem that
organised, with some bikes needing puncture repairs, other minor repairs and/or
adjustments. Tools and pumps weren’t
handy. I had to manipulate my rear gears
to make them work. Despite this we still
had plenty of time to eventually cycle the planned 50km to the resort, our
overnight stop. The Princess Beach Resort & Spar was right on the beach
with a nice swimming pool. Our (Kev s& mine) room was fairly small but adequate.
The aircon worked after we borrowed a remote from another room and
fiddled around with it. Kev (being from Canberra
After a
wander, a few photos and a swim we were driven to dinner in the buses at a
local seafood restaurant. The food was
not flash but okay. In bed early and slept well till 3:30am; jetlagged!
Bike issue outside Bangkok - near the beach and a disused restaurant
My bike - a Trek MTB
Pool at our first overnight stop - at Rayong
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