Anemic Souls Insist

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Erika! and Adrian are cycling from Indonesia to India during 2009-2011. They document their travel on the CrazyGuyOnABike site, but also produce videos and more photos. To stay up to date with their publications, become a fan on their Facebook Page.

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• Doi Inthanon NP to Chom Thom Thu, 4 Mar 2010 04:01:55 PST

36.61 kilometers / 01:45:01 riding time (Written by Adrian) Short day, short journal. As it was only 2nd February and we didn't want to arrive in Chiang Mai before the 6th, we decided to make it a few short rides to Chiang Mai, rather than one big one. The reasoning behind this was, that we would be sitting on our asses getting fat anyway while my family was going to visit us in the city. [more]

• Doi Inthanon NP to Summit Thu, 4 Mar 2010 03:54:48 PST

37.74 kilometers / 03:17:16 riding time (Written by Adrian) This was it: we were to assault Thailand's highest mountain on bicycle. Unloaded, that is. The plan was to rise around 7 AM, move our tents from the 'for bird' zone, eat breakfast and then start the ascent. If you have been reading this journal for a while now, you know exactly what happened. [more]

• Mae Cham to Doi Inthanon NP Thu, 4 Mar 2010 03:42:25 PST

29 kilometers / 03:27:15 riding time (Written by Adrian) Only 29 kilometers? Piece of cake, right? A walk in the park, right? Wrong. Not if you are intending to ride the first stage up the highest mountain in Thailand: Doi Inthanon, standing at 2'656 meters. For once, we managed to get out fairly early - around 7.30 AM, that is. We knew it was going to be 21 kilometers of straight climbing - from around 400 meters up to around 1'600 meters at the ranger station, then a downhill to. [more]

• Hot to Mae Chaem Thu, 4 Mar 2010 03:19:04 PST

69.84 kilometers / 05:39:24 riding time I have no notes for this leg. This is because today was a day of absolute suffering. Rest periods where just that, reserving all energy and mental capacity for battling the mountain. No matter, it was a river-run of approximately 23km west on R108 to northwest on R1086. For the rest, I will rely on memory, which is to say, this may end up being a whinging session borne of recalled agony. [more]

• Li to Hot Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:29:33 PST

88.57 kilometers / 05:16:59 riding time (Written by Adrian) Erika! has already mentioned her favorite rides in Southern and Central Thailand (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=139589) - now this one from Li to Hot was my favorite ride up to this point. At least the morning was. Thanks to our MapMagic map, we were able to plot a route which let us avoid Highway 106 altogether. [more]

• Thoen to Li Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:54:54 PST

51.08 kilometers / 03:30:14 riding time (Written by Adrian) Today was going to be our first mountain stage: from the low-land town of Thoen to the hill town of Li. We did feel good and ready for it, but you never know before climbing mountains. Another positive aspect was that we wouldn't have to ride it alone: Nic and Kate, whom we had met the day before were going into the same direction and we decided to join forces. [more]

• Bhumibol Dam to Thoen Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:45:14 PST

81.75 kilometers / 04:35:58 riding time We left the Bhumibol Dam National Park planning to go back to the cozy Coffee Bus cafe "The Delicious Station" for breakfast, noting the day before that it opened at 5am and had a decent sandwich menu. Now, this was astonishing considering it seems most businesses in Thailand, what the hell, some towns even, don't open until 10am or later. [more]

• Tak to Bhumibol Dam Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:39:42 PST

78.29 kilometers / 04:20:28 riding time (Written by Adrian) Heading north from Tak poses a problem for cyclists: there really only is the Superhighway No 1 heading straight up. However, the ride into Tak had given us confidence in choosing the smallest of roads and we decided that we would take the smaller roads whenever possible for the remainder of our time in Thailand. [more]

• Kamphaeng Phet to Tak Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:51:46 PST

71.38 kilometers / 03:33:29 riding time This day, I would say ranks up in the top 3 days of riding in Thailand thus far, running neck and neck with a couple of the beautiful beach scenery days and getting lost in the woods in the south. (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=139566 \ http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=139038) Breakfast first though. [more]

• Khanu Woralaksaburi to Kamphaeng Phet Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:41:58 PST

65.84 kilometers / 03:55:48 riding time (Written by Adrian) OK, things started to become repetitive now: late start, flat road, head wind, average distances to ride. Should I just leave it at this now? Well, the first thing to note is that I did survive the ride through the eastern commercial district of Khanu Woralaksaburi, i.e. there was no hotel in that area. [more]