2024 – South East Asia

1. Banned again… - When I really annoyed my mum, she used to say, "Sometimes you can get right up my back and knock…
2. Cancelled and Refunded - We picked up our hire car in Ipswich having asked for an MG HS as we could just squeeze Tilly…
3. Bangkok - Unless we venture to Phuket, this is likely to be the most touristy place we visit and you're really spoilt…
4. Farewell Bangkok - And we're off..leaving Bangkok We thoroughly enjoyed Bangkok, it's a very western city and you can easily live a completely…
You really shouldn’t be that yellow…. - Well, that wasn't expected! The first two days of cycling I found really hard. I mean stupid hot, overheating feeling…
6. Papers Please! - The cycle too the border from Bangkok took a few days taking us though small villages and quiet roads and…
7. Angkor Wat - The cycle to Ankor Wat from the border town of Poipet is all on the main road. I'm sure some…
8. Angkors away - After a great week at Siem Reap, and having stocked up for the next few weeks with western essentials (cheddar!)…
9. Cycling for pleasure - The next leg of the trip was through a remote agricultural landscape with only 1 town and few villages or…
10. On a mission - The border crossing back to Cambodia was quicker than on the way in and the road back to Stung Treng…
11. Phonm Penh - The ferry into PP is an experience on its own. There are about 15 ferry's, 2 of which are roro…
12. Road? What road? - We reluctantly left our  Christmas oasis of luxury in Phnom Penh after a lovely seven nights rest. Our journey from…
13. Costa del Thailand - From Chanthaburi we headed back to he coast on a cycle lane! There's been quite a lot of these recently,…
14. The car is King - We left our hotel about 50km south of Bangkok to salutes from all the staff and managed to weave our…
15. Bridge over the River Kwai - Kanchanburi, is the home of the bridge made famous by the David Lean film Bridge over the River Kwai.  The…
16. Turning south - We left our cabin in the paddy fields at dawn and had a lovely cycle though small lanes, with ever…
17. A Pelleton of tourers - We've not seen many tourers this trip which has been a great surprise as we thought the place would be…
18. Hot hot hot - We've been quite lucky with the weather so far, almost no rain, just the one 10 minute deluge and we've…
19. Man overboard… - We'd been told that the national park south of us wasn't even a hill by some fellow tandemers, who shall…
20. The Other Side - Hello Malaysia We cleared immigration into Malaysia easily, it being the best organised border crossings we've done. We could even…
21. The sun never sets on the (old) British Empire. - Always a picturesque start to the day We had a couple of nice days cycling through quiet lanes and tracks…
22. Muggy Malaysia - We'd had a lovely hotel suite in George Town, complete with a seperate lounge and had thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, but…