Spent my last night in bangkok drinking expensive cocktails at Sirocco (bar the Hangover 2 movie was filmed at). 2 cocktails for $38 makes me wonder if I'm in NYC or Thailand. It was on the 64th floor of the state tower - a beautiful view and conveniently a short walk from the apartment I was staying at.
Woke up early the next day and got picked up by Spice Roads- the bike tour company. We drove to our starting point, about three hours south of Bangkok and got on our mountain bikes by the beach for an 'easier' 25km ride. The tour can handle as many as 16 people, but there are only 4- that'd be me, Adam, the guide, and the van driver. Hello private tour!
We rode along the coast and 10 minutes into the ride it started pouring rain. We threw on some ponchos and put on our flip flops (there's no point in wearing soaking wet shoes) and we rode against one hell of a headwind. I got soaked and loved every second of it. We rode thru the countryside - past the shrimp farms, rambutan and rubber trees, and Thai style homes. We stopped at a nice resort and had a Thai lunch on the beach. Then it was back on our bikes pacelining thru the villages. I didn't know it was possible to paceline (or go fast) on a mountain bike - it was tiring and fun!
Rode for about 2.5 hours today, checked into our resort, and enjoyed our last evening in thailand. Tomorrow we cross the Cambodia border!
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