Day 5,6,7 - 234km

This is the beautiful sunrise I had to spur me on this morning at the start of my first hundred km day, 112 to be exact, and that was about the point that mister sun was at his kindest to me, from then on in he turned nasty, and when I arrived 7 hours later in Nakwon Sawon he had turned the temperature to 41 degrees the evil bastard, my forearms look, well, as red as the tip of my nose, who would of guessed 2 euro Thai factor thirty sun cream would not be the sun defending giant I might of hoped?

That is the end of my grumbling. The last four days I have spent slowly getting accustomed to life on the road again because after Australia it was going to be hard for example no more eating sirloin steak, with burlondaise sauce, garlic pomme puree and asparagus tips for lunch every day and then strolling back by the beach to sleep in my double bed in my huge room, yes siree Cogee treated me alright........anyway enough of that. Today was a great day to teach me again why I love to travel, and in particular why the choice of taking my bike was well informed because believe you me I have had my doubts of late.

Having not had a conversation in English(hence none at all) since leaving Bangkok 6 days ago it has not been easy, especially for a sociable fellow like myself, but thankfully I could not be in a friendlier country where people will always have a smile for you and help you with whatever they can, the food is great, the landscape beautiful the roads are in better condition then anywhere in the world I have been and I have had a southerly wind up my ass since I have started urging me towards Chiang Mai. I honestly believe that this is the best country in the world for me or for anyone to start cycle touring, apart from the fact that I do expect to have an imaginary friend by the end of the week if I dont get some interaction, and at 24 I am nearly sure that is not a good thing! Another hundred plus day to Kamphaeng Phet tomorow so wish me luck.