Arriving to Hong kong Island by bicyble was a bit of a challenge. Everybody told me to take the metro but I got refused entry because bikes are not allowed inside. I decided to go by road and asked a police officer that told me it was way too far (he said 60km) and that anyway bikes were not allowed in the tunnel... I cycled to the next station, wondering what to do. I tried to get in the metro again and this time I was told that they would let me in if I removed the front wheel. Yeah I [View Full Entry]

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The last 80 kilometers in Laos were quite hard so it's a tired Francois that arrived at the border crossing. Officers were surprised to see someone on a bicycle and they were quite curious. At some point, one of them even asked me quite formally to step a few meters away from my bike. I started to wonder what it was all about when in fact he jumped on it and did a few meters just to try it :) Another officer asked me $1 for stamping the visa. It's not legal but there was no point to get into trouble [View Full Entry]

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I was not sure what to expect when arriving to Laos. Would it be very different from Thailand? I crossed the [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=17.880657,102.71616&spn=0.011375,0.022445&z=16]Friendship bridge (Laos in at the north, Thailand south) which links the 2 countries in the afternoon and headed to Vientiane, the capital city, about 25 km away. My first experience was that there was no road sign, you just have to know where to go (or in my case ask the locals and trust your luck^^). After [View Full Entry]

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After cycling about 100km, I arrived in the town of Ban Pho. It looked quite big and I asked a few local where the nearest guesthouse/hotel was. A few drinks later (white whisky, similar to tequila) I said goodbye (sawa dee krap) and headed straight then right and then left or was it right ? I was in a small street, about 6pm and desperately in need of a shower when a few people shouted in English "Hello", "Hi", "Come Here" and other various Thai sentences. I stopped the bike and got surrounded by a group of girls, two of them [View Full Entry]

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Random photos I took while cycling around in Thailand. It's a nice way to travel since you have a lot of freedom. You'd like to stop and take a picture ? no worries, take a few :) [View Full Entry]

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More photos of my stay in the Thai familly :) I have also added them on flickr since the quality on this site is not always good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/francoisbeaussier/sets/72157614674910196/ I'm back on the road and did 100km today, yeah ! [View Full Entry]

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I have been living with a Thai familly for 4 days (I was looking for a hotel and they invited me to stay at their home). It's been great ! Everybody's so nice and the kids are great ! Going back on the road tomorrow :p [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, my name is T39 and I was born in China. My life has been quite boring so far and I've spent most of my time in a shop in Bangkok. My dream was to explore the world but, I could only look at Lumphini park across the street... This was my life until last week, but then I got bought by a French guy ! And I'm told he wants to cycle with me until hongkok, I can't wait :) Salut, moi c'est T39 et je suis ne en chine. Ma vie n'etait pas super exitante jusqu'a maintenant [View Full Entry]

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Tonight I went to see some some thai boxing. I took the boat to go all the way to Kaoh San and walked to the stadium from there. Prices for the tickets were 1000/1500/2000 bahts (50/75/100 AUD or 25/33/50 Euros). I had no idea so I took the cheapest. I ended up behind a fence and I think it's worth paying 1500 to get on the other side. There are 10 matchs in an evening, starting a 6:30. The best one (with the stars) is at 9:30. The stadium is full of Thai men who really enjoy the show. It's loud [View Full Entry]

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(english version at the bottom) Il m'a fallu quelques minutes pour comprendre et memoriser les noms de mes 4 guides pour la journee :) Aymeric m'a mis en contact avec Aey, une thailandaise qu'il avait rencontre il y a quelque mois dans une temple boudiste. Elle m'a spontanement propose de me faire visiter Bangkok avec quelques copines. On avait rendez vous a 9h dans une grande surface pres de la station SkyTrain "On Nut" et je n'etait meme pas trop en retard :) On est tous monte en voiture, direction le Marche Flottant, [View Full Entry]

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