hmmmm, again too long since this ride, drawing a blank. After leaving Ranong the roads had become a lot quieter. There was a lot less traffic on the roads and hardly any trucks. Ranong is the last major town on the west coast with approx 200,000 people. All the towns after that are pretty small. The cycling became really nice, quite roads through jungle. The ride today was most flat expect for one hill at the 25km point. The hotel owner at bang ben beach had warned me about the hill but his warning was a little understated. What a hill (I'll repeat that statement several times through these blogs). It was straight up then a slight bend and then straight again. About 2 km in length, so not very long, but the whole climb above
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