{"id":12436,"date":"2014-03-10T15:13:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=12436"},"modified":"2014-03-10T15:13:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:13:26","slug":"samutsongkhram-to-hua-hin-on-geoffs-se-asia-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=12436","title":{"rendered":"Samutsongkhram to Hua Hin on Geoff&#8217;s SE Asia bike ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Samutsongkhram_to_Hua_Hin___Strava_Ride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12439\" alt=\"Samutsongkhram_to_Hua_Hin___Strava_Ride\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Samutsongkhram_to_Hua_Hin___Strava_Ride-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I departed once again with the dawn, However, due to the absence of bridges I had to do 10 miles to cross the river a distance gained of less than 1 mile \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Untitled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-12437\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Untitled-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Today I was finally travelling South again. however, that&#8217;s where the \u00a0hot wind was coming from too, making life doubly difficult for me \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0Also I met the worst stupidity of the Thai road system. When joining the main 35 road (akin to the M6, M1) there is no flyover to get you onto the other side. They expect you to cross the three lanes \u00a0of the &#8216;wrong&#8217; carriageway and make a U turn in the designated place! \u00a0OK if you are a car but on a push bike the very definition of hell as when you have finally got to the meridian you are of cause in the &#8216;fast&#8217; lane of the other carriageway!, now I know why so many folks travel the &#8216;wrong way&#8221; on their mopeds etc. \u00a0I guess there really is a steel &amp; cement shortage here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12438\" alt=\"Getting closer\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_1024-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>I was stuck on the very busy 35 road most of the day, although I did find a few detours especially to the rather magnificent Gold Temple at Huai Rong<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">I made numerous stops for smoothies, water &amp; nourishment but also to escape into an AC room to cool off \ud83d\ude42 I managed to get the guys at the Tesco car cleaning place \u00a0to pump up my tyres up and oil the chain &amp; pedals, although why this country hasn&#8217;t heard of small oil cans etc is a mystery to me, they used a 1 litre bottle &amp; splashed it in the general direction of the said items \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0But it worked the pedals no longer creak &amp; moan with the chain much smoother too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I finally gave up after 77.5 miles for the inappropriately named White Sand Hotel, but a good location all the same, albeit very expensive at \u00a0\u00a342 \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Strava:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/119364865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12440\" alt=\"Samutsongkhram_to_Hua_Hin___Strava_Ride\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Samutsongkhram_to_Hua_Hin___Strava_Ride1.jpg\" width=\"501\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Samutsongkhram_to_Hua_Hin___Strava_Ride1.jpg 501w, https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Samutsongkhram_to_Hua_Hin___Strava_Ride1-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a>Todays <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/+GeoffJones47\/albums\/5989123426553546769\">pics are here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I departed once again with the dawn, However, due to the absence of bridges I had to do 10 miles to cross the river a distance gained of less than 1 mile \ud83d\ude41 Today I was finally travelling South again. however, that&#8217;s where the \u00a0hot wind was coming from too, making life doubly difficult for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking","category-south-east-asia","category-travel-blogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}