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Man, I am so overwhelmed by everything I need to do and buy. I have a year before I'm planning to go on my Southeast Asia trip and I feel like it's not going to be enough.
And I may have to cut down on the route ambitions. North Thailand to Singapore would be totally doable in three months if I just biked it straight through but if I want to stop to enjoy the ambience of certain places and smell the roses, as it were, I don't think it's doable. Maybe just plain Thailand north border to south border would suffice if I want to actually stop to see things.
Going just straight through would be about 1800km. Now that's only three weeks of cycling. But add in all the detours to see cool things, that can easily double that to six weeks. Then add rest days and chilling walking around days to take in the locales and double again to about 12 weeks and that's the three months there already.
So maybe Chiang Rai - Krabi would suffice for three months. I could do all the way to Singapore if I didn't stop to see anything, easy. But what's the point of traveling if you don't stop to see anything. I don't see value in cycling just for the sake of cycling.
On the other hand, the eastern coast of Thailand is interesting too. Less developed, less touristy than Phuket et al. Maybe I should head east from Bangkok.
And I may have to cut down on the route ambitions. North Thailand to Singapore would be totally doable in three months if I just biked it straight through but if I want to stop to enjoy the ambience of certain places and smell the roses, as it were, I don't think it's doable. Maybe just plain Thailand north border to south border would suffice if I want to actually stop to see things.
Going just straight through would be about 1800km. Now that's only three weeks of cycling. But add in all the detours to see cool things, that can easily double that to six weeks. Then add rest days and chilling walking around days to take in the locales and double again to about 12 weeks and that's the three months there already.
So maybe Chiang Rai - Krabi would suffice for three months. I could do all the way to Singapore if I didn't stop to see anything, easy. But what's the point of traveling if you don't stop to see anything. I don't see value in cycling just for the sake of cycling.
On the other hand, the eastern coast of Thailand is interesting too. Less developed, less touristy than Phuket et al. Maybe I should head east from Bangkok.