Day 24 Wed 21/07 - Samut Songkhram to Bangkok

Today Distance: 78.9 km              Total: 1731.7 km

Today Temp : 26 - 38c
Time on Bike : 4hr 02 min
Ave Speed : 19.5 kmh                  Max: 45.0 kmh
Ave Climb : 1%                            Max: 4%
Altitude: 102m                              Max: 80m
Today spending : 540baht             Total: 8803baht

We are only 68km to Bangkok that's according to the sign board.Brent has done much research on cycling into a big city like Bangkok.Most are strongly against,you must be crazy or mad to cycle into the city!! But Brent and I are of the same opinion that we should take on the challenge.So we carefully studied our map and with brent;s IPhone Gps,we are dead confident of doing it! We followed the highway 35,all the way to the outskirt of Bangkok ,there is a side road parallel to the main road for the slower vehicles where shops and eating stalls located. The traffic was really in his peak at lunch hour.You have to be really good in every aspect of  handling ,controlling,balancing and squeezing pass narrow gap in between vehicles. Amazingly,we saw some beautiful bike lanes with "bicycle "drawing on it , but hardly we saw any cyclists riding on it except us.many cars and motorbikes have invaded the lanes ,So " What's the point?" After all the hassles, we still managed to ride into our destination in Bangkok old town of Banglamphu, where most backpackers hang around in Khao San street . Brent saw a special guesthouse similar to his girlfriend name- Bella-Bella,surprisingly cheap at 300 baht,if not Brent has to pay the extras,just joking,Brent! At night we went for a walk  in Khao San street.It was really an eye-opener,you wouldn't believe it, It's 10x more popular than our Bukit Bintang and chinatown back home in KL.

                                      Leaving the hotel in Samut Songkhram

                                Brent with his face mask on ,Ready to do battle!!!

                                     On the bike lane but often bullied by other vehicles

                                               Crossing the Chao Phraya River

                                       What they did not mention is " Any refund ???

                                                      Hair making any which way you like

                                                     Currency exchange on the move

                                Our beds in Bella-Bella guesthouse for 300 baht