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    Asia by bike - practical info

    by Ewcyna 28 January 2016
    written by Ewcyna

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    I attempted to gather in one place a few practical tips for those willing to visit South-East Asia by bike. Please, bear in mind, that that is my subjective point of and personal experience only.

    It will be about “four countries” Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia. since I have already talked about Burma in a separate blog entry. Here is a ma of my route in this region “kindda complicated” and – very general.

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    I go to Southeast Asia for the first time - which country to choose having 2-4 weeks?

    I would recommend Thailand. This is for me the perfect blend of Asian exoticism with, let's call it.. reality. The roads are good, gas stations frequent accompanied with small markets and toilets, you can buy something cold to drink or just wash yourself, not to mention the fact that it can be a place for stealth camping. Guesthouses often called here resorts can be found almost everywhere are clean and nice, mostly with air conditioning, mosquito net in the window, TV (if needed) and it is all included in the price 5-12 USD for a double room. The food at the street stalls in this part of Asia is fabulously cheap and my favorite dish for lunch or dinner that is (sticky rice), a piece of grilled chicken and a salad of green papaya called som tam I used to pay about 2-2,5 dollars. fried rice costs about dollar.

    It's safe ! But remember, that large cities such as. Bangkok and very touristy places are different - generally one always needs to be more careful.

    The worst downside of driving in Thailand are stray dogs. There are lots of them and they are aggressive, when it starts to chase you I recommend to stop and make a move, as if you was taking a stone from the ground (or throwing it). it helps. In other countries of the region I did not have much problem with dogs.

    When to go?

    The best would be in the dry season, between November and February, When the temperature is about. 25- 30 degrees (though as I write this region is hit by low temperatures that fell down to 10-15 degrees) and almost no rains fall. Since March the heat wave is coming, felt especially inland, They are hard to bear, in April and May they were killing me - you can effectively spoil your holiday this way. The rainy season starts from June and September is the month with the greatest amount of precipitation. And precipitation in that area is a wall of rain, Although as with the weather – you never know. I know travellers cycling in September, which statistically has the largest amount of rainfall – apparently there were downpours, but short. Rainfall, however, may prevent you from getting to certain areas, where there are no asphalt roads for example. eastern Cambodia.

    A major problem in northern Thailand and Laos is burning of forests, that takes place from February to April. Do not take with me as an example and give up your trip there just at this time of a year, as the sky is covered by smoke, the so-called. haze, can be problems with breathing and visibility is close to nothing – already in the morning the sky looks as if the sun was setting. Blue sky missing – as for example, in Luang Prabang.

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    What to bring?

    No, you will not find a full list of things to take, everyone certainly has its own set, but such, which should not be forgotten:

    It will be hot! I suggest you take:

    – a few t-shirts - up to you how many, You can wash them everywhere - if not where you stay for the night. you can do it at petrol stations and wear it wet - it gets us a while cooler and T-shirt and it will soon dry up. Personally I cannot wear typical cycling clothes in Asian superhumid climate, it nearly burns me.. I would recommend cotton or linen, but the thinnest possible and preferably with medium or long sleeves.. cover your arms and body as sun can cause problem. It is better to lie on the beach for two hours if ou dream of a great suntan. Moreover, it is better to adapt to local customs - women rather cover themselves and men do not go around with naked torso.

    – Sweatshirt and pants with long trouser leg - the mountains are much colder. several degrees (in North Vietnam even less), necessary to travel by plane or by train with strong aircon

    – or flip-flops - bring or buy on site. To walk around or enter showers – mandatory

    – head protection - helmet, cap and the best hat with brim. As you can not get at home you buy it on the spot

    – shoes meaning SANDALS. For me it had to be a typical open sandals with hard sole - unfortunately in my favorites Keen shoes with a covered toe I was also too hot. And inversely to flip - flops - it is hard to buy good shoes apart from maybe a few major cities in Thailand. In covered shoes I would die from the heat.

    – sunscreen with a large filter, for example,. 30 or 50 .. it goes to you men as well !!! - I used just 50 . I recommend that you buy the lotion at home, since one I could get without a problem only in Thailand – in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia it was a problem.

    – Rain cover – I suggest instead a waterproof rain jacket buy a raincoat for a dollar in any roadside shop - will be more efficient and lighter

    – other like swimsuit, towel and if you want to have cup of tea or coffee each morning (like i do) take a cup and small water heater.

    Shall I take a tent and camping equipment?

    It depends on what is your trip like, what do you like, where and how you will be on road. I do not know if I would take on the camping equipment 2-3 on a 2-4 weeks trip. to Thailand, I think in general 80 percent of the cyclists in that area is travelling light and stays at a guesthouses or hostels. On the other hand, – if you you like to sleep in nature, for example national parks in Thailand (there are more then 100) of them - in the mountains or at the coast – This great after place. They have always designated areas for camping, and it is often possible to rent a tent on site.

    Stealth camping the situation differs – do not expect in this part of Asia or European nature meadows (There are rice fields) forest means jungle – you will not enter. You can ask people to put a tent close to the house, it should not be a problem or you can find another secluded corner, like old dry rice paddies. Not that difficult if you want it, but sometimes you have to try hard.

    As for me, the easiest way to find this type of sleeping places was in Thailand (though often the stray dogs barked and I had to leave, but I got lots of help even from the police) and in Laos, where like addicted I stayed in schools or beside them,. In the morning though be sure they you will find you… 🙂

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    Shall I take vaccinations?

    It is also up to you. AS for me when it comes to health issues I am cautios – before starting my journey I visited the doctor of tropical diseases, and took these vaccinations he suggested . And since I was not able to determine where I will travel exactly I was to take quite a few vaccinations. Vaccination is a big expense and the process should start like 6 weeks before departure, the day of vaccination I recommend not to plan much for the evening - I felt very bad, but in the morning it was ok. You would definitely consider vaccination against rabies since you are likely to meet stray dogs and monkeys , animals tend to be aggressive.

    What with antimalarial protection?

    As in other areas I recommend using your common sense. In South-East Asia malaria happens to be, but only in some areas (rather, mountain and not touristy) and surely every trip is different. You'd better google the map of malaria areas in the world and compare with your route-the risks are mainly mountain areas such as. in Burma. I highly recommend the information for this topic on Tomek Michniewicz.

    How it was in my case? I had not, heard of one case of malaria during my stay in Asia - that means I have not met anyone, who got sick or met someone else, who got sick - but maybe that's just a coicidence. There is also a theory, which says, that the local people will warn you, if there have been cases of malaria in the areaand I stick to this one. I began to worry a little and explore the topic, when I was cycling through the province of Yunnan in China and read in the guide, it was a very malarial place and I had some red blisters on my legs (imagination works). After coming back home I had malaria test done and I know for sure, I'm ok.

    Definitely I would not invest money into buying drugs like. Malarone if you plan to cycle just Thai coast. I think as well, that is medical marketing mostly. Very heavy for your pocket.

    Shall I take a mosquito net - I did not have any and do not think, that it was needed. The guesthouses and hostels have net in windows, a tent (the inner part) has its own too.

    I do not recommend buying specifics against mosquitoes at home - a lot cheaper and equally effective you can buy on the spot for the equivalent of more than a dozen gold.

    I generally I remembered about using antimosquito spray, when he was already bitten. But do not I have experienced some spectacular ailments because of this (the fact is -I cycled mainly in the dry season, which is November - May).

    Real is catching on extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis that is denga fever.

    Paper maps, navigation

    I would recommend to buy maps at home - in South-East Asia you can find them (that, except maybe Thailand, where they are available in roadside shops at petrol stations) it only in larger cities such as. Laos- Vientiane, Luang Prabang and they are really expensive (ok 50 12 USD). Anyway, you can use them to plan your route only, because they are not very accurate, but certainly will help you plan your trip. I went on just on google maps, which help me find small roads or find myself in big cities, but they are not the ideal solution. GPS I never used, I do not have any.

    Internet

    No worries-wifi there reached J will in most establishments, and if you're going to stay in a tent on the Mekong, I recommend buying a local SIM card and take care of the appropriate limit data - I just did. It cost about 10-15 USD per month.

    VISAS

    On the issue of visas, the situation changes, therefore in the first place to look for information on the official stornach embassies and the MINISTRY of FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Now in each of the countries of South-Eastern Asia, the Poles need visas. The best is to make them in your home country, although in the case of Cambodia and Laos visa can develop at the border. Remarkably manufacturing recommend a visa in advance if you are planning a long stay in Thailand - at the entrance mainland (or as cyclists frequently enter) You can stay in the country only 15 days, Inlet plane 30 days, kneaded embassy visa allows you to stay two months.

    I recommend also to find yourself in the net itself what it przemyślne ways to misuse the money apply to Cambodian border crossings (Double-inflated fee for a visa, false "research" medical etc., fee for filling in the form) - Remedy for this is to develop e-visa online.

    What to Vietnam only one tip - that the border guard depends on how long it will grant visa. I got three months (I asked the border guard), though I escaped from Vietnam after 3 weeks, while my colleagues crossed the border together, every (Spaniard) He received a visa months, Others (Hindus) three months. A month was not much time to proceed through the entire length of Vietnam (more than 2000 km).

    I hope, Although a bit helped. Something I forgot? Do you have other questions or experience?

    Browse through the my travel Essentials – Or is there something, what did not you think? Either I did not think?

    Have a nice journey!

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2023 - let it be... A good one! Yet another. Wishing you all.
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"Natale con i suoi, Easter with whoever you want" - "Christ "Natale con i suoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi" - "Christmas with your family, Easter with whoever you want" says the Italian proverb, according to it, on the first day of Christmas, December 25, after 2 p.m., Italy stops. And then, the square was full of people, cafe bustle, conversations, drinks to warm up before a long afternoon at the table and then ... silence. Nobody. Christmas dinner is the main, most important point of Christmas celebrations, just like Christmas Eve in Poland. Santo Stefano day, December 26th is traditionally spent walking, sightseeing, outdoors. And now not a single car passed by me, but another cyclist did!  Fantastic weather - blue sky, sun, about 17 degrees.
Wandering around the streets, the kitchen windows are open and I can smell fried fish. Once upon a time I came to Italy for a holiday with $300 in my pocket (which I put aside all year long by giving English classes), which was supposed to last for 2 months. And it did. Sleeping under the sky as I didn't even have a tent, hitchhiking..the only food I had was bread with onions and Calve mayonnaise.  This mayonnaise was my discovery, and sweet onions too.  The main point of the day and the only luxury I allowed myself was a cup of cappuccino - before I ordered it, however, I walked around and looked at the tables of the cafes in which cups they serve them in - I wanted as big as possible.  Then I sat for an hour, tasting the remnants of milk foam with a spoon. The smell of tomato sauce coming from the open windows annoyed me because I was craving dinner so much. Today I remembered that smell from 30 years back.
 I have lunch at home, and cappuccino is also sometimes, thanks to your donations as well (I still look at the cups 🙃). And on the wall today I read the quote "Limits exist only in the soul of those who do not dream". But it was pathetic.  Let's dream, let's fulfill...
I wish you many good dinners and moments spent as you wish.  I was on a bike 😁.
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Today it's December 10th and it is a special date Today it's December 10th and it is a special date for me. On 10 Dec 2013, I locked my door, gave the key to the new tenant, packed the box with my bike into my neighbor's car and flew off on a trip with a one-way ticket. To the other side of the world, the Philippines. The decision-making process wasn't particularly long and was born after cycling Japan, but I had been preparing for this escapade for several months. Organizing my life, buying a new bike (to make it "easier" I went to Berlin twice in one week) and other equipment, buying various insurances, arranging vaccinations - each step meant a lot of time spent on choosing one option or another, finally packing life into boxes and taking it to the basement and flying to Manila with a short stay in Shanghai on the way. I chose the Philippines knowing absolutely nothing about it. There was a promotion on KLM tickets and this destination seemed to me OK. It wasn't that much OK as it turned out, but I still managed to spend there and even pedal for 7 weeks 🙂. For the first 2 weeks I was accompanied by my friend Sophia. 
Gees, it's been 9 years, and I can't stop! After the Philippines I flew to Burma, then cycled through Thailand, Laos, China.... I don't know if I'll go back to Southeast Asia, because I'm sweating at the thought of it, but going through my posts (quite clumsy, it's the beginnings of the blog) made me very happy. If you feel like it go to my my webpage #Ewcyna. What an excitement it was!
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Your life is like a fairy tale. You travel, you l Your life is like a fairy tale.  You travel, you live here and there, you visit places, you soak up the sun, something is constantly changing.  And then your plan falls apart, because somebody's plans for housesitting changed, cancelled, some moved and you end up with a huge unknown, 3-month hole in your resume, rental prices have gone up a lot, but homelessness is no stranger to you.  There is risk, there is fun, there is anxiety.  It's not bad, in two days you find a new place for a month, even better, you're supposed to be there tomorrow, maybe in a week, or maybe the day after tomorrow.  You have to travel 800 km.  Heavy rains so you sit on your ass, you will not play a hero and do cyclotourism now. What a pity, it was supposed to be a few days with the attractions of southern Italy. The plan for a long journey is in place, train tickets too, landslides and breaking the railway traction too, the railway is not running there, what to do.  You don't want to spend the night in Rome.  Maurizio, your host is away, you avoid hostels, especially on a Saturday night, and hotels are too expensive.  You love Rome and you hate it.  Too beautiful, too dirty, too loud.
Naples?  No thanks.  You don't want to spend the night in Naples.  Ever since you witnessed two robberies and that's on the streets of this city more than 20 years ago, you feel mostly dislike and fear.  Naples dangerous?  Your travel companion on the train with whom you chat a bit replies.  No… Naples is "molto bello" - very beautiful.  robberies?  You know, when they attack you in Naples, they do it somehow... gently.  And in Rome, you can still get a good hit on the head. Naples very beautiful. 
I wonder how it is in Milan, Turin or Bari.

My life is like a fairy tale. Back in #Puglia!
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It's been wonderful, mostly sunny 3 weeks #housesi It's been wonderful, mostly sunny 3 weeks #housesitting in #toscana
Autumn rain and gales have started but it's time for me to move more south.. (more rain predicticted). Still, just following the sun! 
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France. Castles and Roman architecture at its best France. Castles and Roman architecture at its best, wherever you pass there's something beautiful and surprising.
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But what Has happened already will not come back? But what Has happened already will not come back? It will! 
 I came to Paris for the first time 14 years ago.  It was my third flight with a bicycle and my first independent bicycle trip abroad (because I do not count group travel here).
 At the airport, I picked up my bicycle bag, my stuff and somehow I took it to the train or subway at the airport, which went straight to the center.  I got off at the station, through which in the evening there were hordes of people, and I reached ... the stairs to heaven.  Long, endless staircase, not an escalator at all.  I didn't like lugging it all upstairs.
 -excuse me sir, could you help me?  I asked a young man in French according to the rule to direct a question for help to a specific person.
 -my? (Moi?) He replied with great surprise looking from side to side, but that he hadn't seen anyone else there do he helped me to drag myself out.
 When we left, I saw IT in beautiful night lighting.  It is it, the famous NOTRE-DAME cathedral.  It was a magical moment, do you know those?
I put my bicycle together and cycled along Champs Elysees to Arc de Triomphe and on to the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, where the campsite was located.  At that time, I only had a paper map with me, fatigue was taking its toll, I was falling asleep on my bike and felt a bit pale, but luckily after 11 PM I got there, put up the tent and fell down to sleep. The next day I continued my sightseeing and on the third I set off on a bicycle trip to Geneva. Yes, cycling on paper maps.
I visited Paris several times since then.This time I was brought to Paris by FLIXBUS with an overnight course from Berlin.  Yes, after my vacation in France, I really wanted to come back here and found an offer of catsitting.  Here I am.
 It has already been and will be back.  Good morning France.  Bonjour!
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Ever since I saw the "Grand Traverse de Jura au Ve Ever since I saw the "Grand Traverse de Jura au Velo" trail, that is crossing the Jura, I couldn't help thinking that it would be fun to cycle it.  The trail has two options, it runs along the highest parts of the Jura range on the French side and is in many places a mountain bike trail.  I just chose to cycle the middle part of the route, climbing over 1000 meters is already a success for me.  But it's not about success and competition to me, in cycling, but about joy.  So it was a lot of joy! Especially my first rest stop with such a view!
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Is it France already? the cyclist on the bike aske Is it France already? the cyclist on the bike asked as we stood in front of some signs by the cycle path along the Rhine river. 
I guess so, France, because there are already French signs, I replied, but there was no FRANCE sign anywhere.  We didn't find it but we took a souvenir photo, and then we sat at the roadside tavern for a beer.
The idea to come to France has been growing in me for some time.  I was encouraged by the famous € 9 regional trains ticket promotion in Germany.  Somehow I didn't want to devote my time to Germany - despite the incredible ease of getting around this country by bike, I am not fond, neither speak the language nor like the architecture too much. I also decided to skip the Czech Republic to get to France as soon as possible - but it did not happen, I was very drawn to the bicycle path along the river Ochra.  It winds along the river in the shade of trees for many kilometers.  From Karlovy Vary I pedaled on 2 wheels.
The Czechs like beer.  I dare say more than in Poland.  They like to scream after drinking alcohol, that's what usually happens when one is drunk right? Anyway, tearing the snout took place there at every campsite I passed, so I bought a shower and went on, and put the tent up elsewhere. Easy. Pleasant.
 And in France, I feel great.  It's fun to understand the world around you, although still in Alsace everyone speaks German or a mixture.  It's fun to look at the shelves with the amount of products I love.  It's great to have municipal campgrounds for max 10 EUR.
I am being asked what my tour is when people see the luggage. Just for the sake of it, the random encounters and chats it pays to have it 😁😁🙃
Hope it will be more "fun". No idea yet where to go after Alsace but thinking where to hide tomorrow when the 36 Celsius heat wave comes.
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