Travel Itinerary

9/15/2012, Depart Kunming, China

This part of the route is still in flux and will kind of make it up as I go along since I will still be able to read the signs, but hopefully something like this…

Kunming to south of Dianchi (~Qu xili)

Qu xili to Jiangchun

Jiangchun to Shadianzhen

Shadianzhen to Huangcaobaxiang

Huangcaobaxiang to Hekou (China-Vietnam Border) cross to Lao Cai

Vietnam

Lao Cai to Sa Pa, rest a couple days and get some info about routes to Dien Bein Phu

Current route in mind…

Sa Pa to N.T. Than Uyen

N.T. Than Uyen to Than Uyen

Than Uyen to Cap Na

To Tuan Giao

To Mu’ong Ang

To Dien Bien Phu

To Tay Trang/ Lak May (Vietnam-Lao border)

Laos

Lak May to Muang Khoua

From here off the bike and onto a boat for some much needed rest.

Muang Khoua to Luang Prabang (boat)

To Pakse (boat)

To Muang Khong (bike, Cambodian Border.  Some conflicting info about crossing the border, if anyone has done it and can give some advice on ways to make easier I’m all ears, or eyes in this case)

Cambodia

Maps and details on Cambodia, especially by bike/road are hard to come by so a lot of this is going to have to be planned on arrival, but the rough outline is…

Lao-Cambodian border to Siem Reap

Siem Reap for a couple days biking around Ankor Wat

Siem Reap to Poipet/Aranyaprathet (Cambodian-Thai Border)

Thailand

Most likely going to try and catch a bus to Bangkok and try to find some factories that produce Thai boxing gear to arrange a shipment of gear to meet on my arrival in Australia.

This will also mark the first plane, fly from Bangkok to Ko Samui.

Ko Samui to the mainland ferry, to Si Chon

To Nakhon Si thammarat

To Pak Phanang

To Hua sai

To Songkhla

To Hat Yai

To Dan Nok (Malaysian Border)

Malaysia

Border to Alor Setar

To Sungai Petani

To Penang

Going to rest in Penang for a couple of days and plan to meet some friends to do a half-marathon.  Not sure if biking several thousand kilometers is a good way to prepare for a half-marathon, but that’s the way it will be.

I haven’t planned any farther than that.  I think I will have some time on my hands and a completely different idea of what I can do at that point.  If you find yourself heading toward any of those destinations, let me know, who knows, maybe we can cross paths somewhere along the way.