{"id":40363,"date":"2021-09-06T15:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=40363"},"modified":"2021-09-06T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T15:34:34","slug":"day-1112-chiang-khong-to-chiang-saen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=40363","title":{"rendered":"Day 1112 – Chiang Khong to Chiang Saen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1112                                           6th August 2019
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50 miles (Chiang Khong to Chiang Saen ) Average speed 10.5 mph Top speed 40 mph<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span>A good day back in the saddle.<\/p>\n

I was awake at 6, I tried to get back to sleep but with no rain and good conditions I decided to leave, had breakfast of omelette with two of the smallest sausages ever and coffee.
\nI left at 8.30 and within ten minutes I was going through a wet muddy orange road that ruined all the hard work of cleaning the bike yesterday. Then I got to a much better road that I could have joined earlier and was treated to a wonderfully quaint good road that even had a bike path lined out; in fairness there was not enough room for a bike and a car! This road followed the route of the Mekong most of my day except for one climb inland and a good run down on the other side with more great views of the river.<\/p>\n

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Panoranic view of the Mekong River<\/p><\/div>\n

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I stopped briefly to take photos and had a swing while looking out over the view. I then stopped in a small village for a drink of orange with the local village idiot chatting away at me and inviting me to take a shower in his house. He was kind and wouldn\u2019t stop shaking my hand even though I didn\u2019t understand what he was going on about. There was a chance of rain and I thought about stopping at a special type of weaving exhibit.<\/p>\n

I found some ruins in Chiang Saen and stopped to have a look round before making my way to the hostel<\/p>\n

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Ruins in Chiang Saen<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ruins in Chiang Saen<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ruins in Chiang Saen<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tata hostel. 250 baht.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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