Tha Chana to Chumpon

We left Baan Suan Lee Homestay around 10am with a heavy heart because we were so comfortable and well taken care of by Pongsiri and her helpers who made us feel so at home. Even her mother who lived across the road came over to bid us safe journey. She even gave us some 'dokong' fruit picked from her tree for us to take along.After a breakfast of toast, omelette and coffee we left for Chumpon. We had about 115km to ride and we knew it was going to be a hard day.

It was very hot most of the way and we kept to the routine: stopping whenever we felt tired or needed food and refreshments.The km markings along the way seemed to pass ever so slowly as the day wore on, but we persisted and eventually 10 km before Chumpon we found renewed energy and the final 1 km was a real breeze.

I was in Chumpon in 2008 on my cycling attempt to Beijing and I have some friends here .I made a beeline to my friend's (Mr Somchai) House in town but unfortunately he had moved to Bangkok for some work and would only be back at the end of the month. Luckily I also have other friends here and managed to meet some of them before checking in into a hotel. We ehchanged news of things that happened in the 3 years that we were not in contact and would meet again the next day . We decided to stay in Chumpom for two nights before moving on as we really need to recover, especially physically.

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