Day 5 - Sat 16 Nov: Phuket to Thon Bok Kherani National Park
Fine and mainly sunny 25 to 32 deg. Ride: 60 km; ride was cut short today by 10 km due to an impassable road, right after a monster climb. So, we just rode back down, that was fun. Up early and all excited about our first day on the bikes. After a quick brekky I had to check out as I had booked the first three nights myself. Paid $45 for the three breakfasts, which included everything you could possibly want to start the day. As the roads around here are too busy and a bit narrow, they bused us to the start of the ride about an hour away. There we fitted our stuff, SPD pedals, saddles, and for some quad locks, a device that holds your phone on the handlebars. It was great to be finally back on a bike, a brand spanking new Trek Marlin. Not as light as my carbon fibre one back home but it will do the job; just make me work a bit harder. The ride today was fairly pleasant but unremarkable as far as attractions and scenery go, mainly rural, rubber and palm oil plantations with a scatte...