Thailand, west of Bangkok

Now we are in Ayutthaya, the former capital of Thailand. I lost my wallet last night so we decided to stop here for one day. People now have three days holiday because it is there New Year. Over these three days the only thing people seem to do is having a water fight. When we where driving last night got few times hit by water and today it has been even worse. After few minutes walk on the streets we are soaked with water and maybe also covered in talcum powder. This is just nice though because it is so bloody hot here. Tomorrow we are going to head further east and get close to the Cambodian border so we can cross the border in two days.

Friday,

Left Bangkok in the morning and headed west. We had read about great driving road that lies to Myanmar (Burma). The driving out of Bangkok went well, except for one taxi that was in my way. Small scratches on his bumper after my case did not worry the driver too much and he allowed me to go. The traffic was less dense and the views just got better further we drove. Bravely at the end of the day we stayed at a nice river resort accompanied by many insects.

Saturday,

After American breakfast and two new Coca Cola in Viggo stomach we headed further west. To a town called Sanghla Buri just by the Myanmar border. This road just got better and better further we went. More twisty and spectacular views made us smile the whole way. When looking for a place to have lunch Viggo almost hit my. Even turning signal and slow deacceleration did not get his attention and after looking his front tire and almost fall into the road he manages to pass me. To make a perfect day even better we stayed at a really nice guest house, in a cabin made from bamboo and got the best dinner so far. Deep fried jungle frogs are superb with the local Chang beer.

Sunday,

We had to start the day by head back the same road but on the way decided we would need to turn off to a road that lays up the mountains to a mine and into Myanmar. This road is the best road I have ever driven. Thousands of twists up the 1000m road did put me into race mode. We drove all the way to the border where two cops secured the border. One of them allowed us to drive a little bit into Myanmar and followed us on his scooter. No accommodation up on the mountain forced us to go back down that same day. We stayed at a nice guest house at a farm owned by retired Thai man. He told we he came out to see us when we arrived he had a pistol in his hand because tourists do not normally show up on motorbikes. He thought we where rebels. But luckily when we took the helmets of he hided the gun behind his back.

Monday,

We left this area and headed back into the center of Thailand to be able to be in Cambodia in few days. After leaving the mountain area we soon started to drive on straight roads surrounded by rice fields. First dump into a public WC hole and a 400 km of driving, flooding in sweat is going to make this day a memorable one for Viggo. We arrived into the former capital city of Thailand, Ayutthaya in the late afternoon.