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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Cycling through the Isaan
Reader question: Cycling through the Isaan
Dear readers,
Question to the people who live in Isaan. My plan is to travel by train from Chiang Mai to Phitsanulok next week. From there I want to cycle, and yes I know that some here is too dangerous, but it is also on the motorcycle, to Khon Kaen, Buriram, Surin and possibly Bangkok.
My question is; how is it in isaan? Are guesthouses open due to covid? And especially on the way between the big cities?
And of course I would like to hear tips about which route to take and which sights to visit along the way.
Please advice from people who live in Isaan. I have little to no experience in that area.
Regards,
BertH
Just a practical tip from me. The roads are just bad here and there and you have a piece of glass or a nail in your tires. I cycled and 'groomed' there for sixteen years and soon had a subscription to a 'flat pipe'.
Now they are extremely helpful and are happy to drag you by tuktuk or in the box of a pickup to a local moped repair shop, but they don't have a new bicycle inner tube for you. So bring adhesive stuff and spare parts and a pump. And a heavy quality chain lock.
Provide a good detailed provincial map and a compass. I used maps of PN MAP 1:220.000 for the country and 1:15.000 for the city. If you drive outside the main roads, you will end up on roads where you do not always see place names in our script. The road numbers are legible for us.
Indeed, not on the road without a spare inner tube plus adhesive stuff and a pump is good advice - but when it comes to maps I would rather rely on Google Maps on the mobile phone.
I use Google maps, Komoot and Maps.me
Thank you
Dear Bert,
For 10 years I have been living in Isaan, in Ubon Ratchathani.
ie: half a year in the winter to enjoy Europe for half a year in the summer. As an avid cyclist I also know Nrd Thailand and cycling in Isarn is much more relaxing. nl countless cycle paths, by which I mean that every hamlet in Isarn can be easily reached by bicycle. You can be surprised by a river that you have to wade through. But that only makes the adventure bigger. The landscape is sloping and where I had to drop out in the North after about 80 km from the climb, you can easily cycle over 100 km here. There are plenty of small resorts and guesthouses, but they are not on Booking.com!
I do have a lock on my bike, I use it too, but I've never experienced anything bad here.
Schwalbe tires, which practically cannot break, is an option. Avoid cycling along busy roads and enjoy the silence and the cheerful 'grinding' of the Schwalbes on the numerous gravel roads in the leafy Isarn landscape.
Welcome to Isarn
Hoi
I do indeed have Schwalbe and always spare tire and adhesive stuff with me. Thousands of km cycled in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Europe.
Few punctures 5 to 6 on about 100.000 km, all in Asia.
Thanks for the positive response and the tips.
Don't know if you can do anything with it, but here are a few cycling routes: https://aybiad.yolasite.com/multi-day-biking-trips.php. Tracks can be downloaded from https://www.routeyou.com/en-th/user/view/75208/ayutthaya-historical-research. Safe cycling!
Thank you. I'm going to look at it
In any case, go with a mountain bike or on a bicycle with tires for “rougher terrain”. I come to Isaa a lot, Loei, and I guarantee that you will not drive there for fifteen minutes with a standard bicycle without a flat spout. The roads are dramatic. And please watch out for the "big cars" because they are driving in abundance and they do that at speeds that sebastiaan vettel is currently jealous of. Take care.