Another week of rolling through rubber tree and palm oil plantations. During this third week of our trip, I realized that we hardly traveled through any non-agriculture land in Thailand and that makes the riding, well, kind of boring. Our original plan for this tour had been to ride in the north where there are hills and even mountains, but we had to nix that plan when we learned about the pollution due to burning the fields at the beginning of each year.
On the positive side Thai people are friendly, and of course the food is good.
Back in Cabana Beach this family helped us order dinner one evening. We stopped at their shop to buy dried durian chips and durian paste on our way out of Chumphon.
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