The best thing about having a guided tour with Bigbiketours was they took care of everything. Everything means, all meals, stays in good hotels, water and a service truck which followed us on our trip. They also provide gear, except boots and riding pants.
We were three people, me, my wife and a person from England, who were on the Golden Triangle trip. The plan was to ride the itinerary of day 1 and meet the second group who were on a 10 day bike trip, halfway. The tour leader gave us some pointers and we started the trip. Tour leader was heading the group while the service truck followed us. It felt quite safe and you can just ride at your leisure.
This is the service truck that assigned to us.
They have two service trucks I think because both of them were deployed that day. One for us and the other one for the group which signed dup for 10 day trip.
Random clicks
After around 4 hours of riding, we met the other group. All were above 60, the riders. Quite proficient ones, I must say.
We took a lunch break. Well, I am non vegetarian and my wife is vegetarian. Most of the food served was eatable, I mean we are not used to eat food without spices. But it was good enough that we filled our palate and hopped on the bikes again.
I have shot using gopro too, but haven't edited the video yet. I will do it once I get time.
Some random clicks en route.
We stopped for refuelling our bikes.
We needed to ride ahead and reach Wat Tha Ton, before sunset as advised by our tour guide.
So after that, we just stoped for water breaks and headed straight to our destination.
The trip is quite comfortable and I was riding BMW GS 310 . I must say that I was contemplating selling my RC 390 and buying this bike. The comfort for the rider as well as the pillion is awesome. I mean, I never felt that comfort even on RE.
Wat Tha Ton. Me and wife are on the bike which has a pillion. Everyone else rode solo. My wife has started learning a bike and hopefully the next time we ride, she can ride a bike solo too.
This pic below is from the official page of BigBikeTours.
We then rode back to our halt for that day.
I also want to mention one thing, me and my wife were feeling so tired that we just wanted to rest. A German couple, who had their kids who were of our age, went in the hotel, changed their clothes and jumped in the pool. I felt so bad about myself. Maybe it's time to exercise more.
We had beers and were told to meet in the lobby at 8'0 clock for dinner.
Thai Rum . SangSom
In Thailand, eat as Thai people do
Went out for a little stroll and clicked
The bikes needed rest and so did we.
This was some local herb/medicine that is quite effective at putting one to sleep. I doubted that it had opioids but did had it before sleeping. It worked like a charm and I slept like a baby.
