Day 81: Flight from Bangkok to Bengaluru

Goodbye Thailand, namaste India

In Bangkok, going for a cycle before work is pretty tricky as the roads are never particularly safe. So, to promote more riding in the city, a cycle track has been built around the airport. It’s not just a track though, it’s a whole cycling facility, with cycle shops, cafés, rfid tags for every rider and 23km of riding on flat (really flat!) beautifully smooth blue tarmac.

Brian was kind enough to lend us his bike and give Tiger and I a lift out there on his way to work so we could experience the way a lot of Bangkok gets its K’s in. We arrived not long after dawn, and there were already small groups of riders making their way around the track.

After we rode back in to town it was time to pack up the bikes into the boxes Brian had got for us. We’re getting quite good at the packing, but it still took four hours to get everything packed down - just in time for our taxi to arrive - a big maxi taxi that could easily hold all our boxes.

Now, hello India! Taxis are a bit different here, so the boxes were strapped on the roof of a couple of small taxis and we raced down the motorway from the airport. To Indiranagar, where we’re staying. No dramas though, so everything is safe and sound.