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Arrival Day Bangkok, Thailand (24th December 2008)
Day 1: 30th December 2008, Bangkok - Saraburi (72km) -  Distance so far 72km
Day 2: 31st December 2008, Saraburi - Wan Muang (50km) -  Distance so far 122km

Day 3: 1st January,  Wan Muang - Chai Badan (59km) -  Distance so far 181km
Day 4: 2nd January,  Chai Badan - Thep Sathit (62km) -  Distance so far 243km
Day 5: 3rd January,   Thep Sathit - Chatturat (60km) -  Distance so far 303km "Karoke Kings"
Day 6: 4th January,  Chatturat - Chaiphum (43km) -  Distance so far 346km "Rats for dinner!!"
Day 7: 5th January, Rest Day
Day 8: 6th January,  Chaiyaphum - Mattayum Bamkaen Wittaya School....Kaeng Khrow (70km) - Distance so far 416km "Back to School"

Day 9: 7th January,  Mattayum Bamkaen Wittaya School (Kaeng Khrow) - Phu Wiang (60km) - Distance so far 476km "The Fab Three"
Day 10: 8th January, Phu Wiang to Non Bualamphu (75km) Distance travelled so far 551km"Banana fritters/dodgy tummy"
Day 11: 9th January, Rest Day
Day 12: 10th January, Non Bualamphu to Udon Thani (46km) Distance travelled so far 597km"Big hills...bigger hills and dinasour fossils"
Day 13: 11th January, Udon Thani - Nong Khai, "The Friendship Bridge and Vientiane (Laos) (110km) Distance travelled 707km "Boys to Men"

Final Thoughts on Thailand

Laos

Day 16: Vientiane (Laos) - Nakam (73km) Distance travelled so far 780km "Laos Beauty"
Day 17: Nakam - Vang Vieng (80km) Distance travelled so far 860km "Up on the downside"
Day 18: Vang Vieng (Rest Day & Visa Run) Distance travelled so far 860km "The Visa Run"
Day 19: Vang Vieng - "Bor.Na.Moon' Resort (80km) - Distance travelled so far 940km "Beauty and the Beast"
Day 20:"Bor.Na.Moon' Resort - Kiew Ka Cham (80km) -Distance travelled so far 1,020km "Broke Back Mountain"
Day 21: Kiew Ka Cham - Luang Prabang (80km) -Distance travelled so far 1,100km "Oh...Why so many mountains????"
Day 22: Rest day
Day 23: Luang Prabang - Pakmong (110km) - Distance travelled so far 1,210km "Flat roads - Mekong by our sides"
Day 24: Pakmong - Udomxay (84km) - Distance travelled so far 1,294km "Haven't we been here before?...Oh Yes....Hell on Earth!!!!"
Day 25: Udomxay - Boten (Laos/China Border) (82km) - Distance travelled so far 1,376km "Bye Bye Laos...Hello China"

Final Thoughts on Laos coming soon

China

Day 26: Boten - Mengla (42km) - Distance travelled so far 1,418km "Have we possibly eaten Rex? and the story of 6 digit pin numbers"
Day 27: Mengla - Jinghong (114km) - Distance travelled so far 1,532km "Chinese New Year"
Day 28,29&30: Jinghong (Rest Days) - Distance travelled so far 1,532km "Cafe Mei Mei/Chinese New Year and The Vomitting Bug"
Day 31: Jinghong - Simao (115km) - Distance travelled so far 1,662km "Swamps and Mosquito Concerns"
Day 32: Simao - Mojiang (115km) - Distance travelled so far 1,777km "Chinese style spitting and The French Connection (unrelated)"
Day 33: Mojiang - Yuxi (110 km) - Distance travelled so far 1,887km "Too many kilometers for us humans....Anyone for a rest day? "
Day 34: Yuxi - Kunming (96km) - Distance travelled so far 1,983km "I'm Kunming"
Day 35,36,37&38: Chengdu (Rest Days) - Distance travelled so far 1,983km "The Fireworks/The Bike Service & The Stolen Bike Fiasco"
Day 39: Chengdu - Lhasa - Distance travelled so far 1,983km "Giant Panda's/Tibet Permits and our man Gyamtso"
Day 40: Lhasa - Distance travelled so far 1,983km "The Potala Palace Experience"
Day 41: Lhasa - Distance travelled so far 1,983km "Drepung Monastery and getting ready for Everest"
Day 42: Lhasa to Shigatse "Our move to Everest"
Day 43: Mt Qomolangma aka "Mount Everest" - Everest Base Camp (5,500 meters) - "Looking at the top of the world"

Nepal

Day 44&45: Tingri - Kathmandu "Bye Bye Tibet......Nepal here we come.....but where is the light switch!!!!!"
Day 46: Kathmandu - Maleku (68km) Distance travelled so far 2,051 km"Our meeting with The UN"
Day 47: Maleku - Damauli (80km) Distance travelled so far 2,131 km "Nothing to see here"
Day 48: Damauli - Pokhara (51km) Distance travelled so far 2,182 km "Rocky road to Pokhara..but well worth it....."

Day 49 & 50: Pokhara (Rest Days) Distance travelled so far 2,182 km "Paragliding, Tree Chopping, The Surly Trucker and The Wedding Invitation"
Day 51: Pokhara - Syangja (80km) - Distance travelled so far 2,242 km "Last major hill in Nepal."

Day 52: Syangja - Tansen (70km) - Distance travelled so far 2,312 km "Same Same"
Day 53: Tansen - Butwal (70km) - Distance travelled so far 2,382 km "Sweet flat road"

Day 54: Butwal - Lamihi (114km) -Distance travelled so far 2,506 km "Wind, Sand and Dehydration"
Day 55: Lamihi - Kolapur (125km) - Distance travelled so far 2,631 km "Along hard day"

Day 56: Kolapur - Chisopani (80km) - Distance travelled so far 2,711 km "Man Bear Pig"
Day 57: Chisopani - Mahendrangar (120km) - Distance travelled so far 2,831 km "A taste of India"

India

Day 58: Mahendrangar - Pilibhit (78km) -Distance travelled so far 2,909 km "Entering India"
Day 59: Pilibhit - Lampur (125km) -Distance travelled so far 3,034 km "Indian Celebrities!"
Day 60: Lampur - Hapur (128km) -Distance travelled so far 3,162 km "Solo Paulo"
Day 61: Hapur - New Dehli (55km) -Distance travelled so far 3,217 km "Elepanfastic"
Day 62: The Taj Mahal
Day 63: (Rest) Underpants's
Day 67: Delhi - Delhi suburbs (48km) -Distance travelled so far 3,210 km "Not for amateurs"

Day 68: Panipat - Shahabad (110km) -Distance travelled so far 3,320 km "Noise..Noise and more noise"
Day 69: Shahabad - Khanna(113km) -Distance travelled so far 3,433 km "The sneaky break in and camp at dusk"

Day 70: Khanna - Ludhiana (40km) -Distance travelled so far 3,473 km "The Spittity Poops"

Day 71: Ludhiana - Jalandar (60km) -Distance travelled so far 3,533 km "Gearing up for The Border"
Day 72: Jalandar - Amritsar (80km) -Distance travelled so far 3,613 km "The Golden Temple"
Day 73:Amritsar - Wagha Border (27km) -Distance travelled so far 3,630 km "Wagha Border - Pakistani Rangers vrs Indian Rangers"

Day73: Border Ceremony

Pakistan

Days in Lahore: - Distance travelled so far 3,473 km "The Last of the Visa's and Pakistani Protests"
Day 76:Lahore - Raiwind (87km) -Distance travelled so far 3,747 km "Where are the road signs? and the late night wheat bed adventure"
Day 77: Raiwind - Chunian (95km) -Distance travelled so far 3,842 km "A day at the Park, The Bamboo Field Camp and Happy St Patrick's Day"
Day 78: Chunian - Sahiwal (130km) -Distance travelled so far 3,972 km "Feeling Tired....Pakistan Heat and Puntures"
Day 79: Sahiwal - Vihari (107km) -Distance travelled so far 4194 km "Baron Landscapes and Dusty Bikes"
Day 80: Vihari - Multan (102km) - Distance travelled so far 4,296 km "Police Patrol"

Days in Quetta
Day84: Leaving Quetta/Entering Iran

Iran

Day 87: Kerman - Rafsanjan (109km) -Distance travelled so far 4,405 km "Iranian bleakness, Iranian hospitality...and the matter of The Mosques"
Day 88: Rafsanjan - Near Anur (119km) - Distance travelled so far 4,524km "More Hospitality, Mongo the puppy dog and Operation Desert Storm"
Day 89: Camp outside Anur - Yazd (134km) - Distance travelled so far 4,658km " Dirth Headwinds, Make your own Kebab time and beautiful Yazd"Day 90: Yazd (Rest days)- Distance travelled so far 4,658km
Day 91: Yazd - Outside Ardakan 111km - Distance travelled so far 4,769km " Flat Desert"

Day 92-93: Outside Ardakan - Esfahan 189km - Distance travelled so far 4,958km " More Flat Desert"
Day 94: Esfahan - Meymeh (102km) - Distance travelled so far 5,060km " Harsh headwinds and the jolly kebab chef"
Day 95: Meymeh - Delijan (77km) - Distance travelled so far 5,137km "Our meeting with a Hyena and Freezing Iranian Weather"

Day 96: Delijan - Qom (84km) - Distance travelled so far 5,221km " Leaving the desert"
Day 97: Qom - Saveh (75km) - Distance travelled so far 5,296km "Same Same...Boring day to be fair"
Day 98: Saveh - Buin (92km) - Distance travelled so far 5,388km " 67km by bicycle 25km by cop car!!"
Day 99: Buin - Takestan (86km) - Distance travelled so far 5,474km "The Sun is Shining (well sporadically anyway!!"
Day 100: Takestan - Zanjan(107km) - Distance travelled so far 5,581km " A pleasant roll into Zanjan"

Day 101: Rest day in Zanjan
Day 102: Zanjan - Miyameh (128km) - Distance travelled so far km "Robert De Niro"
Day 103: Miyameh - outside Tabriz (114km) - Distance travelled so far km " 85km climb and the Iranian Red Cresent Centre (aka "Red Moon") "

Day 104: Rest day in tabriz
Day 105: Tabriz - Marand (77km) - Distance travelled so far 5786km "Final days in Iran"
Day 106: Marand - Khoy & Qareh Ziya'-eddin (102km) - Distance travelled so far 5888km "The Departed"
Day 107: Khoy & Qareh Ziya'-eddin - Maku (83km) - Distance travelled so far 5,971km "The Re-Union"
Day 108: Maku to Dogubayazit (67km) - Distance travelled so far 6,038km "Finally in Turkey..and closer to home.."

Turkey

Day 109: -Dogubayazit - Agri (97km) - Distance travelled so far 6,136km "Rain rain go away.."
Day 110: Agri - Horosan (100km) - Distance travelled so far 6,236 km "Snow is falling.."
Day 111: Horosan - Erzurum (83km) - Distance travelled so far 6,319 km "Meeting Blackbeard and a Spanish Enquisition"
Day 112: Erzurum rest day
Day 113: Erzurum - Askale (51km) - Distance travelled so far 6,370 km "The Teachers House"
Day 114: Askale - Bayburt (72km) - Distance travelled so far 6,442km "Climbing to 2900m and The Free Hotel Bedroom"
Day 115: Bayburt - Torul (102km) - Distance travelled so far 6,544 km "Mark Doherty"
Day 116: Torul - Tirebolu (101km) - Distance travelled so far 6,645 km "Alas the Black Sea..."
Day 117: Tirebolu - Ordu (92km) - Distance travelled so far 6,737 km "Living the Black Sea Dream and The Beautiful Ordu"
Day 118: Ordu - Samsun (ish) (116km) - Distance travelled so far 6,853 km "Couch-surfing with Can""
Day 119: Samsun - Bafra (101km) - Distance travelled so far 6,954 km "Still chillin by the sea"
Day 120: Bafra - Sinop (115km) - Distance travelled so far 7,069 km "The Summit to Sinop"
Day 121: Sinop (Rest Day) - Distance travelled so far 7,069 km "Rest day"
Day 122: Sinop - Hononu (127km) - Distance travelled so far 7,196 km "The toughest day in cycling history- You got to read this one"
Day 123: Hononu - Kastamonu (70km) - Distance travelled so far 7,266 km "Tired legs, but a nice handy day"
Day 124: Kastamonu - Karabuk (112km) - Distance travelled so far 7,378 km "Fatih and the Boys"
Day 125: Karabuk - Just outside Eskipazar (53km) - Distance travelled so far 7,431 km "Turkish Breakfast, Short Day and Camping"
Day 126: Just outside Eskipazar - Duzce (135km) - Distance travelled so far 7,566 km "Trying to beat the Tunnel on a technicality "
Day 127: - Duzce - Izmit (102km) - Distance travelled so far 7,668 km "The Mega Mac at McDonalds and eeking closer to The Bul"
Day 128: Izmit to Istanbul - (98km) - Distance travelled so far 7,766 km "Reaching The Bul and couchsurfing with Hakan"
Days in Istanbul
Day 132: Istanbul - Ipsala(72km) - Distance travelled so far 7,838 km "Disaster strikes for Brians bike"

Greece

Day 133: Ipsala - Alexandropouli(56km) - Distance travelled so far 7,894 km "Disaster strikes for Brians bike"
Days in Thessaloniki
Day 139: Thessaloniiki - Thessaloniki suburbs (25km) - Distance travelled so far 7,919 km "Goodbye to our Thessaloniki hosts''
Day 140: Thessaloniiki Suburbs - Veria (67km) - Distance travelled so far 7,986 km "Struggling to keep pedalling"
Day 141: Veria - Grevena (101km) - Distance travelled so far 8,087 km "Beautiful Greece"
Day 142: Grevena - Metsova(65km) - Distance travelled so far 8,152 km "Scorching hot, challenging mountains and an angry farmer"
Day 143: Metsova - Ioannina(52km) - Distance travelled so far 8,204 km "Unexspected half day cycle"
Day 144: Ioannina - Igoumenitsa(92km) - Distance travelled so far 8,296 km "Another mountain packed day"

Italy

Day 145: Bari (Italy) - Barletta(80km) - Distance travelled so far 8,376 km "My God, Italy is hot"
Day 146: Barletta- Apricena(111km) - Distance travelled so far 8,487 km "The hottest day yet"
Day 147: Apricena - Pescara(157km) - Distance travelled so far 8,644 km "Long hard day"
Day 148: Pescara - Ancona (164km) - Distance travelled so far 8,808 km "Thaireland Split!"
Days in Rome

Croatia

Day 152: Zadar - Jablanac(130km) - Distance travelled so far 8,938km "Cycling the Croatian coast"
Day 153:Jablanac - Rijeka(116km) - Distance travelled so far 9,054km "Too many bikers"

Slovenia

Day 154:Rijeka - Ljubljana (Slovenia)(120km) - Distance travelled so far 9,174km "Slovenia, the foothills of the Alps"

Austria

Day 155:Ljubljana - Klagenfurt(Austria)(118km) - Distance travelled so far 9,292km "The Alps"
Day 156:Klagenfurt - Rammingstein(95km) - Distance travelled so far 9,387km "23%, you gotta be kiddin me!!"
Day 157:Rammingstein - Outside Salzburg(110km) - Distance travelled so far 9,497km "Just one more day till rest day"
Day 158:Outside Salzburg - Salzburg(20km) - Distance travelled so far 9,517km "23%, you gotta be kiddin me!!"

Germany

Day 160 & 161 Salzburg - Munich (Germany)(140km) - Distance travelled so far 9,657km "Pauls back!!"
Day 162: Rest day in Munich
Day 163: Munich - Augsburg (83km) Distance travelled so far 9,740km "Sights in Munich and our Medieval Carry-on"
Day 164: Augsburg - Dillingen (44km) Distance travelled so far 9,784km "The Medieval Hangover"
Day 165: Dillingen - near Aalen (47km) Distance travelled so far 9,833km "Fly me to the moon."
Day 166: near Aalen -Brackenheim (131km) Distance travelled so far 9,964km "Back to hard slogging"
Day 167: Brackenheim - Nohfeldon (135km) Distance travelled so far 10,099km "Another long day, but feck it..we are nearly home now!!!"

Luxembourg

Day 168: Nohfeldon - Luxemburg City (137km) Distance travelled so far 10,236km "Anyone for Luxemburg?"

Belgium

Day 169: Luxembourg - Denant (Belgium)(151km) Distance travelled so far 10,387km "Another day another country"
Day 170: Denant - Bruxelles (Belgium) (87km) Distance travelled so far 10,474km "Another day another country"
Day 171: Bruxelles -Bruges (115km) Distance travelled so far 10,589km "In Bruges"
Day 172: Bruges - Oostende - Ramsgate (England) (80km) Distance travelled so far 10,669km "Andrew the Ukranian Saviour"

England

Day 173: Faversham- Stratford (East London) (82km) Distance travelled so far 10,751km "Thank you Phil"
Days in London
Day 180: Stratford (East London) - Alysbury (91km) Distance travelled so far 10,842km "Leaving London"
Day 181: Alyesbury - Hinckley (107km) Distance travelled so far 10,949km "Its tough near the end!!!"
Day 182: Hinckley - Sandbach (104km) Distance travelled so far 11,053km "Free house in Sandbach!!!"
Day 183: Sandbach - Liverpool(82km) Distance travelled so far 11,135km "A you wrecked mate!!!"