December 22, 1999 I flew to Bangkok, Thailand and had a one-way ticket to Chiang Rai, Thailand. This trip was my 6th continent to biked ride. I was planning on cycling from Chiang Rai to Bangkok and then head to the coast if I had enough time. I ended up biking to the northern tip of Thailand and then into Thakhilek, Myanmar (Burma) for about 3 hours. After that I biked along the boarder of Laos to the Golden Triangle. I never actually went into Laos. About half way to Bangkok, I decided to speed things up and took a bus to Ayuthaya. I spent a day looking at the historic ruins in Ayuthaya and then took a train to Pak Chong. From there I biked to the Khoa Yai National park, where I saw wild monkeys, elephants, a porcupine, deer and several birds. Next I biked back to Bangkok and helped celebrate the kings 72nd birthday. I did not have enough time to go to the coast. On the flight home I had a 7-hour lay over in Seoul, Korea and decided to take the subway into town. This trip I cycled 768.03 miles in 2 weeks.
April 28, 2001 I flew to Beijing, China to bike part of Eastern China. I started the ride by biking to the Great Wall and then back to Beijing. I did some site seeing and biking in Beijing. Then I flew to Shanghai. I had trouble getting out of Shanghai; I could not find maps at the airport and ended up taking a taxi into town. I tried biking out of Shanghai and ended up back at the hotel where I stayed the previous night. I had to use a compass to navigating through China (I could not find good maps) and that made it difficult to travel. China was very crowded and it was not easy finding a place to stay. Camping was very limited. This trip I biked 400.25 miles in 15 days.
