Return to Mukdahan - 54 km
The last cycling day of our trip had arrived, we checked out and cycled into town. Luckily our favorite breakfast place was open! The...
Cycling Along The Mekong
For many years I have had a vague dream to go cycling along the Mekong River, nothing serious, but it was always there in the back of my...
Train Wrecks & More (Part 2)
And here is the last part of the train station tour! As written in Part 1, we were entering a building with lots of historical,...
Train Wrecks & More (Part 1)
After several failed attempts to get inside the old Makkasan Railway Depot (*) we finally succeeded... Although with a bit of a cheat,...
Pump It Up
Last month my brother Gert got a request from a bike shop owner for building a massive replica of the classic Jumbo bicycle pump from the...
On a slow boat to ...
In the past boats used to be the main form of transport in and around Bangkok, but there's still plenty of boat traffic happening in all...
Makkasan Station
For railway buffs, the Makkasan Train Factory has been frustrating as it's completely off-limits, or at least seems so. Apparently, in...
Walking Khlongside - Part 1
The idea was to check out the new electric boat service on Khlong Saen Saeb which goes all the way to Minburi. Therefore last Sunday Tim...
Ayutthaya on 3 Wheels
Thailand's tuk-tuk vehicles are well-known, but the ones in Ayutthaya (*) look quite different. The driver is sitting in a 'proper' cabin...
Hualamphong's Last Stand?
I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Hualamphong Railway Station's life got extended by a month after lots of protests. Another...