Bung Kan

Bung Kan, Jan 26, 2011.

99 km

Beautiful trees along the Mekong!

I knew I was in for another fairly long day and stayed mostly on the 212 road. It is nice riding all the way with not too much traffic. Quite shady. Have not seen any other cyclists in a while now. There could well be more since it is really nice here.

I have been wondering a bit about Thai music. Along the way I hear it every now and then from radios in houses or where people are working outdoors and in coffee shops. It is always bad. No catchy melodies, no interesting riffs and always sounds pretty much the same. I have come to wonder if the Thais have any sense of melody at all. One evening over dinner with a couple of other European cyclists I mentioned this. They said they had talked about the very same thing. If I knew Thai, which I don't, I would look into translating some western songs into Thai. Practically anything would be an improvement over what seems popular here now.

In Bung Kan I met some western guys living out here, Americans and Australian. Thai wifes of course. After not having actually talked to a living soul for a couple of days it felt good to chat about this and that over a couple of brews.