Michael talks about swapping his Europe cycle adventure with the wonderfully exotic, 40mg culturally rich and mindbogglingly fun cycle tour with SpiceRoads. Asia has always been an interesting and appealing travel destination but when it comes to cycling I have always been a Europhile. Europe, from an America perspective, represented the holy land of cycling. After […]
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Loy Krathong: Thailand’s festival of lights and rivers
Every November, Thailand’s rivers, canals, lakes, and ponds, and even sometimes swimming pools and fountains, light up with beautiful floral creations, sending wishes and hopes for blessings and forgiveness into nature. Loy Kratong, which translates loosely to “floating basket”, is celebrated on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month of the Thai […]
Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai on a bicycle made for two
By Louise Molynaux. Originally published in The Expat magazine, Malaysia When you travel by bicycle you see the world through different eyes. You encounter it at a different pace. Your senses are bombarded with the sounds and the smells. For a while you are part of it, […]
Adventure through the Thailand Jungle!
Pro mountain biker Andrew Whiteford and adventure photographer Jay Goodrich flew into Thailand to shoot some ‘action’ footage for USA’s Dirt Rag magazine. It was a 6-day adventure led by guide Khun Win and supported by driver Khun Sak through North Thailand’s tropical jungle. Thailand is […]
Riders of the month – Tiffany and Steve
1. What cycle tour have you recently been on? River of Kings in Thailand 2. How many SpiceRoads adventures have you been on? First one! 3. What training did you do before your cycle tour? Mountain biking once a week or so at 2500 meters elevation. 4. What made you choose a cycling adventure? Love cycling and wanted to see […]
Riders of the month – John and Lesley
SpiceRoads offers tours in over 25 destinations worldwide How many SpiceRoads tours have you been on? Hard to believe, but Les and I have just finished 8 SpiceRoads trips this year (some short and some were long) for a total of 1871 Kms, but we went […]
SpiceRoads launches new Chiang Mai Bike Rides website
A few months ago SpiceRoads opened a new office in Chiang Mai and launhed several new and exciting tours. To help people find the tours easier we have also just launched a new Chiang Mai Bike Rides website http://www.chiangmaibikerides.com/. Here you will find information about all the cycling tours that start in Chiang Mai and also […]