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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 14, 2025
Day 10: i made it 🥳
Yesterday was the perfect ending to the loop. I enjoyed the farm — as you can see on my host’s Facebook xD I learned how to make papaya salad, Som Tum. (The homestay: บ้านสวนกางโต้ง จอมทอง Ban Suan Kang Tong)
Thai people are just so incredibly kind and helpful.
Today.. not…
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 13, 2025
Day 9: Yaaassss
Left at 8. Met some nice locals and they took some pics of me. Downhill most of the way !! I craved some sugar when I got to Hot and I found a great bakery and now I got to a homestay/farm, this place and the owner.. so lovely
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 11, 2025
Day 8: Mountains 1 - finnish girl 0
Started at 7. This was the toughest day this far. I cycled so slowly and stopped in many restaurants. At one stop, locals handed me a corn, saying “present for you.” I must’ve looked that tired :'D
At another, I met a Karen woman named Irin who spoke really good…
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 10, 2025
Day 7: Following the river 🫠 - Mae Sariang
Started early at 6. Locals also start early, mornings are always alive here, with people already working in the fields and shops.
Also the dogs are awake early.. they wait on the road, looking like they might eat this tourist for breakfast, and then start barking and sometimes chasing me.…
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 9, 2025
Day 6: Pleasant hills and scenic route - Khun Yuam
Yesterday I had a few beers and went to sleep late (at 22 😅). Mae Hong Son was a nice city, and I met some nice people and played some pool.
Woke up at 5:30. Super tired and raining. Almost went back to bed.
Had some coffee, already feeling like…
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 9, 2025
Day 5: Cycling mountains is easy compared to Vipassana meditation - Mae Hong Son
Wow, just finished my first three days of Vipassana. One day I’ll do the full 10 days, for sure.
Too hungry to write much but one thing I learned: it’s not for fixing knee pain 😅 If before Vipassana I had one sore knee, now I’ve got two. Luckily, they…
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November 9, 2025
Cool pics👍....Have a save and enjoyable tour✌️
Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 6, 2025
Day 4: Change of plans for the next few days - Wat Pa Tam Wua Forest Monastery
Woke up early again and my knee hurts again.
Cycled about 20 km.Then I saw a sign: Buddhist Monastery that welcomes visitors.
Surely a sign😅
I googled and turned out they welcome walk-in visitors (minimum 2 nights). The rules: arrive before 4 pm., wakeup at 5 am, ~6 hours of…
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 4, 2025
Day 3: Cute dogs and steep hills - Ban Jabo Village
I left Pai early at 6.30. I was a bit worried about my knee, but it turned out to be fine. Yesterday’s massage, yoga, and chilling did their magic. I also adjusted the cycling position which helped.
The first 25 kilometers was up.. in total 1 000 meters of elevation…
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 3, 2025
Day 2: I made it to Pai 🚲
I started at 8am and arrived to Pai around 3pm. Rained all the way to Pai — like, really rained 😆
On the way: good padthai, mango sticky rice, good coffee with oatmilk what, and friendly locals! Oh and I also tried to order vegetarian food but ended up having…
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Vilma Kangasmaa went for a bike ride
November 2, 2025
Day 1: Chiang mai to Pa Pae!!
Finally 🚲🤗 I rented a bike for two weeks from Chiang Mai (ps. shoutout to the bike rental place called Chiang Mai Tour & Bike Rental! Really great service <3).
I started at 8:30. At first, there was quite a bit of traffic — luckily, the route went straight the whole…
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November 6, 2025
Kudo's to you, wish you loads of fun and success. Thailand is a great country to cycle! I find your average speed however a little " astonishing" looking at the climbs on the route. But I guess there was a pick-up involved. These steep climbs make it killing sometimes
November 14, 2025
Hello. Congratulations 💪💪 we saw you on the tour before mae on song. We are couple in the other direction.