​How hot is Thailand?

This post could be about any country but we can’t lie, we are struggling here!

We’ve been in hotter temperatures on our journey so far from Sydney to Wales, including Perth at 46°C, but the heat here is at a whole new level! There are 3 aspects to how we experience heat, or maybe 4. The temperature, the humidity and the UV levels and for the 4 of us, we also experience/suffer heat in different ways as individuals.
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The next 2 weeks have become all about ‘self-preservation’ but so far we have avoided riding like the locals in flip flops and shorts. What we have changed, is our plans for when and where we ride, which has been good and bad. We now ride between 9am -12pm and book accommodation that can accommodate an early check-in, we have also been using highways so we can keep our speed up and the wind flowing through our vents. The downside to this is that we will undoubtedly miss some amazing sights and riding roads as we head north, but we don’t really have a choice. Any thoughts about visiting temples, caves, waterfalls or the like have also gone out the window as they just wouldn’t be an enjoyable experience, even with a promised ice cream at the end!

This trip was always going to be a balance of when to set off and coping with the weather. In just over a month’s time, the likelihood is that we will be cold and riding in ice and snow when we reach 5200m near Everest Base Camp; 2 months ago, we were anxious about crossing the Nullarbor Plain at the height of the Australian summer!
Wish us luck.

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