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jacoz216
Cycling to Ban Krut with Adventure Cycling Thailand (ACT)
华欣自行车之旅的点评
点评：When making our plans last year, to vacation in Thailand in early 2025, we definitely wanted to include seeing some parts of Thailand we hadn't had a chance to explore on any of our previous visits. And doing that on bicycles was the idea right away, as we are not only Dutch and therefore cycle every day anyway :-), but also as we have some experience with discovering new places on the bike and really liked it!
The internet search for someone who organizes such trips in Thailand quickly led us to ACT, as they offer exactly what we were looking for: A fun trip with some serious riding but also enough room for excursions, lots of nature and interesting places to visit, plus time to relax and staying at nice hotels – we consider ourselves too old for the backpacker experience of camping or staying at hostels...
So we got in touch with Christopher at ACT and exchanged quite a few emails on what he was offering and on what we would like – with great results: the 4-day trip on the website was adapted to a 5-day trip and the bikes were set up exactly the way we wanted it, including an electric bike for my wife ;-)
When we arrived in Bangkok, Christopher was already waiting for us at the airport and he drove us to our hotel in Hua Hin, to recover from our jet-lag in luxury...
We started our 5-day trip by fitting helmets and trying the bikes at the ACT headquarters close to our hotel, and then had a first quite relaxed kick-off of our adventure by cycling all around Hua Hin, seeing some parts that we had never been to in any of our previous stays in Hua Hin, rounded off by a very nice dinner with Christopher and his lovely partner Gae.
The next day we really headed off then, packing enough stuff for four days in smaller bags while leaving the bigger suitcases at ACT headquarters. Tim, who was going to drive the van following us on our trip, packed our stuff away, loaded a huge amount of fruit as well, provided us with fresh drinking water in our bidons, and off we went! Christopher up front, just the two of us behind, and Tim at the back in the van. The van featured notices on the back, alerting faster vehicles coming up from behind to our presence, . As there aren't that many cyclists to be found on these roads,
I can't start to describe all the sights we saw and roads we traveled, but we stopped every couple of hours for fruit and water, and/or for coffee or lunch, mostly at interesting places we could explore.
This second day, now venturing away from Hua Hin, was some 55 kilometers, quite easy – actually the whole trip was mostly flat and with tail-wind - but we missed the afternoon excursion to Tham Phraya Nakhon Cave, the famous cave with the temple, as my wife was not feeling very well.
We stayed in a hotel in Dolphin Bay, featuring a nice pool and great breakfast, but a bit basic compared to the other places we stayed at.
The second and third days were a bit more challenging with almost 80 kilometers each, but again interspersed with stops for fruit and/or seeing interesting places and wildlife – cute monkeys! We stayed at really nice hotels, enjoyed great food be it for breakfast, lunch or dinner which we enjoyed together with Christopher and Tim. And we had a blast cycling through rural Thailand! Lots of beach roads, coconut, pineapple or rubber plantations, lots of beautiful nature of course...
The last day was a shorter ride again, some 50 kilometers. Riding along the beach with a lot of wind and waves, more than we – or Christopher for that matter– had ever seen before on this coast... Usually the sea is completely flat around here. Lots to see again, including taking a lot of steps up to a huge temple in the middle of nowhere..
As we had ventured quite a long stretch away from Hua Hin at this point – some 160 kilometers by direct road – we climbed in the van after lunch and headed back to ACT headquarters.
All in all, a great and memorable 5 days with Christopher and Tim – but that wasn't all! As we had missed the excursion to the cave with the temple, we were invited – at no extra cost – to do that excursion with Gae, his partner. So we headed out in the van driven by Tim again, cycled some 20 kilometers to a beach near the cave, where we took a longtail boat for a short ride to the base of the mountain in which this cave is hidden. We had to climb and descend hundreds and hundreds of steps to get there- but it was certainly worth it! This awesome cave called Tham Phraya Nakhon Cave is truly unbelievable in terms of size, stalagmites and stalactites galore, and then this temple right in the middle....
So – hundreds of steps again, a quick boat ride and then a lovely lunch with Gae and Tim right on the beach. What a lovely way to conclude our ACT adventures!
The internet search for someone who organizes such trips in Thailand quickly led us to ACT, as they offer exactly what we were looking for: A fun trip with some serious riding but also enough room for excursions, lots of nature and interesting places to visit, plus time to relax and staying at nice hotels – we consider ourselves too old for the backpacker experience of camping or staying at hostels...
So we got in touch with Christopher at ACT and exchanged quite a few emails on what he was offering and on what we would like – with great results: the 4-day trip on the website was adapted to a 5-day trip and the bikes were set up exactly the way we wanted it, including an electric bike for my wife ;-)
When we arrived in Bangkok, Christopher was already waiting for us at the airport and he drove us to our hotel in Hua Hin, to recover from our jet-lag in luxury...
We started our 5-day trip by fitting helmets and trying the bikes at the ACT headquarters close to our hotel, and then had a first quite relaxed kick-off of our adventure by cycling all around Hua Hin, seeing some parts that we had never been to in any of our previous stays in Hua Hin, rounded off by a very nice dinner with Christopher and his lovely partner Gae.
The next day we really headed off then, packing enough stuff for four days in smaller bags while leaving the bigger suitcases at ACT headquarters. Tim, who was going to drive the van following us on our trip, packed our stuff away, loaded a huge amount of fruit as well, provided us with fresh drinking water in our bidons, and off we went! Christopher up front, just the two of us behind, and Tim at the back in the van. The van featured notices on the back, alerting faster vehicles coming up from behind to our presence, . As there aren't that many cyclists to be found on these roads,
I can't start to describe all the sights we saw and roads we traveled, but we stopped every couple of hours for fruit and water, and/or for coffee or lunch, mostly at interesting places we could explore.
This second day, now venturing away from Hua Hin, was some 55 kilometers, quite easy – actually the whole trip was mostly flat and with tail-wind - but we missed the afternoon excursion to Tham Phraya Nakhon Cave, the famous cave with the temple, as my wife was not feeling very well.
We stayed in a hotel in Dolphin Bay, featuring a nice pool and great breakfast, but a bit basic compared to the other places we stayed at.
The second and third days were a bit more challenging with almost 80 kilometers each, but again interspersed with stops for fruit and/or seeing interesting places and wildlife – cute monkeys! We stayed at really nice hotels, enjoyed great food be it for breakfast, lunch or dinner which we enjoyed together with Christopher and Tim. And we had a blast cycling through rural Thailand! Lots of beach roads, coconut, pineapple or rubber plantations, lots of beautiful nature of course...
The last day was a shorter ride again, some 50 kilometers. Riding along the beach with a lot of wind and waves, more than we – or Christopher for that matter– had ever seen before on this coast... Usually the sea is completely flat around here. Lots to see again, including taking a lot of steps up to a huge temple in the middle of nowhere..
As we had ventured quite a long stretch away from Hua Hin at this point – some 160 kilometers by direct road – we climbed in the van after lunch and headed back to ACT headquarters.
All in all, a great and memorable 5 days with Christopher and Tim – but that wasn't all! As we had missed the excursion to the cave with the temple, we were invited – at no extra cost – to do that excursion with Gae, his partner. So we headed out in the van driven by Tim again, cycled some 20 kilometers to a beach near the cave, where we took a longtail boat for a short ride to the base of the mountain in which this cave is hidden. We had to climb and descend hundreds and hundreds of steps to get there- but it was certainly worth it! This awesome cave called Tham Phraya Nakhon Cave is truly unbelievable in terms of size, stalagmites and stalactites galore, and then this temple right in the middle....
So – hundreds of steps again, a quick boat ride and then a lovely lunch with Gae and Tim right on the beach. What a lovely way to conclude our ACT adventures!
翻译：去年制定 2025 年初去泰国度假的计划时，我们当然希望能够游览泰国一些我们之前没有机会游览的地方。骑自行车游览是我们立刻就想到的，因为我们不仅是荷兰人，因此每天都会骑自行车 :-)，而且我们有骑自行车探索新地方的经验，并且非常喜欢骑自行车！
我们在网上搜索在泰国组织此类旅行的人，很快找到了 ACT，因为他们提供的正是我们想要的：一次有趣的旅行，既有认真的骑行，又有足够的空间进行短途旅行，有很多自然风光和有趣的地方可以参观，还有时间放松和住在不错的酒店——我们认为自己年纪太大了，不适合露营或住旅馆的背包客体验……
所以我们联系了 ACT 的 Christopher，并就他提供的服务和我们想要的服务交换了不少电子邮件——结果非常好：网站上的 4 天行程被改编为 5 天行程，自行车也完全按照我们的要求设置，包括给我妻子的电动自行车 ;-)
当我们到达曼谷时，Christopher 已经在机场等我们了，他开车送我们到华欣的酒店，让我们在豪华的环境中恢复时差……
我们在酒店附近的 ACT 总部戴上头盔并试骑自行车，开始了为期 5 天的旅行，然后我们第一次非常轻松地开始了我们的冒险之旅骑车环游华欣，游览了一些我们以前在华欣逗留期间从未去过的地方，最后与克里斯托弗和他可爱的搭档盖伊共进了一顿非常美味的晚餐。
第二天，我们真的出发了，把足够四天用的东西装在小包里，把大行李箱留在 ACT 总部。蒂姆将驾驶面包车跟随我们旅行，他把我们的东西收拾好，还装了大量水果，在我们的水壶里为我们提供了新鲜的饮用水，然后我们就出发了！克里斯托弗在前面，后面只有我们两个人，蒂姆在面包车的后面。面包车后面贴着告示，提醒后面有更快的车辆注意到我们的存在。由于这些路上骑自行车的人并不多，
我无法描述我们看到的所有景点和我们走过的所有道路，但我们每隔几个小时就会停下来吃水果和水，喝咖啡或吃午餐，主要是在我们可以探索的有趣地方。
第二天，我们离开华欣，大约骑行了 55 公里，相当轻松——实际上整个旅程大部分时间都是平坦的，而且有顺风——但是我们错过了下午去 Tham Phraya Nakhon 洞穴的旅行，那里有一个著名的洞穴和寺庙，因为我的妻子感觉不太舒服。
我们住在海豚湾的一家酒店，那里有一个漂亮的游泳池和美味的早餐，但与我们住过的其他地方相比，这里有点简陋。
第二天和第三天更具挑战性，每一天都有近 80 公里，但再次穿插着停下来吃水果和/或参观有趣的地方和野生动物——可爱的猴子！我们住在非常好的酒店，享受了美味的早餐、午餐或晚餐，我们和克里斯托弗和蒂姆一起享用了这些食物。我们在泰国乡村骑自行车玩得很开心！有很多海滩路、椰子、菠萝或橡胶种植园，当然还有很多美丽的自然风光……
最后一天的骑行又短了一点，大约 50 公里。沿着海滩骑行，风浪很大，比我们——或者说克里斯托弗——以前在这片海岸上见过的还要大……通常这里的海面是完全平坦的。有很多值得再次观赏的地方，包括走上许多台阶，到达一座位于荒无人烟之地的巨大寺庙。
由于此时我们已经远离华欣，走了很长一段路——大约 160 公里的直路——午餐后，我们登上面包车，返回 ACT 总部。
总而言之，与克里斯托弗和蒂姆一起度过了美好而难忘的 5 天——但这还不是全部！由于我们错过了前往寺庙洞穴的游览，我们被邀请——无需额外付费——与他的搭档盖伊一起进行那次游览。所以我们再次乘坐蒂姆驾驶的面包车出发，骑行约 20 公里，到达洞穴附近的海滩，在那里我们乘坐长尾船短途旅行到隐藏着这个洞穴的山脚下。我们不得不爬上爬下数百个台阶才能到达那里 - 但这一切都是值得的！这个令人敬畏的洞穴叫做 Tham Phraya Nakhon Cave，其规模令人难以置信，石笋和钟乳石比比皆是，中间还有一座寺庙……
所以 - 又爬了数百个台阶，乘船快速游览，然后与 Gae 和 Tim 在海滩上享用美味的午餐。多么美妙的方式结束我们的 ACT 冒险之旅！
我们在网上搜索在泰国组织此类旅行的人，很快找到了 ACT，因为他们提供的正是我们想要的：一次有趣的旅行，既有认真的骑行，又有足够的空间进行短途旅行，有很多自然风光和有趣的地方可以参观，还有时间放松和住在不错的酒店——我们认为自己年纪太大了，不适合露营或住旅馆的背包客体验……
所以我们联系了 ACT 的 Christopher，并就他提供的服务和我们想要的服务交换了不少电子邮件——结果非常好：网站上的 4 天行程被改编为 5 天行程，自行车也完全按照我们的要求设置，包括给我妻子的电动自行车 ;-)
当我们到达曼谷时，Christopher 已经在机场等我们了，他开车送我们到华欣的酒店，让我们在豪华的环境中恢复时差……
我们在酒店附近的 ACT 总部戴上头盔并试骑自行车，开始了为期 5 天的旅行，然后我们第一次非常轻松地开始了我们的冒险之旅骑车环游华欣，游览了一些我们以前在华欣逗留期间从未去过的地方，最后与克里斯托弗和他可爱的搭档盖伊共进了一顿非常美味的晚餐。
第二天，我们真的出发了，把足够四天用的东西装在小包里，把大行李箱留在 ACT 总部。蒂姆将驾驶面包车跟随我们旅行，他把我们的东西收拾好，还装了大量水果，在我们的水壶里为我们提供了新鲜的饮用水，然后我们就出发了！克里斯托弗在前面，后面只有我们两个人，蒂姆在面包车的后面。面包车后面贴着告示，提醒后面有更快的车辆注意到我们的存在。由于这些路上骑自行车的人并不多，
我无法描述我们看到的所有景点和我们走过的所有道路，但我们每隔几个小时就会停下来吃水果和水，喝咖啡或吃午餐，主要是在我们可以探索的有趣地方。
第二天，我们离开华欣，大约骑行了 55 公里，相当轻松——实际上整个旅程大部分时间都是平坦的，而且有顺风——但是我们错过了下午去 Tham Phraya Nakhon 洞穴的旅行，那里有一个著名的洞穴和寺庙，因为我的妻子感觉不太舒服。
我们住在海豚湾的一家酒店，那里有一个漂亮的游泳池和美味的早餐，但与我们住过的其他地方相比，这里有点简陋。
第二天和第三天更具挑战性，每一天都有近 80 公里，但再次穿插着停下来吃水果和/或参观有趣的地方和野生动物——可爱的猴子！我们住在非常好的酒店，享受了美味的早餐、午餐或晚餐，我们和克里斯托弗和蒂姆一起享用了这些食物。我们在泰国乡村骑自行车玩得很开心！有很多海滩路、椰子、菠萝或橡胶种植园，当然还有很多美丽的自然风光……
最后一天的骑行又短了一点，大约 50 公里。沿着海滩骑行，风浪很大，比我们——或者说克里斯托弗——以前在这片海岸上见过的还要大……通常这里的海面是完全平坦的。有很多值得再次观赏的地方，包括走上许多台阶，到达一座位于荒无人烟之地的巨大寺庙。
由于此时我们已经远离华欣，走了很长一段路——大约 160 公里的直路——午餐后，我们登上面包车，返回 ACT 总部。
总而言之，与克里斯托弗和蒂姆一起度过了美好而难忘的 5 天——但这还不是全部！由于我们错过了前往寺庙洞穴的游览，我们被邀请——无需额外付费——与他的搭档盖伊一起进行那次游览。所以我们再次乘坐蒂姆驾驶的面包车出发，骑行约 20 公里，到达洞穴附近的海滩，在那里我们乘坐长尾船短途旅行到隐藏着这个洞穴的山脚下。我们不得不爬上爬下数百个台阶才能到达那里 - 但这一切都是值得的！这个令人敬畏的洞穴叫做 Tham Phraya Nakhon Cave，其规模令人难以置信，石笋和钟乳石比比皆是，中间还有一座寺庙……
所以 - 又爬了数百个台阶，乘船快速游览，然后与 Gae 和 Tim 在海滩上享用美味的午餐。多么美妙的方式结束我们的 ACT 冒险之旅！
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