Thailand

The "Mule" in 1 of the rare shop in Bangkok that weld aluminium.

Getting out of the plane after a long trip, i was surpise to see two young womens holding on a sign with our names on it. I was first wondering who would be waiting for us over here and for what. It was finally to tell us that some of our luggage would be on the next flight of Asiana airway. I tought my bike had been hold on for a security check because most of the poeples where wondering what was in that strange package we had made for our tandem bike, wrapped with pieces of cardboard we had collected in the back alley of New Westminster in Vancouver, a tarp and a plastic bag provided from the airline company we flew with.

Waiting at the baggage claim of Bangkok international airport, i witness that some where not so lucky and had worst than having there luggage delayed.

Considering the time we arrived and having to wait until 3am for our baggaes to arrive, we spented the night at the airport.

I started to assemble the bike to finally notice something was wrong. The frame has been damage during the trip to Thailand. The frame was torn in the back. I force it a bit trying to realigne it.... The frame cracked and it was a disaster thinking it is very hard to find a shop to weld aluminium in Asia. to be continued.........

Finally going in Asia the 29th of November

After having biked across Canada for our 2nd time, where are finaly flying to thailand the 29th of November. My 6 years old daughter and i, will be riding our tandem bicycle in south-east Asia, just like we had plan togheter when she was only 4 years old. For the next 6 months, we will be traveling in beautiful Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

We' ve cycle all the way from Quebec city to Vancouver in summer 2006 and left home in summer 2007 for a full year, on our unusual tandem bike. We are avid bikers and our real challenge will be to make a living out artcrafts we made and sell on the way.

We have been in Victoria, Bc., for the last 3 weeks to promote and set everythings for our Asian experience.