With just under 3000km covered in 9 days, it was time to take a rest.
We spent the first full day in Chiang Mai sightseeing, catching up on emails, blgging, eating and drinking the local beer - Chang. We also began planning the routes that we would cover in the areas surrounding Chinag Mai.
We decided to [...]

Hat Yai (60km north of the Malaysia-Thailand border) was a pre-determined stop us. Here we planned to change our uncomfortable Honda ‘bench’ seat to a more butt friendly ‘king and queen’ styled seat.
Why Hat Yai and not Singapore? Two reasons: 1.The quality of one particular shop was well known in Singapore & 2.The price. Customization [...]