We started the trip by flying into Bangkok and staying in a hotel near the airport "The Silver Gold Garden". The hotel had plenty of room to build the bikes and we simply kept them in the room. It is cheaper to book via Expedia 800baht/night but it will cost 900baht over the counter. We found the hotel staff less than helpful even though they did speak some English they just weren't very interested. I guess most people just use this place as a stop over when flying on.
The big thing to consider is if you intend to leave Bangkok via train it is difficult to get the bike to the train station from the airport unless you get a taxi. You can't use the metro or the skytrain unless you have a folding bike and the main line trains only have very restricted services with a baggage car to take bikes. Finding a place closer to the train station would be a better option, of course you can always ride, it was our plan as we couldn't find a taxi big enough to take the bikes but flagged one down enroute.
If like us you intend to cycle to Phucket from Bangkok as part of your trip Hua Hin seems to be the best start point. We found a taxi will take you there from Bangkok with bikes for around 2200baht, pricey if on your own but 2 or more people isn't too bad considering it is 200km. The tour groups start at Phetchaburi but talking to some of the riders who cycled that leg I think Hua Hin is the best start point saving about 90km of less than great riding.
I am not going to try and give you directions as to be honest you will see that the distance we travel can be considerably more than these routes. Some of this is down to not being able to read all of the signs, less than perfect maps and good old human error. I don't have a GPS which will upload a track so the following links are as close as I can get to the route we rode entering the data manually.
I would of brought a decent GPS if I knew then what I know now, I have scoured shops for a Garmin here but to no avail. At a push a smart phone will do the trick, I have been using a blackberry with a Thai pay as you go sim which works out cheap enough but it all goes to pot if you don't have a signal! A mixture of google maps, blackberry maps and mapmyride have got me from one point to the next eventually.
Bangkok to Phuket
Day 1 Hua Hin to Prachuap Khiri Khan http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/64398900
Day 2 Prachuap Khiri Khan to Hat Ban Krut http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/65008268
Day 3 Hat Ban Krut to Thung Wualaen http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/65009410
Day 4 Thung Wualaen to Bang Nam Chuet http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/64749808
Day 5 Bang Nam Chuet to Surat Thani http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/64417786
Day 6 Surat Thani to Khao Sok http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/64404994
Day 7 Khao Sok to Khao Lak http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/64748022
Day 8 Khao Lak to Mai Khao http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/65724580
Chiang Mai down
Day 1 Chiang Mai to Doi Khun Tan http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/67392023
Day 2 Doi Khun Tan to Lampang http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/67392999
Day 3 Lampang to Uttaradit http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/68991564
Day 4 Uttaradit to Sukhothai http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/67738456
Day 5 Sukhotai to Khempang Phet http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/68258470
Day 7 Kampheang Phet to Nakhon Sawan http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/69273316
Day 8 Nakhon Sawan to Sing Buri http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/68706608
Day 9 Sing Buri to Autthaya http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/70125348
Day 10 Autthaya to Prachin Buri http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/70128890
Day 11 Prachin Buri to Chon Buri http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/69272540
Day 12 Chon Buri to Pattaya http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/70124416
Day 13 Pattaya to Phe http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/70120700
Day 14 Phe to Laem Mae Phim http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/70656700
Day 15 Laem Mae Phim to Chanthaburi http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/70657184
Day 16 Channthaburi to Soi Dao http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/71452766
Day 17 Soi Dao to Aranya Prathet http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76792866
Cambodia
Day 1 Aranya Prathet to Sisophon
Day 2 Sisophon to Siem Reap
Day 3 Siem Reap to Kampong Thom
Day 4 Kampong Thom to Skoun
Day 5 Skoun to Phnom Penh
Day 6 Phnom Penh to Kampong Chhnang
Day 7 Kampong Chhnang to Pursat
Day 8 Pursat to Battambang
Day 9 Battambang to Sisophon
Day 10 Sisophon to Aranya Prathet
Thailand
Day 1 Aranya Prathet to Kabin Buri http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76843382
Day 2 Kabin Buri to Nakhon Nayok http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/77657338
Day 3 Nakhon Nayok to Ayutthaya http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/77651572
Day 4 Ayutthaya to Suphan Buri http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/77654916
Day 5 Suphan Buri to Nakhon Pathom http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/77998374
Day 6 Nakhon Pathom to Samut Sakhon http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/78222764
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