There was a light drizzle when we left the guesthouse this morning so we stopped for a cup of coffee and tea to wait it out but we weren't in luck and carried on in the rain after we had finished with out drinks.

We stopped for some Pad Thai at a roadside plastic chair restaurant to make sure we had enough sustenance to see us up the 400 meter climb that lay ahead.

The climb was much easier than we thought, mainly because we took it very slowly, birding along the way and making sure we got as much enjoyment out of it as we could. We were passed by quite a few Thai cyclists for whom the road seems to be a popular training route. Some we going quite quickly while others were really crawling.