Ban Phai to Khon Kaen and a rest day

13/14 Feb 2014, 67km

A quick scoot up the road to Khon Kaen in the morning and then a day and a half of resting to get rid of the building deep muscle ache. The first afternoon I spent at the museum, round the local lake, pizza that sort of thing.

The next I booked into a posh place to use it's pool and also watch some English language TV and films. After lounging by the pool it was off to the local 7-11 for a couple of cans of beer to drink whilst gorging on western media. Unfortunately it transpired that it was a Buddhist festival and alcohol sales were forbidden. Luckily the bar attached to the hotel was happy to sell me a few massively overpriced beers in cinema style paper cups.

The downside of this was I didn't watch any TV, falling asleep by 9.15 instead.

Hah, you all think that's beer!