Whilst the match was going on I went upstairs to take a photo from the 9th floor of the hotel. The best I could do is of the largest Wat in the city and the huge gold Buddha. This was about 3kms away. You can notice the haze which is constant all day in this part of the world.
We eventually rolled out of the hotel around 11am and it was hot already. We had 53kms to the town of Udon Thani. The road was excellent with a wide shoulder and the traffic was not a problem.
Due to the heat of the day which reached 47 degrees, a record for the tour, we needed to take more stops to refill our bottles and get out of the sun. The average temperature for the 3 hours was 42 degrees.
We rolled into town around 2pm and made our way to the Siri Grand Hotel. It costs 20 dollars for the night with air con, ordinary WiFi and a good selection of English channels on the TV.
We didn't go back out of our rooms till the sun was set. We needed to recover from a very intense 3 hours today. Tomorrow is a long ride and I have to be ready by 6am. That is going to destroy me.
Until tomorrow, safe riding.
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