Bangkok to Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) on two wobbly wheels: part 2 of a series

This is a continuation of part 1: 
http://sunnimoreno.blogspot.com/2016/07/bangkok-to-siem-reap-angkor-wat-on-two.html

The first day of this journey dawned while Noah was pedaling past the flyover at the Nawamin-Kanchanaphisek junction. All the months of training through the roads in Bangkok taught him when and when not to use the flyovers, which is off limits to 2-wheeled vehicles and he knew that he could get held for questioning by any cop waiting at the other end, but this was not what he was concerned about now. What was in the back of his mind was about who will give up first, Mir or Noah?

Breakfast was at the last fastfood joint before leaving the city at Minburi.

About 50 kilometers into the trip Noah was jolted by a loud snap. Something like a guitar string breaking up because of too much tightening. An inspection of the wheels showed one spoke broken at the rear. Noah spun the wheel and noted a slight wobble that was not too big enough to cause the wheel to hit the bicycle frame. So Noah mounted his steed and resumed pedaling.

Chacheongsao city was conquered that day with the help of the best energy drink around - freshly squeezed sugarcane juice:

About an hour of pedaling from Chacheongsao Noah heard again the now familiar snap. It was at the height of a hot day and another broken spoke could spell disaster. The same rear wheel now had two broken spokes and the rim was already banging on the brake pad at the left, but Noah knew that he could still manage.

The sun was slowly moving down the western horizon as Noah laboriously pedaled up the winding highway to the hill town of Khao Hin Son. This town reminded him of Malaybalay in the island of Mindanao.

Noah found the hotel that he previously searched in google and as usual not a single soul could speak or understand English. Communication was done by phone through Noah's son in Bangkok.

Hinson Hillside Hotel was actually a motel...

...and the room assigned to Noah was "B-song" in Thai.

Sleep didn't came easily to Noah that night with his mind on the two broken spokes and whether Mir could still hold on for another day. This location was just about 60% of the distance from Bangkok to the Thai-Cambodia border - about 114 kilometers to a bike shop.

With the first leg of Noah's trip done here are the stats:

To be continued at this link: 
http://sunnimoreno.blogspot.com/2016/07/bangkok-to-siem-reap-angkor-wat-on-two_2.html