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  Ride up and enjoy the coffee!

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 05/01/2017

  » If a cup of caffè latte in the morning never fails to keep you awake and happy the whole day, this "coffee mountain" in Nan province is probably an ideal place for your first ride of the new year.

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  Feeling the need for speed in Hong Kong

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 08/12/2016

  » Hong Kong has more mountains than Victoria Peak, that famous place every first-time visitor to the territory must go to enjoy the spectacular view of the skyscraper forests on both sides of Victoria Harbour. If you don't consider yourself an ordinary tourist but a mountain biker, remember this name: Tai Mo Shan.

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  New track offers more thrills than spills

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 24/11/2016

  » Hua Hin's Khao Hin Lek Fai is currently a mountain biking hot spot. Last week, the hill played host to round three of the Thailand Enduro Series. Next month it will be the venue of the final race of the Thailand Gravity Series. But this district of Prachuap Khiri Khan has more to offer than downhill tracks. There's also a new cross-country trail that is worth checking out.

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  Cycling around Sapa

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 13/10/2016

  » Visiting Sapa -- the gateway to Fansipan, Vietnam and Indochina's tallest peak -- used to be on my bucket list. But over the past years since I gave up trekking and engaged more in bike riding, the small mountain town in northeastern Vietnam was edged out of the list by numerous other destinations. Recently, however, Sapa was once again blinked on my radar.

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  A moist mountain ride

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 14/07/2016

  » Chiang Mai's iconic mountains, the adjoining Doi Pui and Doi Suthep, are internationally famous as home to some of Southeast Asia's longest downhill tracks. For mountain bikers who are not DH hardcore and also enjoy the challenge of climbing, these mountains definitely have a lot more to offer. The awesome route featured in today's article is just one of the many "all-mountain" trails available there.

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  Ride through history

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 04/08/2016

  » Built over 150 years ago during the reign of King Rama IV, Charoen Krung was Bangkok's first Western-style road. Nicknamed New Road back then and many decades afterwards, Charoen Krung starts from the east side of Wat Pho next to the Grand Palace, initially running eastward before beginning to gradually shift south as it crosses the Rob Krung canal into the northern part of China Town.

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  Going loopy

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 07/07/2016

  » Wat Phra Bat Tak Pha, which houses revered Buddha footprint sculptures, is the famous religious site for Lamphun's Pa Sang district. Not known to outsiders, however, is the fact that the woodland around the monastery is home to a maze of mountain bike trails that can easily make you envy the local riders.

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  Racing through farmland in Saraburi

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 26/05/2016

  » Two weeks ago, I wrote in this column about a hotel and resort in the Hua Hin-Cha-am zone that boasts mountain bike trails open to both guests and non-guests free of charge. Today, let's visit another property, which also offers such playground for mountain bikers. This one is in Kaeng Khoi, Saraburi.

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  No more pining for Pineapple

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 23/06/2016

  » It was about two years ago when the Pineapple track was built on Khao Hin Lek Fai, the hill that is home to Hua Hin's best mountain bike playgrounds. But almost as soon as the local riders could finally enjoy the fruits of their labour, the track suddenly became forbidden. The TV signal transmission station on the uppermost part of the hill refused to allow bikers to enter its premises to reach the trailhead. And that's it.

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  Cruising along the river

  Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 21/04/2016

  » Not everybody enjoys Songkran's water-throwing crowds. Admittedly, I'm one of those who always avoids venturing onto Bangkok's streets during the festival. But this year was an exception.

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