11 August 2013
- Technical data:
- We started off north of Wat Ton Satu on the Lopburi River at 0940 Hr for a tour around Ayutthaya's City Island as a training session in preparation for our future descent of the Tha Chin River. It was rising tide and we decided to paddled in direction of Wat Phanan Choeng and Wat Chai Wathanaram to do the loop. We took an half our break at a restaurant in Khlong Mueang opposite the Grand Palace. Leaving Khlong Mueang we got again the tide against us for the rest of the trip as the tide had turned. We arrived back at our point of departure around 1620 Hr. It was a pretty tough trip.
- The weather was hot and overcast. Max. temperature was 33 C with the wind from the SW.
- Technical data of the trip was as follows: Total Distance: 26.12 Km; Moving Average: 4.9 Km/Hr; Overall Average: 3.9 Km/Hr; Moving time: 5 Hr 20 Min; Stopped Time: 1 Hr 22 Min; Total Time: 6 Hr 42 Min. We made a lunch stop along this track.
- Number of participants: 2 (Pat & Sean)