Should We Bring Our Own Supply of Power Bars and Electrolyte Supplements?

As one of the early TdeT participants put it "Thai food was made for cyclists."  We will be eating lots of carbohydrate rich meals that should give you a good supply of energy for the day and there are places with snacks along the route.

If you prefer to pack Power Bars, we recommend that you bring some with you; they are quite expensive in Thailand and rather hard to find.

There will be plenty of electrolyte drinks available at our water/snack stops (both Gatorade and local brands), and, just in case, we will have plenty of electrolyte powder packets in the support vehicles.  Unless you have to have a certain brand or strong preference for a certain flavor I would not bother bringing any electrolytes.

We stop frequently and when we do we try to support the smaller "Mom & Pop" shops most of the TdeT, but occasional 7-Eleven stops are unavoidable. Yeah--you heard me right: 7-Elevens are EVERYWHERE!  All of them usually stock some form of electrolyte drink--even the little Mom & Pop shops.