GAINESVILLE, Florida, June 9, 2008 - The active travel company with the funny name, Pedalers Pub & Grille (PP&G), announces a new cycling trip combining northern Thailand and Cambodia.

"This trip is for enthusiasts who love to ride but also enjoy being immersed in local history and culture. It blends the cooler temperatures and diverse sights and activities of mountainous, northern Thailand with the more benign geography around Angkor Wat," says Tom Sheehan, founder and general manager.

The 10-day / 9-night cycling adventure, "Tale of Two Kingdoms," has its inaugural departure Nov. 16, 2008. Subsequent trips depart on the third Sunday of every month through March, 2009. Except for international air, the program is all-inclusive at $2,650 (double) with a single supplement of $550. There's a $125 charge for those renting bikes.

The rate includes accommodations, all meals, regional flight from Chiang Mai to Siem Reap, bilingual guides, full van support, daily route directions and maps, sightseeing and cultural activities, plus airport transfers.

This trip can be organized for private departures and bike club rides, and it can be customized and upgraded to utilize deluxe hotels and resorts instead of first class hotels on scheduled trips.

The program rolls north from the ancient kingdom of Lanna (Chiang Mai) to the faded ruins of Khmer, through forests and fields, villages, hot spring parks, ancient temples built in caves, interacting en route with the ethnic hill tribes that still inhabit the region. Many hotel accommodations feature the traditional Lanna style architecture.

PP&G takes pride in showcasing not just historic treasures and spectacular scenery but also the watering holes favored not by tourists but by locals. This includes Thai cuisine at Riverside Restaurant on Mae Ping (Ping River). "Menu items are traditional dishes, not fluffed up fusion creations," says Sheehan.

At local markets guests can sample an array of prepared foods from pad see yu (fried noodles) to fried insects: grasshoppers, crickets, giant ants, water beetles, silk worm larva, beetles, etc. They are fried and then sprinkled with a pepper/salt mix.

Says Sheehan: "It's a lot like eating potato chips, crisp and crunchy. The flavor remotely resembles burnt bacon. Grasshoppers and ants are my favorite, they are the crispiest."

One overnight stop is at Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Thailand's answer to Yellowstone with geysers and hot springs. Guests can buy duck or chicken eggs and hard boil them in the springs. They can also soak away the miles in the pools, which are fed with water from the springs.

On the morning of Day 7 the group flies from Chiang Mai to Siem Reap, Cambodia located just 10 km from the ruins of Angkor Wat Park. Pedalers have ample time to bike and explore this vast complex of ancient ruins before traveling by boat to witness the floating cities of Tonle Sap Lake where houses and schools are built on floating mats of reeds. The tour ends back at the Siem Reap airport at noon on Day 10.

Over the course of the trip, which is rated moderately easy, cyclists will roll inn to inn covering 253 miles (408 km) of paved roads, averaging 36 miles (58 km) per day.

Annually, PP&G offers multiple set departures and custom trips to 18 exotic destinations in Asia, the South Pacific and Alaska. The company has been conducting cycling tours of these regions since the 1980's and is known for creating spontaneous, up close and personal cultural encounters along its well-researched cycling routes.

Asia's most seasoned bicycle tour operator, Pedalers Pub & Grille specializes in sag wagon supported road bike tours. They organize rides that are geared toward cycling enthusiasts, featuring longer daily rides designed to fill the day with adventure, while still allowing sufficient time for "off the bike" exploration at fascinating stops along the route. Accommodations are carefully chosen to provide modern western amenities, a comfortable night's rest and an immersion in the local culture and lifestyle. Meals are a celebration of local beverages and cuisine. Trips are led by either a bi-lingual international guide living in the area or a native born guide fluent in English, complimented by an English speaking support crew from that country. All levels of riders are welcome, from energetic beginners to elite cyclists.

For more details you can visit them online at www.pedalerspubandgrille.com or send an Email to .