19-3-19 Mae Sot, Visiting the Pa Wai Waterfall

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Distance 149 km
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Thats a useful device
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Most days lately I have seen these trucks out along the tracks being stacked with cassava and never gave it a thought about how they unload them, today I found out
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Now thats a lot quicker and easier than offloading by hand would be
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Along the 4017 and its very straight so I guess it was one of the straight dirt tracks previously that are plentiful in this area
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Saw these yellow flowers in a few places today
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Unmapped tracks out there to ride in due course, I only ever linked one dirt track from the 4017 to the 4016 and possibly there are others to find
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A lot of dust is being made there
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Looking in the direction of the 4016 and I am not very hopefull of finding many joining tracks
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The stream that becomes the Pa Wai Waterfall
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A bike wash here too
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Some very large trees here
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The very deep hole is still here as well
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These two were totally absorbed in taking selfies
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They were still taking the selfies as I walked on
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I guess this is probably a year round waterfall.
A few years ago we had a lot of heavy rain while I was here and the next day I rode to this waterfall expecting it to be a lot bigger but it had hardly changed.
I guess in september it would be a higher water level here, next trip I hope to get to Mae Sot in early november then I will visit here again
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Finally I meet the only non tourist at the waterfall and he tells me to walk along a path to see a large tree
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I can see the blue sky here
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This was the tree he told me about
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I couldnt walk back to get more tree in the photo because the sun was shining in my face
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One clean motorbike
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On the ride back I try this track which was unpaved last time I was here
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It goes to the top of the hills then returns to unpaved
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An unknown reservoir at Ban Pa Ka Mai
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The 4017 is a bit of a rollercoaster now, along here its getting very windy and it feels like rain is coming
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Unmapped tracks to do in the future
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I noticed the previously unpaved track that linked the 4017 and 4016 was now paved off the 4017 so I ride it to see.
Not much further it is still unpaved, the turning to the left needs exploring next time
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The unknown reservoir along this track still has a good water level for the time of year
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A few spots of rain hit me here, on a track with this surface a storm would be of no concern at all
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Suddenly the track turns to this and my short offroad adventure was over for today
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The track is paved heading north for a fair way, I ride some of it and will check out the rest tomorrow.
GE has shown me what might possibly link from further along this track to a village where I rode to on another track with a lot of stream bed riding, its the track I was on a few days ago, if they link up it will be an interesting find
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Street style chicken from T&T Indian Food 200 Baht
 
Never seen one of these before Colin, but what a good idea, great pictures of a beautiful area today

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