Changnoi1
Senior Member
Last week I made a 4 days trip to Nan and made some detours along the way. Coming from Khon Kaen I took route 12 in direction of Chumpae and just after Chumpae I always stop at the PTT gasoline station for an drink & snack. Normally I always just continue route 12 into Nam Nao National Park, but as I had seen an big lake on Google Earth somewhere on the south-east side of the route going thru Nam Nao I wanted to check that out.
So I took a left a route 2055 in direction of "Chulabhorn" lake. And it is actually and amazing beautiful route along the kartsen mountains of Nam Nao. Too bad it is and dead-end route (at least on an a touring-bike).
So I returned back to route 12 and did hit the beautiful roads of Nam Nao National Park to Lom Sak and Dan Sai where I did stay overnight. The next day I did ride via Na Heao in direction of Nan, but near Na Heao I did visit 2 beautiful temples. One of them has beautiful mural paintings.
From there on it was along the Thai-Lao border area to Na Noi and Nan where I did stay 2 nights at an brand new boutique hotel "Baan Nan" and had many an breakfast/lunch at "Tony's place". Back to Khon Kaen I took the highway route 101 to Phrae but then I was bored of the straight and easy highway and took and detour again. This time via route 1022 (take a left turn near Phrae). The first 25km are beautiful road going into the mountains. But then the next 40km is an gravel road/track at an hight of 600m - 950m and leads all the way to the Sirikit lake. A beautiful jungle road with many side tracks for off-road. The last 70km again are good roads.
At Uttaradit I did hit the highway again, and after doing in 4hrs what I could have done in less as 2hrs I was happy to be on the easy and boring highway again. Making up some time I made an speedy straight trip to Phitsanulok and took route 12 again in direction of Lom Sak. On this section there is an lot of construction work being done to make the all road bigger. I did stay overnight in Lom Sak where are many small hotels and some nice restaurants. The next morning I did hit the road again via route 12 thru Nam Nam National Park to Khon Kaen. Leaving early I had a bit late breakfast at home.
So I took a left a route 2055 in direction of "Chulabhorn" lake. And it is actually and amazing beautiful route along the kartsen mountains of Nam Nao. Too bad it is and dead-end route (at least on an a touring-bike).
So I returned back to route 12 and did hit the beautiful roads of Nam Nao National Park to Lom Sak and Dan Sai where I did stay overnight. The next day I did ride via Na Heao in direction of Nan, but near Na Heao I did visit 2 beautiful temples. One of them has beautiful mural paintings.
From there on it was along the Thai-Lao border area to Na Noi and Nan where I did stay 2 nights at an brand new boutique hotel "Baan Nan" and had many an breakfast/lunch at "Tony's place". Back to Khon Kaen I took the highway route 101 to Phrae but then I was bored of the straight and easy highway and took and detour again. This time via route 1022 (take a left turn near Phrae). The first 25km are beautiful road going into the mountains. But then the next 40km is an gravel road/track at an hight of 600m - 950m and leads all the way to the Sirikit lake. A beautiful jungle road with many side tracks for off-road. The last 70km again are good roads.
At Uttaradit I did hit the highway again, and after doing in 4hrs what I could have done in less as 2hrs I was happy to be on the easy and boring highway again. Making up some time I made an speedy straight trip to Phitsanulok and took route 12 again in direction of Lom Sak. On this section there is an lot of construction work being done to make the all road bigger. I did stay overnight in Lom Sak where are many small hotels and some nice restaurants. The next morning I did hit the road again via route 12 thru Nam Nam National Park to Khon Kaen. Leaving early I had a bit late breakfast at home.
