esspressolungo
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2012
- Bikes
- Honda XR 250
FINALLY BACK IN THE SADDLE AND JOINING FORCES WITH GEORGE. WE HAD NOTHING SPECIAL IN MIND, AND THE SLIPPERY SURFACE DIDN'T ALLOW MUCH EXPLORING.
We started from my house at 9:00 am just around the corner from Doi Kham. We took the single track behind Night Safari to carry us to the Samoeng Road. A few more bends and we arrived at the starting point for our off-road tour. The track took us up the hill and we passed a temple that was build just on top of the hill.
When we exit the single track we hit the mine to Obkahn short cut. A few more bends and we were back on some really nice track that carried us for about 20 minutes through the greenery of Chiang Mai's jungle. The conditions were ideal but as the jungle got more narrow and the track became overgrown with plants we had to slow down. A muddy river crossed our way and we dipped our toes in the dirty water while crossing the creek. The mud was intense and we got stuck a couple of times.
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh18/ingagadavida/Giorgio/2012-10-03115450.jpg
After unsuccessfully conquering mother nature we returned and proceeded to plan B. This track carried us towards Samoeng via dirt and mud. Half way to Samoeng there's the turn off to Obkahn and we took this track to hit back towards Obkahn. The track was just beautiful, overgrown but yet do-able with not to many effort. We met some hunters in the jungle. They told me they were hunting for Birds and wild boar. Luckily non of them were drunk
. This can sometimes lead to problems.
The rest of the track was easy yet very slippery.
George's had problems with his spark plug so we returned early afternoon.
We started from my house at 9:00 am just around the corner from Doi Kham. We took the single track behind Night Safari to carry us to the Samoeng Road. A few more bends and we arrived at the starting point for our off-road tour. The track took us up the hill and we passed a temple that was build just on top of the hill.
When we exit the single track we hit the mine to Obkahn short cut. A few more bends and we were back on some really nice track that carried us for about 20 minutes through the greenery of Chiang Mai's jungle. The conditions were ideal but as the jungle got more narrow and the track became overgrown with plants we had to slow down. A muddy river crossed our way and we dipped our toes in the dirty water while crossing the creek. The mud was intense and we got stuck a couple of times.
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh18/ingagadavida/Giorgio/2012-10-03115450.jpg
After unsuccessfully conquering mother nature we returned and proceeded to plan B. This track carried us towards Samoeng via dirt and mud. Half way to Samoeng there's the turn off to Obkahn and we took this track to hit back towards Obkahn. The track was just beautiful, overgrown but yet do-able with not to many effort. We met some hunters in the jungle. They told me they were hunting for Birds and wild boar. Luckily non of them were drunk
. This can sometimes lead to problems.The rest of the track was easy yet very slippery.
George's had problems with his spark plug so we returned early afternoon.
