Ducati Hypermotard San Kamphaeng loop

[KTMphil]

Clockwise loop around 200km

 

[KTMphil]

NE up R 118 a right turn onto R 3005 takes you through a beautiful rural area and so close to the big smoke

The next rice crop getting soaked

Hadn't been along here in a long long time and forgot how beautiful it was

 

[KTMphil]

WTF is that supposed to be?

Too much of a wagging tongue?

 

[KTMphil]

Took an easterly detour of R 3005, to see if the double track had been paved

With the hypermotard's stiff suspension, it wasn't much fun, so when the dirt started it was time to turn back, didn't make the loop on the rhs of the map above

 

[KTMphil]

South of R 3005, on R 1230 there's some gravel sections at


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Without a gps, discovering the road number might be troublesome

Pretty clear day and some interesting views over the Chae Son National Park

 

[KTMphil]

There's about 5km of easy dirt on R 1230 either side of co-ords


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Tarmac (NEW) restarts on the southern side (R 1230) at co-ords


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[KTMphil]

Further south on R 1230 & a huge Gothic, 5 story high sculpture has been erected, co-ords:



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All part of the Wat Mae Takhrai complex, seems to be big and quite important for the area

Absolutely huge

 

[KTMphil]

The Wat Mae Takhrai complex is well worth a visit, with it's "story telling" sculptures

.........more to come

 

[LivinLOS]

Hadn't been along here in a long long time and forgot how beautiful it was

I really like that bit out past mae on, it is really special.. I looked at a few land plots that way but felt that 40 mins to maybe an hour out of the city was too much for me..

I think that the 1253 out to chae son is easily as much fun as the pai rd, yet you can do hours without seeing traffic and no threat of being run off the rd by silver van man.. Theres a good day loop doing the 1317 1252 1157 and back on either the 11 or better back up the 2031..

 

[Ally]

The Wat Mae Takhrai complex is well worth a visit, with it's "story telling" sculptures

.........more to come

Thanks for the update Phil.

Ally

 

[KTMphil]

Into Wat Mae Takhrai for a look around

If you're bad some nasty things can happen??

 

[KTMphil]

Wat Mae Takhrai its self is quite intricate and worth a look

 

[KTMphil]

Further south, kept seeing this white bridge to the left with no road leading to it, a bit strange?

It turned out to be a railway bridge we explained no road

 

[bsacbob]

Looks like your still enjoying the bike Phil, interesting looking bridge almost looks like an upmarket version of the river Kwai bridge.

 

[Captain_Slash]

There's about 5km of easy dirt on R 1230 either side of co-ords


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Tarmac (NEW) restarts on the southern side (R 1230) at co-ords


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E99.28895

It looks like they have been busy asphalting some of the dirt surface since I last rode there

 

[KTMphil]

Did a ride out to Wat Mae Takhrai again with some Thai people, they say this statue ( the darker one) tell the story of liars - you end up with a small mouth, missed this the 1st time there.

















The Wat still looked beautiful, highly recommended









The monk statue on the other side of the road almost completed

 

[Ally]

 

[KTMphil]

Jesus, i;ve not seen that one before, this aerial stuff is a mindblowing new dimension to enjoying these venues

 

[Ally]

Jesus, i;ve not seen that one before, this aerial stuff is a mindblowing new dimension to enjoying these venues

Because I flew it yesterday !

Ally

 

[Gnasher328]

Nice one Phil. I like the East side of the valley for just the same reasons as Livin'. That Wat is a crazy as the one in Phayao, deffo on the list for the coming season.