Kanchanaburi-A Cloudy Si Sawat Loop Ride

Captain_Slash

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Bikes
BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
The Route 323, 324, 3001, 3086, 6030, 3480, 4041, 3199

Total distance 333 km
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A hot spicy gai phad kapow at Da Wut Cha restaurant for breakfast for 35 baht, then it was time to ride off on the Si Sawat loop
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Some shots from along the 6030, unfortunately its a cloudy day which I was hoping would have passed by now but it was not to be
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There is evidence of rainfall here which we didnt have in town
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Now on the twisty 4041
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Plenty of greenery and some of it is on the road, I guess this road isnt very busy so not enough traffic to keep it clean
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Thats the direction the clouds are coming from and no sign of any blue sky
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At the highest spot and its some disappointing photos of the reservoir today, I was hoping for some clear shots
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Banana country around here
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Not the sort of insignia I was expecting to see out here, the shop owner said, I make that, I like Hitler.
Possibly hes had some obnoxious people in jeeps from a certain country come here pissing him off and thats his way of deterring them from future stops here
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Its been two years since I last rode here and this wasnt here then
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There is a viewpoint up in the hill at N14 35.576 E099 08.190 but not much of a view today
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Time to ride back along the twisty section of the 3199 between the two ferry ports
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Whether thats a Sonic or a CBR engine in that bike, its watercooled anyway
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The water level is quite low for this time of the year
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I was here a few years ago when the shop was flooded out and that table would have been submerged to at least half way up
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The lower dam is releasing water for generating electricity and from here home its a ride on soaking wet roads, fortunately I didnt see any rain.
But as I am writing this its raining very heavily here
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A plate of chicken and yellow rice at the market again tonight, 30 baht and nice
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The stall next door does this chicken on the skewer for 10 baht and 5 baht for the sticky rice, it was a spicy meal with the sauce that was put on it
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Pomelo from the market for 25 baht completes the meal

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No pics or words of the rockfalls Cap'n? I must've counted about 6 when I did that a fortnight ago...... some of 'em covering at least half the road. Unfortunately I was enjoying the twisty bits too much to stop and photograph 'em too!

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Some great scenery there Colin, looks like that guy with the shop was angry with some people that go to church on Friday afternoons.


The route taken


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Mate, that sign on the shop is amazing. Here's another one... seen on the ferry at Lake Toba, Sumatra

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... sorry for the thread drift... and really sorry for the offensive soccer shirt
 
No photos or mention of them Martin because I didnt see any, I was looking out for them after your warning but I guess the roadsweeper got them before I got there
 
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