Loop north of Samoeng and the bat cave

KTMphil

KTMphil

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Loop north of Samoeng and the bat cave

Riders:

Kevin - Er6
Alan - Ninja 650
Ninja Ed - Ninja 250
Con Goldstein - Transalp 400
Phil - KTM 990 Adv

Route: Chiang Mai (R107) - Mae Rim (R 1096) - Ban Tung Ting (R1349/R 4021) - Samoeng & back
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Nice cool overcast day, great for riding, which in rainy season you usually pay for later in the afternoon with rain- we were lucky no rain all day, missed all the rain squalls.

Here down near Samoeng at the look out, team leader Con doing a great job as usual
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Con seeing if he can touch the ground
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Samoeng look out
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Visibility not so bad
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Coffee break in Samoeng, we asked Con to do the cutest pose he could do
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Great little coffee shop out in samoeng town
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Then out to the bat cave in Samoeng- a free attraction!! very rare in LOS
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Cave area is beautiful well worth a visit
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Really interesting rock formations
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In the hole we go, they give you flash lights, pitch black in there, no lighting
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The bat shit had a real pungent smell hard to describe
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Alan following a bat flight path with his light
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You wouldn't want to lose your light
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The smell of the bat shit got a little much and we got out of there
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Back on the road - Ed took a detour, with phone directions we got him back
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Next came the fun part read Con's comments! Look at the evil smile.

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Then it turned into this - remember Alan & Ed on Ninja's!
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Con on the left secretly glad he didn't bring his ER6!
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Wasn't too bad in the end 1km of damp clay no puddles (Kevin's LED's on the right)
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Stopped at one coffee shop on the way back to Somoeng, no staff to be seen so had to move on
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So went to the old favorite back in Samoeng
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Bikes got a lot of attention from the Samoeng school kids
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Con loves his sheepskin seats - this bike "may" be for sale
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Back towards Mae Rim on R1096 got caught up in police control point
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Bored, so had some fun with this guy, he didn't seem to have a sense of humor
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Back to Con's place for some bike talk about his bike modifications
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Explanations on how to make your ER6 exhaust sound awesome for 2,500 bht
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Really fun day out with an easy group of guys, couldn't have wished for better cool weather.
 
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