TravellingStrom
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- Oct 18, 2012
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- Suzuki Vstrom DL650K6, K7 and K9ABS
OK, back to the riding fun. I did not know how long the day would go for, but I started early at the Hot Bread once again. The owner thought I was leaving town because I arrived so early, LOL. Another great breakfast, a welcome start to the day 
My planned ride for the day did not actually go as planned, I missed a turn off and got confused by where the SatNav was taking me, so my loop turned into a figure 8 Basically I was to go east on the 1168 before turning north on the 1225. I was then supposed to take the minor road to the east on the 1257 at Santi Suk before joining the 1081 and going north once again to Bo Klua. I actually missed the turn off to the 1257 and instead went north and then just followed the 1081 to the east instead, bummer, but it happens. After Bo Klua I head west on the 1256 until it hits the 1081 again where I head south. After doing a short section of the 1081 for the second time I take the next turn west on the 1169 and head back 'home' That was the plan Stan!
So I headed off via the small village streets until I could find my first waypoint which was my start point. Due to roadworks I got diverted and I then caused a small obstruction as I parked my bike in the middle of the road so I could take a photo of 2 cocks and a dick, a bit rude but you get that
Just around the corner I nearly bumped into some cow handlers and their charges, I stopped until they went passed, I did not want to spook them, they are bigger than me and the road was very narrow. Mind you, most of the cows I have seen on or near the road have been traffic tolerant and they don't do crazy things like the ones back home.
It isn't long before I find my next turn and head north, keeping a wary eye out for the dogs through the villages who have a habit of sleeping in the middle of the road, usually in the shade where they blend in a bit!
It was quite fun taking this smaller minor road, but it was along here I missed the turn off that I had planned, I got confused by the village streets and next thing the SatNav said was to go straight ahead, which I did, but I should have taken the other road. Oh well, never mind and as I did not find out until later, nothing could be done about it. So, I was still on the the minor road 1225 leading to the 1169 and along here I found a Wat and a large beer bottle I have no idea what the bottle is about, but it was itself made of bottles :?:
It was only a few minutes later that I arrived at the junction and here I turned east on the 1081 to BolKlua which was only 50km away. This was a brilliant piece of road, well made very smooth and lots of fast sweeping bends with some hairpins thrown in for good measure, I had a smile on my dial along here and if I was two faced I would have a smile on both sides of my head I took some footage along here and I have to say, it was one of the best sections of road I have ridden so far.
I was getting low on fuel and decided to ask this copper at a road check point where I could buy some and there just happened to be a small shack at this little place, what luck, so I grabbed 10lt(it was quite expensive out here so I did not fill up) and headed off for more fun. What they do is pump 5lt into the glass jar from a 44gallon drum, then open the tap and it gravity feeds into the tank, simple but effective Check out the fun I had along here in the video, I had to do this all day and in the heat it can get quite tiring manhandling a 400kg bike all over the shop, but I would rather be doing this and getting sore arms than working
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As you can see it was quite a smooth ride and although I am no knee or peg scraper I still had mega fun. I arrived at the small town of Pak Huak where I turned north, still on the 1081 but I was now down in the valley and I could see the rice paddies changing to yellow as they dries out. Then I arrived in Bo Klua where I turned west on the 1256 and stopped for a nice cool drink and a packet of chips. I must say, blueberry flavoured Fanta tastes great and so do Sweet Basil chips, I wish they sold these versions in Oz :?:
This area was a lot higher than the earlier hills and there were some real nice climbing turns, only spoilt by the road works, but I guess with all the landslides they get here, then it is a necessary evil, but it is no fun on a heavy bike with loose gravel on a hard surface, it is like marbles, very slippery
The views made up for it though.
So after another hour or so I decided to stop for lunch, I had not seen too many roadside stalls lately and as it was hot anyway, I figured get some now where there is some as I might dip out later. It was just the usual, meat, noodles in a soup, but quite tasty and it was nice in the shade. When I left I crossed this small bridge which was being used as a drying rack for what looked like rice grains. Now that I was closer to the rice fields, maybe they were going yellow due to being ripe, rather than drying out, not being a farmer I have no idea
After this I arrived in Pua and headed south, back on the 1081 again and it was when I went past the big brown bottle made of bottles again, I realised I had stuffed up earlier, but I was hot and getting fatigued by now, so I continued until I turned south east on the 1169 and by about 2.30pm I was back having a nice cold shower and aircon again, a nice way to finish a ride
Here is a profile of the ride today followed by a small video of some different sections, a great day today
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Around 5.30 I decided to have dinner up at Tony's Place again, I had to return the pizza oven dish from the other day anyway, but I also wanted a few beers. I had checked my routes and visa dates and I could afford to have a day off tomorrow before heading north the day after on the 1148, the T-shirt road. I wanted to be fresh for that, so beer tonight, sleep in and rest up and catch up on the blog tomorrow, sounds like a plan As I walked by the hospital I saw a poster with the princess on it, it is quite likely she will be the next monarch of this country, I will say no more as I want to return to this country, but google is your friend as to why the prince may not get a look in.
So I had a few beers and a chat with Tony again, and tried to get bangers and mash, there were no snags but there were hamburger patties made from snag meat, so I had that instead with mashed potatoes underneath and peas, lovely stuff
Then Dr Loong turned up again, he had had a few, in fact he had been on the turps since 4am this morning, that is a fair effort indeed!!! Tony found one his books on the shelf and he posed for that
We chatted for a while before heading over to a hotel which he has shares in and where some nice chicas were singing
After that Tony and I went to Kad Nan, which is an area dedicated to bars, but it is horrible. Imagine half a football field, surrounded by shop fronts facing in and each playing loud music, all different, some live bands, some just tapes, but it was noisy and very annoying, a very disturbing place with all the different vibes competing with each other. Needless to say I did not stay long, Tony had offered me a lift home earlier when he left, but I had declined the offer to stay here, but I soon left and walked home, it was only 30 minutes away, even if I was half cut
Cheers from Nan
TravellingStrom
My planned ride for the day did not actually go as planned, I missed a turn off and got confused by where the SatNav was taking me, so my loop turned into a figure 8
Basically I was to go east on the 1168 before turning north on the 1225. I was then supposed to take the minor road to the east on the 1257 at Santi Suk before joining the 1081 and going north once again to Bo Klua. I actually missed the turn off to the 1257 and instead went north and then just followed the 1081 to the east instead, bummer, but it happens. After Bo Klua I head west on the 1256 until it hits the 1081 again where I head south. After doing a short section of the 1081 for the second time I take the next turn west on the 1169 and head back 'home' That was the plan Stan!
So I headed off via the small village streets until I could find my first waypoint which was my start point. Due to roadworks I got diverted and I then caused a small obstruction as I parked my bike in the middle of the road so I could take a photo of 2 cocks and a dick, a bit rude but you get that
Just around the corner I nearly bumped into some cow handlers and their charges, I stopped until they went passed, I did not want to spook them, they are bigger than me and the road was very narrow. Mind you, most of the cows I have seen on or near the road have been traffic tolerant and they don't do crazy things like the ones back home.
It isn't long before I find my next turn and head north, keeping a wary eye out for the dogs through the villages who have a habit of sleeping in the middle of the road, usually in the shade where they blend in a bit!
It was quite fun taking this smaller minor road, but it was along here I missed the turn off that I had planned, I got confused by the village streets and next thing the SatNav said was to go straight ahead, which I did, but I should have taken the other road. Oh well, never mind and as I did not find out until later, nothing could be done about it. So, I was still on the the minor road 1225 leading to the 1169 and along here I found a Wat and a large beer bottle
I have no idea what the bottle is about, but it was itself made of bottles :?:
It was only a few minutes later that I arrived at the junction and here I turned east on the 1081 to BolKlua which was only 50km away. This was a brilliant piece of road, well made very smooth and lots of fast sweeping bends with some hairpins thrown in for good measure, I had a smile on my dial along here and if I was two faced I would have a smile on both sides of my head
I took some footage along here and I have to say, it was one of the best sections of road I have ridden so far.
I was getting low on fuel and decided to ask this copper at a road check point where I could buy some and there just happened to be a small shack at this little place, what luck, so I grabbed 10lt(it was quite expensive out here so I did not fill up) and headed off for more fun. What they do is pump 5lt into the glass jar from a 44gallon drum, then open the tap and it gravity feeds into the tank, simple but effective
Check out the fun I had along here in the video, I had to do this all day and in the heat it can get quite tiring manhandling a 400kg bike all over the shop, but I would rather be doing this and getting sore arms than working
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.
.
As you can see it was quite a smooth ride and although I am no knee or peg scraper I still had mega fun. I arrived at the small town of Pak Huak where I turned north, still on the 1081 but I was now down in the valley and I could see the rice paddies changing to yellow as they dries out. Then I arrived in Bo Klua where I turned west on the 1256 and stopped for a nice cool drink and a packet of chips. I must say, blueberry flavoured Fanta tastes great and so do Sweet Basil chips, I wish they sold these versions in Oz :?:
This area was a lot higher than the earlier hills and there were some real nice climbing turns, only spoilt by the road works, but I guess with all the landslides they get here, then it is a necessary evil, but it is no fun on a heavy bike with loose gravel on a hard surface, it is like marbles, very slippery
The views made up for it though.
So after another hour or so I decided to stop for lunch, I had not seen too many roadside stalls lately and as it was hot anyway, I figured get some now where there is some as I might dip out later. It was just the usual, meat, noodles in a soup, but quite tasty and it was nice in the shade. When I left I crossed this small bridge which was being used as a drying rack for what looked like rice grains. Now that I was closer to the rice fields, maybe they were going yellow due to being ripe, rather than drying out, not being a farmer I have no idea
After this I arrived in Pua and headed south, back on the 1081 again and it was when I went past the big brown bottle made of bottles again, I realised I had stuffed up earlier, but I was hot and getting fatigued by now, so I continued until I turned south east on the 1169 and by about 2.30pm I was back having a nice cold shower and aircon again, a nice way to finish a ride
Here is a profile of the ride today followed by a small video of some different sections, a great day today
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Around 5.30 I decided to have dinner up at Tony's Place again, I had to return the pizza oven dish from the other day anyway, but I also wanted a few beers. I had checked my routes and visa dates and I could afford to have a day off tomorrow before heading north the day after on the 1148, the T-shirt road. I wanted to be fresh for that, so beer tonight, sleep in and rest up and catch up on the blog tomorrow, sounds like a plan
As I walked by the hospital I saw a poster with the princess on it, it is quite likely she will be the next monarch of this country, I will say no more as I want to return to this country, but google is your friend as to why the prince may not get a look in.
So I had a few beers and a chat with Tony again, and tried to get bangers and mash, there were no snags but there were hamburger patties made from snag meat, so I had that instead with mashed potatoes underneath and peas, lovely stuff
Then Dr Loong turned up again, he had had a few, in fact he had been on the turps since 4am this morning, that is a fair effort indeed!!! Tony found one his books on the shelf and he posed for that
We chatted for a while before heading over to a hotel which he has shares in and where some nice chicas were singing
After that Tony and I went to Kad Nan, which is an area dedicated to bars, but it is horrible. Imagine half a football field, surrounded by shop fronts facing in and each playing loud music, all different, some live bands, some just tapes, but it was noisy and very annoying, a very disturbing place with all the different vibes competing with each other. Needless to say I did not stay long, Tony had offered me a lift home earlier when he left, but I had declined the offer to stay here, but I soon left and walked home, it was only 30 minutes away, even if I was half cut
Cheers from Nan
TravellingStrom
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