New Dirt Tracks Off The 1001

Captain_Slash

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Jun 28, 2011
Bikes
BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
Total trip 135 km

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Chicken Massaman at Mama's Kitchen 80 Baht
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Thats looking ahead, doesnt look like it gets much use
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I try to find the confluence of the Ping and Mae Taeng rivers but the asphalt road going to it turns to this
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Riding through those trees was rather cooler then out in the sun
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Water is flowing out and I guess that was my water crossing a bit earlier on
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The track ends at this small reservoir
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My only water crossing, in a few weeks I expect this will be dried up
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Another track a couple of km further along the 1001
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I walk inside but this building is deserted
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It runs alongside the Ping for a way then this locked gate stops progress, the esri map shows another 300 metres and thers a track going back to the paved road but unfortunately there is no way to get the bike through
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This too soon reaches the Ping
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Another track starts here
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Tobacco growing here
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The track was muddy in places and goes to the Ping
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After reaching the 1001 it was a few km before trying out an unmapped track
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He was maintaining a steady pace along there
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Its much more scenic and a lot quieter
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The road that runs alongside the irrigation canal is a much nicer route then taking the 1001 going north from Mae Jo
 
"Silvicultural", now there's a word we don't see very often.
'The growing and cultivation of trees'.
Good one Colin.
 
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