2wheels
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I needed to 'hit the road' today, so headed out from Doi Saket on 118 and, for the first time, called in to have a closer look at the site where nearly everyone (myself included) sounds the car/bike horn when passing. Anything for a safer journey on the 118 speedway!
N 18.53414
E 99.09848
I'd driven and ridden past this many times and didn't realise it was a coffee stop/restaurant.
Must try it on my next ride that way. (Ban Gan Han)
It was a late breakfast stop here, about 42kms from Chiang Mai; one of my favouritest places.
Pang Faen Resort is a really nice stop, with good food and pleasant service.
Many people rush past but it's worth a stop.
N 19.01078
E 99.17378
Go down to the stream at the back of the place, which was raging today after the rains.
I rode only a bit further and turned off 118 and onto 1252 at
N 19.01078
E 99.17967
I hadn't ridden this road before and was soon extremely glad that I chose it today.
Bumpy, slippery, twisty, hair-pins, steep climbs and steep descents.
Nice views in the gentle drizzle.
I stopped at an attractive little Temple in a quiet village. (Wat Giew Dam)
These old road markers are nice.
Still on 1252 and loving it.
I stopped at this stream, removed the helmet and walked around a while.
Birds singing, water roaring, no traffic.
Ancestor to the Aussie dingo.
We Aussies are always amused, some surprised, to see this canine which is so familiar to us.
Handsome dog prowling in the rain.
Another stop to soak up the solitude, still on the wonderful 1252.
'Ban Unforgettable' on 1252. (For the Nat 'King' Cole fans).
Then I diverted off 1252 at
N 18.54338
E 99.17341
to investigate what appeared to be an interesting location.
Just a short ride along a slippery, steep, leaf-strewn track to a water crossing, which I did ...
(That's where 'wet feet' comes into the story).
... rather than the walk the bike over this.
However the 'Knowledge Center' was merely an empty shelter in which, I guess, lessons are given about the local area. Nothing to see here ... or is there?
So a cautious short ride back to the splendid 1252 and on to the T junction at the Mae Takhrai National Park.
Turn left to Sankampaeng ...
... or right to Ban Pong Ding.
Easy choice!
Along the way I rode past 'Coffee Corner' then did a U-turn and called in.
It's a delightful little place and I took the chance to discard most of my wet gear, sip a nice hot Americana and cold water ...
... and chat with the delightful Khun Goong.
She has very good English and is a real gem of a lady.
We seemed to 'click' and chatted about everything from the wretched 'Tiered Pricing' policy in Thailand, to pensions, to Laos, to gardens and fruit trees, to Australian Aborigines; we pretty well covered it all during the hour I stayed.
Khun Goong asked if I had ever seen purple bananas.
'No, what do they taste like?'
'Come on, I'll give you a little purple banana tree for your garden.
So I carried it very carefully back home in my pack-pack.
So it was 'pop gan mai' to dear Khun Goong and back onto 118, which I soon diverted from by turning left into the Huai Hong Khrai Royal Development Project.
I'm always pleased to see these ribbons.
And this is where 'peacocks' comes in.
I've never seen such a sign in Thailand before.
I just wended my way along at whim, checking the Montana occasionally.
Ahhh, I'd been here a couple of weeks earlier. (Huai Hong Khrai Reservoir) so I had to stop to smell the Eucalypts.
Then Montana took me to 3024, heading back to Doi Saket.
I like things to be symbiotic.
Does this qualify Mr Midnight Mapper?
In to Nam Nong Bua ...
... and another Somtam and cold water (20 baht).
And home to view the sunset from an Eastern perspective.
N 18.53414
E 99.09848
I'd driven and ridden past this many times and didn't realise it was a coffee stop/restaurant.
Must try it on my next ride that way. (Ban Gan Han)
It was a late breakfast stop here, about 42kms from Chiang Mai; one of my favouritest places.
Pang Faen Resort is a really nice stop, with good food and pleasant service.
Many people rush past but it's worth a stop.
N 19.01078
E 99.17378
Go down to the stream at the back of the place, which was raging today after the rains.
I rode only a bit further and turned off 118 and onto 1252 at
N 19.01078
E 99.17967
I hadn't ridden this road before and was soon extremely glad that I chose it today.
Bumpy, slippery, twisty, hair-pins, steep climbs and steep descents.
Nice views in the gentle drizzle.
I stopped at an attractive little Temple in a quiet village. (Wat Giew Dam)
These old road markers are nice.
Still on 1252 and loving it.
I stopped at this stream, removed the helmet and walked around a while.
Birds singing, water roaring, no traffic.
Ancestor to the Aussie dingo.
We Aussies are always amused, some surprised, to see this canine which is so familiar to us.
Handsome dog prowling in the rain.
Another stop to soak up the solitude, still on the wonderful 1252.
'Ban Unforgettable' on 1252. (For the Nat 'King' Cole fans).
Then I diverted off 1252 at
N 18.54338
E 99.17341
to investigate what appeared to be an interesting location.
Just a short ride along a slippery, steep, leaf-strewn track to a water crossing, which I did ...
(That's where 'wet feet' comes into the story).
... rather than the walk the bike over this.
However the 'Knowledge Center' was merely an empty shelter in which, I guess, lessons are given about the local area. Nothing to see here ... or is there?
So a cautious short ride back to the splendid 1252 and on to the T junction at the Mae Takhrai National Park.
Turn left to Sankampaeng ...
... or right to Ban Pong Ding.
Easy choice!
Along the way I rode past 'Coffee Corner' then did a U-turn and called in.
It's a delightful little place and I took the chance to discard most of my wet gear, sip a nice hot Americana and cold water ...
... and chat with the delightful Khun Goong.
She has very good English and is a real gem of a lady.
We seemed to 'click' and chatted about everything from the wretched 'Tiered Pricing' policy in Thailand, to pensions, to Laos, to gardens and fruit trees, to Australian Aborigines; we pretty well covered it all during the hour I stayed.
Khun Goong asked if I had ever seen purple bananas.
'No, what do they taste like?'
'Come on, I'll give you a little purple banana tree for your garden.
So I carried it very carefully back home in my pack-pack.
So it was 'pop gan mai' to dear Khun Goong and back onto 118, which I soon diverted from by turning left into the Huai Hong Khrai Royal Development Project.
I'm always pleased to see these ribbons.
And this is where 'peacocks' comes in.
I've never seen such a sign in Thailand before.
I just wended my way along at whim, checking the Montana occasionally.
Ahhh, I'd been here a couple of weeks earlier. (Huai Hong Khrai Reservoir) so I had to stop to smell the Eucalypts.
Then Montana took me to 3024, heading back to Doi Saket.
I like things to be symbiotic.
Does this qualify Mr Midnight Mapper?
In to Nam Nong Bua ...
... and another Somtam and cold water (20 baht).
And home to view the sunset from an Eastern perspective.
