Captain_Slash
Community Manager
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2011
- Bikes
- BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
The Route 1090, 1167, 1288
Total Distance 222 km
I get off just past 8am and its a cold ride for an hour or so
I ride out for 80 km towards the Poeng Kloeng border then take a left onto a concrete road that goes down to Ban Kui Loeto
I ride around the village and theres fuel here at N15.49.603 E098.38.906
A bridge leads out of the village across the Mae Chan river
Then the road turns to unpaved at N15.49.542 E098.38.922
Plenty of workers to get this building up
These appear to want my photo
Another one of these bridges a bit further out
I found that at virtually every bridge crossing today there was a concrete road going down both sides of the river to drive through
Lots of solar panels seen today, fuel was available in this village at N15.45.646 E098.39.850
Another vehicle with its wheel off that had snapped off, digging a groove until it stopped
Back alongside the Mae Chan river
That looks deep and the water is hardly moving, I find a long bamboo nearly twice as tall as I am and push it right down, even with my arm in the water I cant reach the bottom so its over 3 metres deep here
Knowing how deep the water is no way am I trying that out
This girl has a hand pump at her house selling fuel at N15.42.538 E098.40.896
At last a wooden bridge
I had an interesting conversation with these guys, they were heading down the same track and told me it goes for another 60 km to villages but then its a dead end.
After 20 km I would reach a checkpoint and here I would need written permision to enter the wildlife sanctuary.
They had theirs and it was a medical trip for them
I was going to ride to the checkpoint but after a few km decided to not bother as it was very rocky and loose bulldust too, it would just waste time that I wanted to use exploring another dirt track on the way back to Umphang
The old wooden bridge on the way back, I take a couple of the water crossings riding back
I get back to the 1288 and ride back 20 km then take a left to ride to Ban Tilochi
Its a pleasant ride to the village
With a wooden bridge going over the Mae Chan river and leading into the village
I ride around the village and am told theres no fuel here
I ride north out of the village to see where this track goes to, I asked if I could get to Mae Chan this way but was told no
A couple of km later it reaches the Mae Chan river with no bridge crossing
People are walking over a rickety looking bamboo bridge
Thailand never ceases to amaze me, here I am out in the middle of nowhere sweating my nuts off then the ice cream man turns up
After I have relieved him of an ice cream he rides of through the river, I decide to leave exploring this track further for another time
The footpath that people were walking over
A spaghetti carbonera for 110 Baht and garlic bread for 40 Baht at Paulas Corner, it was very nice too
You can get the gdb file from my website here … http://www.captainslash.com
Total Distance 222 km
I get off just past 8am and its a cold ride for an hour or so
I ride out for 80 km towards the Poeng Kloeng border then take a left onto a concrete road that goes down to Ban Kui Loeto
I ride around the village and theres fuel here at N15.49.603 E098.38.906
A bridge leads out of the village across the Mae Chan river
Then the road turns to unpaved at N15.49.542 E098.38.922
Plenty of workers to get this building up
These appear to want my photo
Another one of these bridges a bit further out
I found that at virtually every bridge crossing today there was a concrete road going down both sides of the river to drive through
Lots of solar panels seen today, fuel was available in this village at N15.45.646 E098.39.850
Another vehicle with its wheel off that had snapped off, digging a groove until it stopped
Back alongside the Mae Chan river
That looks deep and the water is hardly moving, I find a long bamboo nearly twice as tall as I am and push it right down, even with my arm in the water I cant reach the bottom so its over 3 metres deep here
Knowing how deep the water is no way am I trying that out
This girl has a hand pump at her house selling fuel at N15.42.538 E098.40.896
At last a wooden bridge
I had an interesting conversation with these guys, they were heading down the same track and told me it goes for another 60 km to villages but then its a dead end.
After 20 km I would reach a checkpoint and here I would need written permision to enter the wildlife sanctuary.
They had theirs and it was a medical trip for them
I was going to ride to the checkpoint but after a few km decided to not bother as it was very rocky and loose bulldust too, it would just waste time that I wanted to use exploring another dirt track on the way back to Umphang
The old wooden bridge on the way back, I take a couple of the water crossings riding back
I get back to the 1288 and ride back 20 km then take a left to ride to Ban Tilochi
Its a pleasant ride to the village
With a wooden bridge going over the Mae Chan river and leading into the village
I ride around the village and am told theres no fuel here
I ride north out of the village to see where this track goes to, I asked if I could get to Mae Chan this way but was told no
A couple of km later it reaches the Mae Chan river with no bridge crossing
People are walking over a rickety looking bamboo bridge
Thailand never ceases to amaze me, here I am out in the middle of nowhere sweating my nuts off then the ice cream man turns up
After I have relieved him of an ice cream he rides of through the river, I decide to leave exploring this track further for another time
The footpath that people were walking over
A spaghetti carbonera for 110 Baht and garlic bread for 40 Baht at Paulas Corner, it was very nice too
You can get the gdb file from my website here … http://www.captainslash.com
