Super motard to Pai & the 300,000bht cappuccino machine

[KTMphil]

Super motard to Pai & the 300,000bht cappuccino machine

Approaching the end of rainy season in north Thailand, beautiful dry day, so a few of us took a super motard ride out to Pai.

One of the guys riding with us said "There's a brand new coffee place 66km's from here that I want to stop at, they have a 300,000 bht cappuccino machine". (So from Chiang Mai it's roughly a 1/3 rd of the way to Pai)

Spending that much on a coffee maker made us all very curious, so that was our 1st stop.

The place that had the super expensive coffee-maker is called the "Papae Coffee Hill & Resort". Brand new place with the resort and restaurant part almost finished.

Great looking coffee shop to the right hand side

The 300,000 bht cappuccino machine

I'm told it was good coffee (i'm not a coffee drinker)

Restaurant looks like its just finished

Some of the Papae Coffee Hill & Resort chalets still under construction

This huge building looked fabulous, couldn't make out if it was the owners house or rooms to rent in the resort

Inside the coffee shop, looks like at 50 bht a coffee, they'll have to sell a few to get their 300,000 bht back

 

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That has to be the shortest trip report ever...

 

[KTMphil]

This is where the Papae Coffee Hill & Resort is located on R 1095

GPS Co-Ords :

19 DEG 07 58.5 N

098 DEG 42 14.2 E


Map of the location below:

Next stop was Pai, the Pic Pac Deli Corner bakery in Pai does a mean sandwich

Map of the location of the Pic Pac Deli Corner location in Pai is below. (at the "Y" in the road, where you can see the PTT petrol station to the right, as you approach Pai town stay right)

One of the guys with us had "Pirelli Diablo Rain" tires on his super motard bike. The grip from them even in sand and gravel corners is quite amazing. You might get 2,500-3,000km's out of them & they're about 12,000 bht a set. the compound is super-soft.

 

[KTMphil]

That has to be the shortest trip report ever...

Short but fun Mr. Knudsen, don't you agree?

 

[KTMphil]

R 107 from Chiang Mai to R 1095 (road to Pai & Mae Hong Son) is very straight and dull.

A nice alternative is when heading north on R 107 from Chiang Mai, after about 14km take the left to onto R 1096 signposted to Samoeng - ONLY go about 400 meters and take the right turn signposted to Tiger Kingdom, this will take you north onto R 4026, which goes all the way north to R 1095,it's a much more interesting ride, see map below:

 

[Lightemup]

That has to be the shortest trip report ever...

Short but fun Mr. Knudsen, don't you agree?

Gave up trying to keep up with you guys, way to fast cornering for me.