Two days in the dusty wake of Capt. Slash.
For years I have been reading his ride reports and seen Thailand in thousands of pictures through his lens. Finally I got to meet the man, and got to ride with him for 2 dusty days. A pity I did not have more time. Another time maybe?
A sunny morning and we are heading up to Santisuk in Nan. Colin want to see if he can link up some trials from last year.
First stop and Colin as the Gentleman he is, is checking if I am happy with his pace.
Most of the farmland here looks to be used for corn to feed the live stock. Colin having a chat and takes some pictures.
Time for lunch in a shaded area. And true enough, the onion came up.
Another stop in the shade!
Nope, not a trial through here.
This trail ended in the middle of a very steep corn field. But Colin seams to be an expert in turning around.
Some of the jungle wanted to come back with me.
Up another hill looking for trials.
Never seen this on a car before, but needed in this are for sure.
As we stopped at something that looked like a dead end, we saw a pickup driving into the corn field. Colin had a track from last year just around the hill and hoped it would link up. We did not get further than this.
At the end of the day we had some of Tonys great food. Thanks Tony.
Next morning Colin found some new "race track" where it was a gravel road last year. Only in Nan!
And this was what Colin was looking for.
Checking trough all maps on the GPS to see if any trail was not on any map. We followed anything not on the map in hope to link up trials.
It was more dusty than this.
Two men in their prime, dirty, dusty and happy just as only boys can be.
Nan is spectacular on both paved and unpaved roads. Not everyone get to see both. But there is always Capt Slash ride reports for those who don't want to do both!
In the middle of nowhere we found a man trimming the edges of a trial. He ends up in Colins camera too.
X max is coming up, and Colins xmas wishes seams to come through. Roads everywhere.
A happy man after linking yet another trial.
A rubber tree. Now we know where the next condom is coming from.
A "single and half" trial link up another loop. Very steep hills.
Not so much dust up this hill.
Not sure what this guy was hunting but the barrel was very long.
While Colin walked up to see if this steep trial lead anywhere I cleared away the bags of corn.
It did not, and Colin is coming down faster than planned.
Beautiful view in Nan.
Yet another picture is taken.
Last check for the day. This ended in a dead end too.
The sun is setting and brings out the warm colours.
Colin riding into the sunset after what he called another productive day. Back to Tony and a special order of curry was waiting for us.
Thanks for letting me tag along. I truly enjoyed it.
For years I have been reading his ride reports and seen Thailand in thousands of pictures through his lens. Finally I got to meet the man, and got to ride with him for 2 dusty days. A pity I did not have more time. Another time maybe?
A sunny morning and we are heading up to Santisuk in Nan. Colin want to see if he can link up some trials from last year.
First stop and Colin as the Gentleman he is, is checking if I am happy with his pace.
Most of the farmland here looks to be used for corn to feed the live stock. Colin having a chat and takes some pictures.
Time for lunch in a shaded area. And true enough, the onion came up.
Another stop in the shade!
Nope, not a trial through here.
This trail ended in the middle of a very steep corn field. But Colin seams to be an expert in turning around.
Some of the jungle wanted to come back with me.
Up another hill looking for trials.
Never seen this on a car before, but needed in this are for sure.
As we stopped at something that looked like a dead end, we saw a pickup driving into the corn field. Colin had a track from last year just around the hill and hoped it would link up. We did not get further than this.
At the end of the day we had some of Tonys great food. Thanks Tony.
Next morning Colin found some new "race track" where it was a gravel road last year. Only in Nan!
And this was what Colin was looking for.
Checking trough all maps on the GPS to see if any trail was not on any map. We followed anything not on the map in hope to link up trials.
It was more dusty than this.
Two men in their prime, dirty, dusty and happy just as only boys can be.
Nan is spectacular on both paved and unpaved roads. Not everyone get to see both. But there is always Capt Slash ride reports for those who don't want to do both!
In the middle of nowhere we found a man trimming the edges of a trial. He ends up in Colins camera too.
X max is coming up, and Colins xmas wishes seams to come through. Roads everywhere.
A happy man after linking yet another trial.
A rubber tree. Now we know where the next condom is coming from.
A "single and half" trial link up another loop. Very steep hills.
Not so much dust up this hill.
Not sure what this guy was hunting but the barrel was very long.
While Colin walked up to see if this steep trial lead anywhere I cleared away the bags of corn.
It did not, and Colin is coming down faster than planned.
Beautiful view in Nan.
Yet another picture is taken.
Last check for the day. This ended in a dead end too.
The sun is setting and brings out the warm colours.
Colin riding into the sunset after what he called another productive day. Back to Tony and a special order of curry was waiting for us.
Thanks for letting me tag along. I truly enjoyed it.
