16-12-16 Mae Sariang-Chaloeng Tai And Chaloeng Klang

Captain_Slash

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Jun 28, 2011
Bikes
BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
Total distance 140 km

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Chicken Penang curry with rice at Sawaddee 100 Baht
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Its a very dull day but at least it doesn't rain
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Perhaps that led to the third village but who knows
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I walk past and the track does carry on but no way of getting over the collapse
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They tell me the track ahead is broken and they aren't kidding
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Finally in Chaloeng Klang
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Looking back down and I have the pleasure of riding down there later on
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This steep hill with a loose rocky surface took a lot of sweating and swearing to ascend.
For part of it I had to walk alongside the bike revving it in 1st as that was the only way to get up
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The track splits, the right fork only goes 100-200 metres before this
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The track carries on to the next village
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Now in Chaloeng Tai
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That village is one I explored yesterday
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Climbing up into the hills looking for three unmapped villages
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Shame there was no one around to translate the village names
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Riding along the Mae Ngao river in the Nam Ngao NP
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Its a dismal cloudy start to the day
 
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