23-2-18 Mae Sariang-Walking To The Yuam/Mae Sariang Rivers Confluence

Captain_Slash

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Jun 28, 2011
Bikes
BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
Total distance 14.1 km
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The street cleaners are busy today, I was expecting a visit from a VIP but they said nobody is coming
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Now to follow this offroad track that runs alongside the Mae Sariang river
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She is busy picking the tops from the trees
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Along here I have company, a guy is chopping bamboos
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These lot have been fishing going by the harpoon guns I could see them carrying
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Now I am walking alongside the Yuam river but they are getting closer together now
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The double track finishes here and even bikes cant go any further, he beckons me to go on despite the danger pesticides posters all over the place
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This is what I now have to follow to reach the confluence
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The Mae Sariang river again
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Now I am walking on the dried up bed of one of the rivers
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Its getting harder to get through now
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I was about to give up at this point but standing on tip toe I could see the river just ahead so I crawled through here
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At last I am there
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The Yuam
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Mae Sariang
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Combined
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I walk back upstream along the Mae Sariang river for a bit hoping to find a better way back but as I didnt want my boots soaked I soon walked back the way I came
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Halfway back and here it looks like a field on the other side of the Mae Sariang river, I will explore that possibly tomorrow
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Tobacco, Maize and lots of other crops all grown here
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Back in town and this snake on the road had been run over
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Pork from the market 60 Baht with fries from Intira 70 Baht
 
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