27-10-19 Chiang Mai- New Offroad Link Up Over The Hills To Ban Pha Bo Jun

Captain_Slash

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BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
Distance 162 km
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Looking at yesterdays track on GE I noticed a large village in the middle of it, a road shows on the OSM leading to it so todays plan was to locate and explore it
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More fun on this narrow twisty road in the opposite direction
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I can see the village through the trees
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There appears to be a Church here
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Plua a tree full of pomelos
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Here I make my big error by not exploring the village first and decide to follow this dirt track up into the hills for a better view.
GE gave me no idea I would cross over and link up so I was expecting to ride in and back out by the same road
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Lovely views up here again
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The track splits and this one terminates here
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Turnaround point on another one
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This track which I was expecting to finish anytime just kept on surprising me by continuing
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From the peak I can see where I was riding yesterday, thats Ban Pha Bo Jun
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No way does this track look like it goes through, there is hardly any sign of usage
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I could see a few of these on GE last night and wondered what it was
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I chatted with these and as I rode off I was expecting them to signal the road was a dead end but nothing from them
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Even here I was expecting a dead end ahead
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I am heading down towards Ban Pha Bo Jun now
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It was a great find today and totally unexpected too
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Shame about the burning taking place already
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I am interested on what is happening here but no one speaks English that I see
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Tunnelling for what? GE shows something happening here, its at N19.23622 E098.88019 if anyone wants to check it out
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Exploring around and a paved road finishes and I am told this will take me out
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He rides past so I am thinking this is the way out
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Whatever is planted there has a scarecrow and two dummy birds to protect them
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Raiding the beehives, the guy who rode past is here too and tells me this isnt the way out so I have to ride back a bit to find it
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The herdsman tells me this is the way out
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The road forks and I take the left which brings me to a water crossing and after that I reach the paved road
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I explore where the car was being washed yesterday but a barrier is across the track and I could see there was nothing interesting there anyway
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The herdsman had gestured to veer to the right so I guessed there must be two ways out so I rode back to where I turned left
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This bridge was a bit wonky
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Just past this animal and I link up with where I met the herdsman
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Riding home I take the road that runs alongside the irrigation canal to the east of the 1001 for a long way, its a lovely scenic twisty road that was devoid of traffic unlike the 1001.
Tomorrow I now have to ride back to the village and explore it properly
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Chilli chicken and rice at Grill of India 200 Baht
 
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"Tunnelling for what?"

The notice doesn't give any clue as to what is going on either.

เขฅก่อสร้าง = contruction, อันตรย ห้ามเข้า = danger, no-entry

Sorry,

Roger
 
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