Chiang Mai-Two go Exploring East Of Town

[Captain_Slash]

The Route 1317, 5127, 5123

Total Distance 101 km

The riders

Heilong (Gene) Kawasaki KLX 250
Captain_Slash Kawasaki KLX 250

We try exploring further along a single track I found the other day close to the Huai Lan Reservoir

We get a bit further but then the track just dries up

An angry dog there by the looks of it

Next stop was the Mae Pha Haen Reservoir

The water is well low here now

We take a new unmapped dirt track, the dirt starts at N18.71588 E099.23648

Single track from N18.70740 E099.24300

We ride on further but decide its probably not worth carrying on so ride back

A superb buffet dinner at Riders Corner

Professionally cooked and very tasty indeed

200 Baht and well worth it

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[KTMphil]

I spoke to Gene last night and he said he had a great day out exploring with you, looks like he's keen to do some mapping down south.

Yesterday's tracks:



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[Ally]

Looks like a fun ride there Colin.

Ally

 

[heilong]

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Thanks Colin for taking me along to do some exploring. Before, I have almost always traveled alone (except couple of trips with a friend who rides a CBR250R, so these trips weren't exactly like this, although we did some dirt even with his bikes being a road bike). This kind of exploring together is pretty nice.
I particularly liked the area in the last picture. Looks pretty There was another scary trail running on the other side of the stream, but it looked like it can collapse under the weight of a bike.
And I'm really fascinating to be mapping some new unmapped trails. Before, when I traveled anywhere with no roads showing on my GPS, I always thought it would be good to put these tracks into a map. Well now that I know it's possible, I plan to contribute the tracks of my future travels. In a couple of weeks, I'll be going back to central Thai province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, where I live and will do most of my travels (but I also plan to do trips up to Kanchanaburi and down to Chumphon provinces).

 

[Captain_Slash]

It was a fun day out Gene and we must meet up again sometime

 

[heilong]

For sure, Colin!

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