Changnoi1
Senior Member
Since about 4 months I am living in Nan, motorbike riding paradise. Unfortunately it is a bit raining and I am not an all-weather biker. But 10 days ago there were a few nice days so I took the bike for a ride to Chiang Rai. I took the scenic route via the 1148. Wow what a great road and everything is so beautiful green now.
Passing Phu Lankha (one and only coffee shop along the 1148). At Song Kwae I took a side trip to the Thai-Lao border market (only on sundays) with a border crossing for locals. Nice and good road all the way to the border with some road construction.
Coming to CR I made a bit of unplanned sight-seeing on a route that I thought would be a quit back road but it was a bit busy. On the way back I took a bit different route via Pong (many beautiful wooden houses). Although the first 20km were dry, until just after Pong I was riding in the rain (not my favourite thing). So I was very happy to see a brand new coffee shop just before Chiang Muan. Very good hot chocolate .... and a good clean toilet!
I am trying to insert photos ... but the first option "via computer" does not really work. Second option "via URL". Seems to work. Will have a look how it looks and maybe add more later. Of course you can read the full report at my own travel-blog at http://changnoi1.blogspot.com/2016/08/on-motorbike-from-nan-to-chiang-rai-in.html
Well if anyone is (going to) riding in Nan .. let me know. Maybe we can meet for a chat / snack / ride. In the meanwhile I am exploring the back roads of Nan province, like the area of the mountains between Nan and Phayao province.
Passing Phu Lankha (one and only coffee shop along the 1148). At Song Kwae I took a side trip to the Thai-Lao border market (only on sundays) with a border crossing for locals. Nice and good road all the way to the border with some road construction.
Coming to CR I made a bit of unplanned sight-seeing on a route that I thought would be a quit back road but it was a bit busy. On the way back I took a bit different route via Pong (many beautiful wooden houses). Although the first 20km were dry, until just after Pong I was riding in the rain (not my favourite thing). So I was very happy to see a brand new coffee shop just before Chiang Muan. Very good hot chocolate .... and a good clean toilet!
I am trying to insert photos ... but the first option "via computer" does not really work. Second option "via URL". Seems to work. Will have a look how it looks and maybe add more later. Of course you can read the full report at my own travel-blog at http://changnoi1.blogspot.com/2016/08/on-motorbike-from-nan-to-chiang-rai-in.html
Well if anyone is (going to) riding in Nan .. let me know. Maybe we can meet for a chat / snack / ride. In the meanwhile I am exploring the back roads of Nan province, like the area of the mountains between Nan and Phayao province.
