Captain_Slash
Community Manager
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2011
- Bikes
- BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
The Route 108, 3010, 1270
Total Distance 160 km
I head east along the 108 then take a left onto the 3010 to visit the Mae Umlong Luang hot spring
Its a lovely twisty road but the surface badly needs a road sweeper going along it to clean all the loose sand off of it
At N18.12.288 E098.00.622 I take a left onto an unpaved surface to ride to the hot spring
The ice cream man is here waiting for me so I relieve him of one, just what I needed on this hot day
I park the bike up here at N18.12.281 E098.00.038 then walk over the river to see the hot spring
That bridge is new since I was last here about four or five years ago
But as half the suspension bridge is missing this is still the way across the river, the same as before
The hot bath for those who want it
The first hot spring
76C seems to be the temperature here
I ride on along the 3010 and I am trying to remember if it was surfaced this far on the last ride which was on the Phantom and at least three years ago
A shame about the loose sand on that lovely surface
The surface turns to dirt at N18.12.644 E098.01.721
I ride through a completely dried up riverbed here
No worries of a fire here, its all been completely burnt already
At N18.13.132 E098.02.250 the surface turns to a new concrete road that definitely wasnt here on my last trip
This is a nice road
Fuel is available from the hand pump at N18.13.454 E098.02.879
The surface returns to dirt at N18.14.591 E098.02.957
They certainly chucked up a dust cloud
The scenery up here is great with much better visibility than I expected
That looks like it will be going up in smoke soon
Its back to a good paved surface again at N18.16.091 E098.03.159
I stop at a village and fuel is sold here in bottles at N18.17.026. E098.05.163 and a bit further along from a hand pump at N18.17.067 E098.05.213
At the end of the village the surface turns to dirt with a vengeance at N18.17.071 E098.05.227
I am really enjoying this ride up here today and after a while it is very windy which keeps the temperature down and hopefully blows all the haze away, perhaps thats why its so clear up here
Its very slow going at times as its deep loose bulldust quite often
I get another piece of a good concrete surface from N18.17.751 E098.08.639
As I rode along here I thought the wind was going to blow me over the side, it was really gusty up here.
This lovely surface finishes at the end of the 3010 at N18.18.522 E098.09.150
I take a right onto a dusty dirt track which will eventually become the 1270
Although I have rode along here a couple of times before I have never known it to be such a loose deep sand/bulldust surface, last time it was just bumpy
Fuel was available from a handpump at N18.18.062 E098.09.984
Cabbages, cabbages and even more cabbages growing along here
At last the lovely asphalt surface of the 1270 which starts at N18.16.348 E098.10.829 and after stopping to generously lubricate the chain I was off enjoying this road.
Further on was more fuel from handpumps on either side of the road at N18.15.653 E098.10.145
Along the 108 back to Mae Sariang I ride through a few of these, not nice at all
Grilled chicken, fries and onions at Sawaddee for 200 Baht
You can get the gdb file from my website here … http://www.captainslash.com
Total Distance 160 km
I head east along the 108 then take a left onto the 3010 to visit the Mae Umlong Luang hot spring
Its a lovely twisty road but the surface badly needs a road sweeper going along it to clean all the loose sand off of it
At N18.12.288 E098.00.622 I take a left onto an unpaved surface to ride to the hot spring
The ice cream man is here waiting for me so I relieve him of one, just what I needed on this hot day
I park the bike up here at N18.12.281 E098.00.038 then walk over the river to see the hot spring
That bridge is new since I was last here about four or five years ago
But as half the suspension bridge is missing this is still the way across the river, the same as before
The hot bath for those who want it
The first hot spring
76C seems to be the temperature here
I ride on along the 3010 and I am trying to remember if it was surfaced this far on the last ride which was on the Phantom and at least three years ago
A shame about the loose sand on that lovely surface
The surface turns to dirt at N18.12.644 E098.01.721
I ride through a completely dried up riverbed here
No worries of a fire here, its all been completely burnt already
At N18.13.132 E098.02.250 the surface turns to a new concrete road that definitely wasnt here on my last trip
This is a nice road
Fuel is available from the hand pump at N18.13.454 E098.02.879
The surface returns to dirt at N18.14.591 E098.02.957
They certainly chucked up a dust cloud
The scenery up here is great with much better visibility than I expected
That looks like it will be going up in smoke soon
Its back to a good paved surface again at N18.16.091 E098.03.159
I stop at a village and fuel is sold here in bottles at N18.17.026. E098.05.163 and a bit further along from a hand pump at N18.17.067 E098.05.213
At the end of the village the surface turns to dirt with a vengeance at N18.17.071 E098.05.227
I am really enjoying this ride up here today and after a while it is very windy which keeps the temperature down and hopefully blows all the haze away, perhaps thats why its so clear up here
Its very slow going at times as its deep loose bulldust quite often
I get another piece of a good concrete surface from N18.17.751 E098.08.639
As I rode along here I thought the wind was going to blow me over the side, it was really gusty up here.
This lovely surface finishes at the end of the 3010 at N18.18.522 E098.09.150
I take a right onto a dusty dirt track which will eventually become the 1270
Although I have rode along here a couple of times before I have never known it to be such a loose deep sand/bulldust surface, last time it was just bumpy
Fuel was available from a handpump at N18.18.062 E098.09.984
Cabbages, cabbages and even more cabbages growing along here
At last the lovely asphalt surface of the 1270 which starts at N18.16.348 E098.10.829 and after stopping to generously lubricate the chain I was off enjoying this road.
Further on was more fuel from handpumps on either side of the road at N18.15.653 E098.10.145
Along the 108 back to Mae Sariang I ride through a few of these, not nice at all
Grilled chicken, fries and onions at Sawaddee for 200 Baht
You can get the gdb file from my website here … http://www.captainslash.com
