Mae Sot-More New Dirt South Off The 105

Captain_Slash

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Jun 28, 2011
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BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
The route 105

Total distance 168 km
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Dirt starts and finishes today at N16 44.446 E098 51.378
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Not a lot of scenery photo opportunities to start with as I have tree cover all around me
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Out into the open at last
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These bananas had fallen down onto the road, I moved them onto the side and a few hours later on the ride back I saw they were still there much to my surprise
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Theres this old bridge here that appears to get all the use
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While this new one next to it appears to be virtually unused
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Now some good scenery
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Lots of happy workers and their children seen along the route today
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Quite a few pickups fully laden went past but thankfully all were going in the opposite direction
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Bits of concrete in places and some of these were steep
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I reach a village at N16 38.421 E098 53.749. No fuel sold here
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It looked like every house had its own solar power panel
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According to my GPS the track finishes here but my eyesight tells me it goes on
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That looks like a good spot for my lunch break
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A bit of shade but its surprising how windy it is up here
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I was trying to fathom out why this small area was fenced off with barbed wire
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Under the trees and a lot of muddy bits
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That looks like another village down through the trees
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Now in the village at N16 36.818 E098 56.564
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A small shop here and a couple of bags of peanuts were bought and consumed
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Now to ride on and see if this track will head east and link up with the track I was on yesterday
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I am heading south and its not looking very promising
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Not that way and no sign of motorised traffic crossing there
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Another dead end
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I ride to the brow of another hill but no route here either, time to ride back the way I got here
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Now to enjoy the fun ride back on another new track for me
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Wadee Restaurant at N16 42.806 E098 33.437 opposite and just past Casa Mia
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Indoor seating is non smoking
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Burmese food here and this is supposed to be a spicy dish.
Time to enjoy pork again as for obvious reasons its not on the menu at the Muslim restaurants I usually frequent
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My pork curry arrives but although the flavour is pleasant enough if this is their idea of spicy I shudder to think how bland the mild version is, 80 Baht including rice


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