Nan-1342-1024-Nan Loop 12-12-2010

[Captain_Slash]

The route 101, 1216, 1217, 1342, 1134, 4018, 1101, 1024, Unknown,

Total distance 307 km

On a cloudy muggy murky morning I make my way out along the 101 for about seventy km then take a left onto the 1216

I take a right onto the 1217 and the surface along here leaves a lot to be desired

Lots of sacks of maize waiting to be picked up

Theres a lot of this plus some major potholes thrown in for good measure

I take a right onto the 1342

I am disappointed by the lack of greenery up here but at least its not on fire yet

The Mae Thang Reservoir in the distance

I ride down a narrow concrete road to the reservoir then realise there must be another entrance

A bit further on at N18.13.903 E100.18.747 I take a left on an unnumbered road and ride 2 km to the reservoir

The car park is at N18.13.185 E100.19.299 and there are some floating restaurants here

I ride on taking a few other roads then its onto the 1024 and here the scenery improves

A few km along the 1024 at N18.07.036 E100.17.854 I take a right onto a narrow unnumbered concrete road

That finishes 9.7 km later at this village at N18.05.204 E100.18.990

On the way back I stop for photos at what I assume is the view point, top marks for the spelling

This concrete road is in perfect condition

Back on the 1024 and see how brown the grass is compared to a photo of the same spot that Johpa posted recently, what a difference a month or two makes

I ride to the end of the 1024 and take a right onto the 1342, instead of turning left onto the 1217 I ride on down to a small village where a concrete road runs out the other side, I usually ride to the end of this going up a steep hill then turn around

Today it keeps on going then turns into a new asphalt road I ride to this village then stop as its getting too late to ride it any further

I mark it here as N18.12.564 E100.25.386 and hopefully this is the road that will lead to Na Muen that Johpa spoke about, I will try it from the Na Muen end tomorrow

Back on the 1217, a rough surface but great scenery

Tonys special tonight was a whole roast baby chicken, gravy, a double portion of saute potatoes, onions and a yorkshire pudding for 238 Baht, it was lovely and all of it was consumed tonight.

Get the gdb file here http://www.captainslash.com/nan-1342-1024-nan-loop/

 

[KTMphil]

Tony at Tony's place really looks like he puts some effort into what he's doing, I want to try this place when I'm in Nan next.

Colin do you have the gps co-ords of it?

 

[Lone Rider]

It is on the North Thailand Offroad map - Scroll to Nan on the GPS map and use the "Find" button and then "Find nearest places", select "All Points of Interest" and type in Tony and you will find that the location is N18 47.934 E100 47.453

 

[KTMphil]

Thanks Auke that makes it easy

 

[Captain_Slash]

I have put a post up on Tony's Place in Food & Drink for those interested