Nan-Wa Hydropower+New Dirt Off The 1168

Captain_Slash

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Jun 28, 2011
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BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
The route 1168, 1243

Total distance 268 km
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In Mae Charim
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The dam is built and not a very large reservoir at all
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The project is finished and electricity is now being produced
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Now to ride to the end of the 1168 to explore where the dirt road goes
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Looking down into the village at the end of the paved road and it now looks like the paved surface has been extended
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A very fresh surface with no lines on it yet
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The paved surface finishes at N18.75676 E101.19861
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Its been a week since I last rode offroad and its great to be back exploring fresh unpaved again.
I am starting to lose interest in too much of the paved stuff on a daily basis
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It is reasonably close to the Laos border here
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I ride through a village at N18.78274 E101.21881
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Finally they get sawing
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North of the village I explore some tracks
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Conveniently placed for me to eat my lunch in the shade
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This rutted track carried on northwards and I will explore it further on another visit along with some other side tracks I didnt have time for today
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At this point here my GPS says I am about 1.4km from the Laos border but its very steep and loose and I turn around here as I now need to go downhill and I am concerned about getting back up again
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On the ride back I ride through this village at N18.76502 E101.20468
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I ride back to the paved surface and theres another short dirt section from N18.74554 E101.18899 to N18.73548 E101.19308
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A double portion of moo hunglay for 60 Baht from the night market and 10 Baht for the rice, delicious and I was stuffed after eating this
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Nice ride out there Colin.

If I am not mistaken, I spotted at least 2 shots today that showed you were trying to be artistic in presenting the subject (the tree stump & the lady at the window)

This is an interesting development Colin & well done !

Ally
 
Phil the tidemark shows the level certainly rises a bit in the wet season.

Ally glad you enjoyed the photos
 
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