Phetchaburi-Prachuap Khiri Khan Mainly Side Roads 18-1-2011

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18 Jan 2011

The route Hwy 4, 3187, 3175, 3410, 3301, 1052, 4030, 1037, Unknown, 1001, 1021, 4020,

Total distance 229 km
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I took hwy 4 for about 15 km then took a right onto the 3187 to ride alongside the irrigation canal, what a relief after the horrible hwy 4.
Somewhere along the 3410 I take a left to view a cliff and here its the entrance to something but nothing shows on my map or gps, theres a few monkeys running around here
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The Khao Tao Mo Reservoir but not much water in it
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The cliff I came to view that could be seen from afar
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A nice twisty road is the 3410
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I stop at the reservoir that was only started two years ago at the beginning of the 3301
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Its filled up a lot more this wet season than it did in the last one and another good one should see it reach capacity
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Its getting really hazy now and the worst that I have seen this trip
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The 3301 reaches a crossroads and I go straight across onto the 1052
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I take a right onto the 4030 and some colour along here
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At N12.29.962 E099.51.033 I take a right onto the 1037 and at the junction the surface turns to unpaved
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0.7 km later at N12.29.857 E099.50.652 its back to an asphalt surface
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The Pran Buri Reservoir which is a good 10 metres down from full, I dont remember seeing it this low before
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I carry on along the 1037 but as that leads back to hwy 4 I take a right onto an unnumbered road that runs alongside an irrigation canal, its a good asphalt surface to start with then turns to unpaved at N12.20.413 E099.49.787 for 2.2 km until it reaches the 1001 at N12.19.345 E099.50.156.
I turn left onto the 1001 and now back on asphalt I ride to hwy 4 where I cross straight over and I am now on the 1021
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Plenty of cliffs now through the haze, I reach the 4020 and turn right onto it
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Along the 4020 and some Thais are paying their respects here
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I am into coconut territory now
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The haze is getting worse, I will need my fog lights on soon
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A sign pointing to my right says Khao Daeng Temple and boat trips so I ride down to visit
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And off they go
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Wat Khao Daeng at N12.08.116 E099.57.669
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Where the boats disappeared too, hopefully they didnt get lost in the haze, one thing I have noticed today is that it has actually warmed up and my pullover was not required under my jacket this morning, hopefully the heat is back to stay
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Further along and its not so hazy anymore
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Plenty of monkeys along the roadside today
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I saw lots of farms for these along this road and lots of them being sorted out here
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One shot of the beach as I have been riding alongside it for a while today, I reach hwy 4 turning left onto it and ride along it for only 22 km before I reach my destination of Prachuap Khiri Khan, not bad only about 35 out of 229 km were on it, perhaps next time I can work out total avoidance of it
I check in at the Yutichai Hotel at N11.48.478 E099.47.742 my usual and still at 160 Baht for a single room
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I eat at Krua Chaiwat N11.48.057 E099.47.901 and 60 Baht for this, so I eat two
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They also have the ice cream menu so 49 Baht purchased one of these.

Get the gdb file here http://www.captainslash.com/phetchaburi ... ide-roads/
 
Re: Phetchaburi-Prachuap Khiri Khan Mainly Side Roads 18-1-

Great picture Colin, one of the best Temple photo's i've ever seen :DD

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