2wheels
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I needed to 'hit the road' today, so headed out from Doi Saket on 118 and, for the first time, called in to have a closer look at the site where nearly everyone (myself included) sounds the car/bike horn when passing. Anything for a safer journey on the 118 speedway!
N 18.53414
E 99.09848
![DSC03582.jpg DSC03582.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8013-ec0c161c30c3466628915101d78dbcc8.jpg)
![DSC03583.jpg DSC03583.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8014-41c43472ce1cf8f6bbd3448934efb90f.jpg)
I'd driven and ridden past this many times and didn't realise it was a coffee stop/restaurant.
Must try it on my next ride that way. (Ban Gan Han)
![DSC03584.jpg DSC03584.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8015-623c47e666e9aad8e0ac37ed97dcaaa1.jpg)
It was a late breakfast stop here, about 42kms from Chiang Mai; one of my favouritest places.
Pang Faen Resort is a really nice stop, with good food and pleasant service.
Many people rush past but it's worth a stop.
N 19.01078
E 99.17378
![DSC03586.jpg DSC03586.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8016-b0a5fa91da96579e07487c0530aa86d7.jpg)
Go down to the stream at the back of the place, which was raging today after the rains.
![DSC03588.jpg DSC03588.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8017-c9526262b0fea0b5ddad01dffa2af940.jpg)
![DSC03590.jpg DSC03590.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8018-af3652f194968f646557254a8acee63e.jpg)
![DSC03595.jpg DSC03595.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8019-3956a948f6d082d42f7271a7086846f4.jpg)
![DSC03592.jpg DSC03592.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8020-01758c32f7dd96e2de5fafb50730d831.jpg)
I rode only a bit further and turned off 118 and onto 1252 at
N 19.01078
E 99.17967
I hadn't ridden this road before and was soon extremely glad that I chose it today.
Bumpy, slippery, twisty, hair-pins, steep climbs and steep descents.
Nice views in the gentle drizzle.
![DSC03596.jpg DSC03596.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8021-ff9f6ed37d5dfdbd7d832d8db0e38573.jpg)
![DSC03597.jpg DSC03597.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8022-b3130128f8ff4a3d56e5c33ff7b144e0.jpg)
I stopped at an attractive little Temple in a quiet village. (Wat Giew Dam)
![DSC03599.jpg DSC03599.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8023-56a53b4def8bc00e918bee5b1ee0a4cd.jpg)
![DSC03600.jpg DSC03600.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8024-ba25044c89bab33e17ec69685a9dd4b5.jpg)
These old road markers are nice.
![DSC03603.jpg DSC03603.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8025-c53ea2552589fe193b571f124bb1ac55.jpg)
Still on 1252 and loving it.
I stopped at this stream, removed the helmet and walked around a while.
Birds singing, water roaring, no traffic.
![DSC03606.jpg DSC03606.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8026-f71322df92e6fb79a9e6ee4b40546320.jpg)
![DSC03607.jpg DSC03607.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8027-f0a37c8d700852fcce197592cd8c49dd.jpg)
Ancestor to the Aussie dingo.
We Aussies are always amused, some surprised, to see this canine which is so familiar to us.
Handsome dog prowling in the rain.
![DSC03608.jpg DSC03608.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8028-cfebb475288c7157df2ec2d87fde3524.jpg)
![DSC03609.jpg DSC03609.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8029-68feac4a183b7db71786bfa8f0644df6.jpg)
Another stop to soak up the solitude, still on the wonderful 1252.
![DSC03611.jpg DSC03611.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8030-7d93f9cfbca2c017872e6ac6c9851f93.jpg)
'Ban Unforgettable' on 1252. (For the Nat 'King' Cole fans).
![DSC03613.jpg DSC03613.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8031-08502a4b3d97ce8a17a02a0807c310a7.jpg)
![DSC03614.jpg DSC03614.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8032-5c9cc63f54c144e0a3b1e6eba134a612.jpg)
![DSC03616.jpg DSC03616.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8033-8f91f40f3137055b3b4532f03e1b11b6.jpg)
![DSC03622.jpg DSC03622.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8034-54bca44917e89e271266ce17edce600c.jpg)
Then I diverted off 1252 at
N 18.54338
E 99.17341
to investigate what appeared to be an interesting location.
![DSC03630.jpg DSC03630.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8056-99deac77921909cbace8b84d0b8304c9.jpg)
Just a short ride along a slippery, steep, leaf-strewn track to a water crossing, which I did ...
(That's where 'wet feet' comes into the story).
![DSC03627.jpg DSC03627.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8035-cbd71e065e63ce925accd0d87552fe8f.jpg)
... rather than the walk the bike over this.
![DSC03626.jpg DSC03626.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8036-0bae650f1cb42fb7a3b4563d3302b1ec.jpg)
However the 'Knowledge Center' was merely an empty shelter in which, I guess, lessons are given about the local area. Nothing to see here ... or is there?
![DSC03629.jpg DSC03629.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8037-83ef7f79618b50445c9d1bfee234eab8.jpg)
So a cautious short ride back to the splendid 1252 and on to the T junction at the Mae Takhrai National Park.
![DSC03631.jpg DSC03631.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8038-b7798a4a6cced8d6b9955426b8d0ab2c.jpg)
Turn left to Sankampaeng ...
![DSC03632.jpg DSC03632.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8039-238ade966beda2ecf25ffd0fd6715ae5.jpg)
... or right to Ban Pong Ding.
Easy choice!
![DSC03633.jpg DSC03633.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8040-6928816a05304687c6cb4ea4f2b50e67.jpg)
Along the way I rode past 'Coffee Corner' then did a U-turn and called in.
![DSC03638.jpg DSC03638.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8041-5ff861adce9871462712f21aed0524d8.jpg)
It's a delightful little place and I took the chance to discard most of my wet gear, sip a nice hot Americana and cold water ...
![DSC03637.jpg DSC03637.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8042-3f47fa648ff0e50c651bdab1763bd53b.jpg)
... and chat with the delightful Khun Goong.
She has very good English and is a real gem of a lady.
We seemed to 'click' and chatted about everything from the wretched 'Tiered Pricing' policy in Thailand, to pensions, to Laos, to gardens and fruit trees, to Australian Aborigines; we pretty well covered it all during the hour I stayed.
![DSC03641.jpg DSC03641.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8044-602d55eafd72da3c768d6bc28776bf29.jpg)
Khun Goong asked if I had ever seen purple bananas.
'No, what do they taste like?'
'Come on, I'll give you a little purple banana tree for your garden.
So I carried it very carefully back home in my pack-pack.
![DSC03636.jpg DSC03636.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8043-636c4a5f64efefa2fac3e5eef9b28b60.jpg)
![DSC03640.jpg DSC03640.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8046-6c5bf8ddd442775b8a675af7ded9e7a1.jpg)
![DSC03639.jpg DSC03639.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8045-8c705cfaf1f724c666da17a4049f8c18.jpg)
So it was 'pop gan mai' to dear Khun Goong and back onto 118, which I soon diverted from by turning left into the Huai Hong Khrai Royal Development Project.
I'm always pleased to see these ribbons.
![DSC03642.jpg DSC03642.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8047-e24059617f116bd7106c1b252178b472.jpg)
And this is where 'peacocks' comes in.
I've never seen such a sign in Thailand before.
![DSC03643.jpg DSC03643.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8048-8edcc1b036f83db57fabe1c7e1446cf2.jpg)
![DSC03644.jpg DSC03644.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8049-98c7a34ef9ec2c36037b68dbb586d1f1.jpg)
I just wended my way along at whim, checking the Montana occasionally.
Ahhh, I'd been here a couple of weeks earlier. (Huai Hong Khrai Reservoir) so I had to stop to smell the Eucalypts.
![DSC03647.jpg DSC03647.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8050-ea03be23e3e6f8c25a196fb398e8542d.jpg)
Then Montana took me to 3024, heading back to Doi Saket.
I like things to be symbiotic.
![DSC03649.jpg DSC03649.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8051-54b2fc99c4b5c0c825650f8603796eee.jpg)
Does this qualify Mr Midnight Mapper?
![DSC03650.jpg DSC03650.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8052-9a03d992b62f7b6dcf380200e9eedf7a.jpg)
In to Nam Nong Bua ...
![DSC03657.jpg DSC03657.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8054-dfb21645f8dc4141767d0efc120ac333.jpg)
... and another Somtam and cold water (20 baht).
![DSC03655.jpg DSC03655.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8053-63016ea4f16d98bbccfacf762c9a8805.jpg)
And home to view the sunset from an Eastern perspective.
![DSC03580.jpg DSC03580.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8055-8ed9b4707314e1d127fe351052bdfc2f.jpg)
N 18.53414
E 99.09848
![DSC03582.jpg DSC03582.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8013-ec0c161c30c3466628915101d78dbcc8.jpg)
![DSC03583.jpg DSC03583.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8014-41c43472ce1cf8f6bbd3448934efb90f.jpg)
I'd driven and ridden past this many times and didn't realise it was a coffee stop/restaurant.
Must try it on my next ride that way. (Ban Gan Han)
![DSC03584.jpg DSC03584.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8015-623c47e666e9aad8e0ac37ed97dcaaa1.jpg)
It was a late breakfast stop here, about 42kms from Chiang Mai; one of my favouritest places.
Pang Faen Resort is a really nice stop, with good food and pleasant service.
Many people rush past but it's worth a stop.
N 19.01078
E 99.17378
![DSC03586.jpg DSC03586.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8016-b0a5fa91da96579e07487c0530aa86d7.jpg)
Go down to the stream at the back of the place, which was raging today after the rains.
![DSC03588.jpg DSC03588.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8017-c9526262b0fea0b5ddad01dffa2af940.jpg)
![DSC03590.jpg DSC03590.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8018-af3652f194968f646557254a8acee63e.jpg)
![DSC03595.jpg DSC03595.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8019-3956a948f6d082d42f7271a7086846f4.jpg)
![DSC03592.jpg DSC03592.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8020-01758c32f7dd96e2de5fafb50730d831.jpg)
I rode only a bit further and turned off 118 and onto 1252 at
N 19.01078
E 99.17967
I hadn't ridden this road before and was soon extremely glad that I chose it today.
Bumpy, slippery, twisty, hair-pins, steep climbs and steep descents.
Nice views in the gentle drizzle.
![DSC03596.jpg DSC03596.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8021-ff9f6ed37d5dfdbd7d832d8db0e38573.jpg)
![DSC03597.jpg DSC03597.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8022-b3130128f8ff4a3d56e5c33ff7b144e0.jpg)
I stopped at an attractive little Temple in a quiet village. (Wat Giew Dam)
![DSC03599.jpg DSC03599.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8023-56a53b4def8bc00e918bee5b1ee0a4cd.jpg)
![DSC03600.jpg DSC03600.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8024-ba25044c89bab33e17ec69685a9dd4b5.jpg)
These old road markers are nice.
![DSC03603.jpg DSC03603.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8025-c53ea2552589fe193b571f124bb1ac55.jpg)
Still on 1252 and loving it.
I stopped at this stream, removed the helmet and walked around a while.
Birds singing, water roaring, no traffic.
![DSC03606.jpg DSC03606.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8026-f71322df92e6fb79a9e6ee4b40546320.jpg)
![DSC03607.jpg DSC03607.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8027-f0a37c8d700852fcce197592cd8c49dd.jpg)
Ancestor to the Aussie dingo.
We Aussies are always amused, some surprised, to see this canine which is so familiar to us.
Handsome dog prowling in the rain.
![DSC03608.jpg DSC03608.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8028-cfebb475288c7157df2ec2d87fde3524.jpg)
![DSC03609.jpg DSC03609.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8029-68feac4a183b7db71786bfa8f0644df6.jpg)
Another stop to soak up the solitude, still on the wonderful 1252.
![DSC03611.jpg DSC03611.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8030-7d93f9cfbca2c017872e6ac6c9851f93.jpg)
'Ban Unforgettable' on 1252. (For the Nat 'King' Cole fans).
![DSC03613.jpg DSC03613.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8031-08502a4b3d97ce8a17a02a0807c310a7.jpg)
![DSC03614.jpg DSC03614.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8032-5c9cc63f54c144e0a3b1e6eba134a612.jpg)
![DSC03616.jpg DSC03616.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8033-8f91f40f3137055b3b4532f03e1b11b6.jpg)
![DSC03622.jpg DSC03622.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8034-54bca44917e89e271266ce17edce600c.jpg)
Then I diverted off 1252 at
N 18.54338
E 99.17341
to investigate what appeared to be an interesting location.
![DSC03630.jpg DSC03630.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8056-99deac77921909cbace8b84d0b8304c9.jpg)
Just a short ride along a slippery, steep, leaf-strewn track to a water crossing, which I did ...
(That's where 'wet feet' comes into the story).
![DSC03627.jpg DSC03627.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8035-cbd71e065e63ce925accd0d87552fe8f.jpg)
... rather than the walk the bike over this.
![DSC03626.jpg DSC03626.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8036-0bae650f1cb42fb7a3b4563d3302b1ec.jpg)
However the 'Knowledge Center' was merely an empty shelter in which, I guess, lessons are given about the local area. Nothing to see here ... or is there?
![DSC03629.jpg DSC03629.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8037-83ef7f79618b50445c9d1bfee234eab8.jpg)
So a cautious short ride back to the splendid 1252 and on to the T junction at the Mae Takhrai National Park.
![DSC03631.jpg DSC03631.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8038-b7798a4a6cced8d6b9955426b8d0ab2c.jpg)
Turn left to Sankampaeng ...
![DSC03632.jpg DSC03632.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8039-238ade966beda2ecf25ffd0fd6715ae5.jpg)
... or right to Ban Pong Ding.
Easy choice!
![DSC03633.jpg DSC03633.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8040-6928816a05304687c6cb4ea4f2b50e67.jpg)
Along the way I rode past 'Coffee Corner' then did a U-turn and called in.
![DSC03638.jpg DSC03638.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8041-5ff861adce9871462712f21aed0524d8.jpg)
It's a delightful little place and I took the chance to discard most of my wet gear, sip a nice hot Americana and cold water ...
![DSC03637.jpg DSC03637.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8042-3f47fa648ff0e50c651bdab1763bd53b.jpg)
... and chat with the delightful Khun Goong.
She has very good English and is a real gem of a lady.
We seemed to 'click' and chatted about everything from the wretched 'Tiered Pricing' policy in Thailand, to pensions, to Laos, to gardens and fruit trees, to Australian Aborigines; we pretty well covered it all during the hour I stayed.
![DSC03641.jpg DSC03641.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8044-602d55eafd72da3c768d6bc28776bf29.jpg)
Khun Goong asked if I had ever seen purple bananas.
'No, what do they taste like?'
'Come on, I'll give you a little purple banana tree for your garden.
So I carried it very carefully back home in my pack-pack.
![DSC03636.jpg DSC03636.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8043-636c4a5f64efefa2fac3e5eef9b28b60.jpg)
![DSC03640.jpg DSC03640.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8046-6c5bf8ddd442775b8a675af7ded9e7a1.jpg)
![DSC03639.jpg DSC03639.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8045-8c705cfaf1f724c666da17a4049f8c18.jpg)
So it was 'pop gan mai' to dear Khun Goong and back onto 118, which I soon diverted from by turning left into the Huai Hong Khrai Royal Development Project.
I'm always pleased to see these ribbons.
![DSC03642.jpg DSC03642.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8047-e24059617f116bd7106c1b252178b472.jpg)
And this is where 'peacocks' comes in.
I've never seen such a sign in Thailand before.
![DSC03643.jpg DSC03643.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8048-8edcc1b036f83db57fabe1c7e1446cf2.jpg)
![DSC03644.jpg DSC03644.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8049-98c7a34ef9ec2c36037b68dbb586d1f1.jpg)
I just wended my way along at whim, checking the Montana occasionally.
Ahhh, I'd been here a couple of weeks earlier. (Huai Hong Khrai Reservoir) so I had to stop to smell the Eucalypts.
![DSC03647.jpg DSC03647.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8050-ea03be23e3e6f8c25a196fb398e8542d.jpg)
Then Montana took me to 3024, heading back to Doi Saket.
I like things to be symbiotic.
![DSC03649.jpg DSC03649.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8051-54b2fc99c4b5c0c825650f8603796eee.jpg)
Does this qualify Mr Midnight Mapper?
![DSC03650.jpg DSC03650.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8052-9a03d992b62f7b6dcf380200e9eedf7a.jpg)
In to Nam Nong Bua ...
![DSC03657.jpg DSC03657.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8054-dfb21645f8dc4141767d0efc120ac333.jpg)
... and another Somtam and cold water (20 baht).
![DSC03655.jpg DSC03655.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8053-63016ea4f16d98bbccfacf762c9a8805.jpg)
And home to view the sunset from an Eastern perspective.
![DSC03580.jpg DSC03580.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/8/8055-8ed9b4707314e1d127fe351052bdfc2f.jpg)