2wheels
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Now that I have crawled out from my cave and invested in a GPS unit it was about time I went for a ride to test it and to learn how to use it.
It was also an opportunity to see some of the area around where I live.
So, a coffee at the kiosk at the back of Doi Saket Temple to start the ride.
(Nice little shop but no food)
![DSC03145.jpg DSC03145.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5835-2842da21039a822af86b70e13bcdbb85.jpg)
Then past Bo San and onto 1147 where I found this quaint old dwelling.
![DSC03173.jpg DSC03173.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5836-0cfab6d4b295ef0bc159e9a221e1bb3b.jpg)
1147 is a nice, scenic ride.
I stopped beside a Lam Yai plantation ....
![DSC03178.jpg DSC03178.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5837-680694e5bdd0a3644fbaae2ac5568023.jpg)
People (who weren't speaking Thai) were picking this prized fruit.
Note the electrified wire protecting the plantation.
![DSC03176.jpg DSC03176.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5838-fb5c60252ecb7b9b39857b71dca86662.jpg)
This good-hearted worker presented me with a bunch of Lam Yai (which I nibbled on throughout the ride).
![DSC03177.jpg DSC03177.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5839-8db478ef836e66cddf20bf2bbd082627.jpg)
This is 1147, heading towards Ban Thi.
![DSC03179.jpg DSC03179.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5840-038f2b2e03c53e8ab5be376f8d4e4127.jpg)
This grand monument (to Muen Dap Luan) and Spirit House was beside the road.
![DSC03181.jpg DSC03181.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5841-b081284487e38af31972f9504265016d.jpg)
I felt that I was being observed here and sure enough ....
![DSC03182.jpg DSC03182.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5842-a740e041b1a511ebe60ac3cd5f8f2d53.jpg)
Then, confident that the Garmin would lead me home, I took random roads.
Wat Ban Houng in On Thi was nice.
![DSC03185.jpg DSC03185.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5843-1a392d380e3528e1111f80032414eb0d.jpg)
The work on the doors impressed me.
![DSC03186.jpg DSC03186.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5844-fb05961f343d9b7d7444b8c46bb8cdbe.jpg)
Then a stop at this restaurant in Mae On for late lunch.
![DSC03188.jpg DSC03188.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5851-74914a6da76a045e3d9889750b005f39.jpg)
I'm always impressed when I see a hint of old Lanna hospitality; like this water vessel and ladle
for pass-by to refresh themselves.
![DSC03189.jpg DSC03189.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5845-65b1782b3b375bd58d566c17f4dc34c2.jpg)
A nice little snack .....
![DSC03190.jpg DSC03190.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5846-9e4237f88274782497ad7bf53dc9bcc4.jpg)
... and fun chat with the owners; mother and daughter keep this place open 7 days a week from 6am to 10pm and live in the restaurant. Lovely couple.
![DSC03191.jpg DSC03191.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5847-db1625457312d1c885395ba192759eb0.jpg)
Refreshed, I set the GPS to 'home' and it guided me past this spectacular home near San Kampaeng Hot Springs ...
![DSC03192.jpg DSC03192.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5848-c6cfc7ab7b37c48f6c5327854449a148.jpg)
... and the back way into the Tuesday market in Doi Saket, where dinner was purchased for 45 baht.
![DSC03048.jpg DSC03048.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5849-82930acddd8a9fb9118355a3e79d5f2e.jpg)
And, sure enough, the Montana directed me home (in light rain).
![DSC03133.jpg DSC03133.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5850-e68867abc0cf05fbb2a8d2efd57da22d.jpg)
A nice little circuit.
Still have a lot to learn about GPSing though, but this was a start.
And the CRF returned 37 km/litre today.
Ally and Auke.
Wrong!
It's actually the delightful 5127.
Not the Montana's fault but mine.
And that's where the monument is too Auke.
It was also an opportunity to see some of the area around where I live.
So, a coffee at the kiosk at the back of Doi Saket Temple to start the ride.
(Nice little shop but no food)
![DSC03145.jpg DSC03145.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5835-2842da21039a822af86b70e13bcdbb85.jpg)
Then past Bo San and onto 1147 where I found this quaint old dwelling.
![DSC03173.jpg DSC03173.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5836-0cfab6d4b295ef0bc159e9a221e1bb3b.jpg)
1147 is a nice, scenic ride.
I stopped beside a Lam Yai plantation ....
![DSC03178.jpg DSC03178.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5837-680694e5bdd0a3644fbaae2ac5568023.jpg)
People (who weren't speaking Thai) were picking this prized fruit.
Note the electrified wire protecting the plantation.
![DSC03176.jpg DSC03176.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5838-fb5c60252ecb7b9b39857b71dca86662.jpg)
This good-hearted worker presented me with a bunch of Lam Yai (which I nibbled on throughout the ride).
![DSC03177.jpg DSC03177.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5839-8db478ef836e66cddf20bf2bbd082627.jpg)
This is 1147, heading towards Ban Thi.
![DSC03179.jpg DSC03179.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5840-038f2b2e03c53e8ab5be376f8d4e4127.jpg)
This grand monument (to Muen Dap Luan) and Spirit House was beside the road.
![DSC03181.jpg DSC03181.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5841-b081284487e38af31972f9504265016d.jpg)
I felt that I was being observed here and sure enough ....
![DSC03182.jpg DSC03182.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5842-a740e041b1a511ebe60ac3cd5f8f2d53.jpg)
Then, confident that the Garmin would lead me home, I took random roads.
Wat Ban Houng in On Thi was nice.
![DSC03185.jpg DSC03185.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5843-1a392d380e3528e1111f80032414eb0d.jpg)
The work on the doors impressed me.
![DSC03186.jpg DSC03186.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5844-fb05961f343d9b7d7444b8c46bb8cdbe.jpg)
Then a stop at this restaurant in Mae On for late lunch.
![DSC03188.jpg DSC03188.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5851-74914a6da76a045e3d9889750b005f39.jpg)
I'm always impressed when I see a hint of old Lanna hospitality; like this water vessel and ladle
for pass-by to refresh themselves.
![DSC03189.jpg DSC03189.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5845-65b1782b3b375bd58d566c17f4dc34c2.jpg)
A nice little snack .....
![DSC03190.jpg DSC03190.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5846-9e4237f88274782497ad7bf53dc9bcc4.jpg)
... and fun chat with the owners; mother and daughter keep this place open 7 days a week from 6am to 10pm and live in the restaurant. Lovely couple.
![DSC03191.jpg DSC03191.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5847-db1625457312d1c885395ba192759eb0.jpg)
Refreshed, I set the GPS to 'home' and it guided me past this spectacular home near San Kampaeng Hot Springs ...
![DSC03192.jpg DSC03192.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5848-c6cfc7ab7b37c48f6c5327854449a148.jpg)
... and the back way into the Tuesday market in Doi Saket, where dinner was purchased for 45 baht.
![DSC03048.jpg DSC03048.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5849-82930acddd8a9fb9118355a3e79d5f2e.jpg)
And, sure enough, the Montana directed me home (in light rain).
![DSC03133.jpg DSC03133.jpg](https://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/data/attachments/5/5850-e68867abc0cf05fbb2a8d2efd57da22d.jpg)
A nice little circuit.
Still have a lot to learn about GPSing though, but this was a start.
And the CRF returned 37 km/litre today.
This is 1147, heading towards Ban Thi.
Ally and Auke.
Wrong!
It's actually the delightful 5127.
Not the Montana's fault but mine.
And that's where the monument is too Auke.
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