Si Saket-A Christmas Day Ride Out 25-12-2010

Captain_Slash

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BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
25 Dec 2010

The route 221, 3012, 3141, 2360, 226, 2168, 2412, Hwy 23, 2382, 5009

Total distance 170 km
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I headed south along the 221 then took a left onto the 3012 and it looks like an early 10am break for these workers
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A bit further on and I stop at the Nong Sang Reservoir
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Sand is often being dug out of this stream along the 2360
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This young girl is getting stuck in
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Now its give them a helping push time
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This one took a bit of moving out of the water
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I ride to the 226, do a right then after a few hundred metres take a left onto the 2168, along here at N15.10.236 E104.35.058 I take a right onto the 2412 which I have rode a few times up to where the asphalt ends and the dirt track starts.
Today I was going to mark it at this point then try to find the other end off of hwy 23 to ride in on asphalt but when I got to where the asphalt usually ends to my surprise I see this shiny new asphalt surface
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With lots of these lovely bends along it
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Around these bends I suddenly realise that I have got a puncture, not in either tyre but after 100000 km my Airhawk seat cushion has picked one up, thankfully its only a slow one and tonight I hope to repair it with the repair kit.
When I bought it there was a cheaper one made of hard plastic which couldnt be repaired, I opted to pay the extra for the Neoprene one which can be repaired
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This is definitely the find of the day and according to my gps I am riding on nothing, not even a dirt track is showing here, its the same with my Thinknet map, nothing showing there either
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After a while the surface turns to concrete but its still a very good surface
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Plus nice and twisty as well
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A few Thais are fishing in the Chi river which seems to have a lot of water in it
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The surface is asphalt again for a while but alternates between the two right to hwy 23 where it emerges at N15.19.488 E104.40.744 after a fun 24 km ride
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I turn left onto hwy 23 and stop at N15.22.478 E104.35.269 to look at this big Buddha statue by the roadside
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Then its to Khueang Nai to visit Marco, it was only yesterday upon arriving in Si Saket that I heard about Marcos accident, Marco is in a lot of discomfort but put a brave face on it but he says he can remember nothing about the accident, hopefully its not too long before we see him on the road again
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Heading back to Si Saket along the 2382 and the fires are going
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Crossing over the Chi river
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My christmas dinner was a smoked pork chop, homefries and baked beans for 160 Baht at Franks restaurant.

Get the gdb file here http://www.captainslash.com/si-saket-a- ... -ride-out/
 
Re: Si Saket-A Christmas Day Ride Out 25-12-

Colin

Long time i saw this one and YES that was hard time you visited us and i was in Coma 4days in CM hospital,,,BUT good news from this picture for today..
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In this picture i wear 126kg,, Today 98 and full power and work every day on Check Points around here....

Thank you Colin to visit US and see you soon...
 
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