South Of Mae Sot-The Padee Waterfall And Around

[Captain_Slash]

The Route 1090, 1206, 2043, 4007,

Total Distance 196 km

The twisty 1206 between Phop Phra and Waley

Some banana trees being planted along here

Surely there was room for a few more in there

Siesta time by the look of it

I stop along the 4007 at N16.23.632 E098.47.288 and here fuel is available at a hand pump, theres another one not far away at N16.23.686 E098.47.707

Now off to the Padee waterfall, the road turns to dirt at N16.25.358 E098.49.681 and I ride down a single track to it

The waterfall is signposted but access to see it is pretty bad, I climb down to the stream below and there seems to be a few all running in together but viewing most of the waterfall is very difficult

The GPS is showing I am at the border so possibly the water is the boundary, not that there is anyone here to worry about it

Now to ride back through the village

Another chap with a false leg

Riding through another village and just past here at N16.22.965 E098.44.528 is a fuel station

Theres a few villages out here and most of them seem to have the same surfaced grid pattern running through them

I finally get to do some unpaved today starting at N16.23.559 E098.44.320

The surface returns to paved at N16.23.944 E098.43.627.
One more day out in this area should wrap up the mapping of the paved surface but it will have to wait as I am off to Umphang tomorrow as that place is a weekday attraction and usually quiet but complete bedlam at weekends or Thai holidays

Another lovely pizza at Casa Mia for 130 Baht

Followed by banoffee pie and cream for 35 Baht

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[Ally]

Followed by banoffee pie and cream for 35 Baht

That should read "Cream with a hint of banoffee pie for 35 Baht"

Ally

 

[KTMphil]

Great, all the new tracks you're discovering Colin. Are you planning to ride to the very southern end of R 1090? I'm interested to see if there are many trails headed south east/ south west from the southern end of R 1090.


Yesterdays route.

 

[Captain_Slash]

Yes Phil I hope to ride it to the end to see whats there, assuming I have enough fuel

 

[KTMphil]

Yes Phil I hope to ride it to the end to see whats there, assuming I have enough fuel

Colin - i was just looking on google earth & I can see the trail extending south of R 1090 to around 15 deg 26' N. South of that location it doesn't show the trail anymore. Looks like there are some villages down there.

Below is a rough cut following the trail south of R 1090 on google earth.







Below is a map of where the "highway" R 1090 finishes on its southern end

 

[KTMphil]

Colin -- I did some more looking around for trails south of Umphang & it looks like there's a way through to the SW too, I've plotted the way