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<blockquote data-quote="nikhuzlan" data-source="post: 525133" data-attributes="member: 19744"><p><strong>Day 6, Monday, 11april2011</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>We woke up with anticipation as we will be riding the famed 1864 corners of the Mae Hong Son Loop. </strong></p><p><strong>Much has beeen said about the road by the few who've ridden there. </strong></p><p><strong>All agreed that it is about the most challenging non-extreme riding they've ever done. </strong></p><p><strong>There's even a certificate that you can buy at the Community centre at Mae Hong Son. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Today we will see for ourselves.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>With the owner of the Guesthouse</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW008.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Then a good breakfast spread at a cafe run by probably a Su Kyi supporter, judging from the political paraphenalia inside. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW023.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We met this cyclist who started from Chiangmai and is on his way south.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW029.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We rode through town to get to the Myanmar border.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW033.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>This is the Mae Sot - Tachielek border.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW042.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in the background.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW049.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Onwards to Mae Sariang, the mid point town on this sector.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW066.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Expecting 375kms of nice corners......little did we know.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW080.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>It looks very promising at the beginning.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW082.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>20 minutes into the ride we passed by a roadblock. We were waved through. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW084.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Its like a town, but its not. There's the smell of deep fried fritters, man hanging out at coffee shops smoking local roll-ups, </strong></p><p><strong>even teens with mobile phones and ChinaPads milling about. You'd think you're at any market in rural South East Asia. </strong></p><p><strong>We stopped here after leaving Mae Sot, the border town between Thailand and Myanmar 65km southwards.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This is Mae La. Its one of the many refugee camps along the Thai/Myanmar Border. </strong></p><p><strong>This one was set up in 1984. It has about 70,000 in an area cordoned with fences to keep the refugees in. </strong></p><p><strong>Its supposed to be transitional. But there are some who have been born and grew up there all their life. </strong></p><p><strong>And apart from the magic of TV, these people have never ventured out of their thatched roofed wire bound existence. </strong></p><p><strong>Mostly Karens, they fled here after the Burmese launched large scale offensive against perceived insurgents. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Although officially not allowed out, of late the restriction has been relaxed, but the refugees still have a limited future, </strong></p><p><strong>and their dependency on Aid is growing.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Seen from afar, this camp looks like a place the Ewoks would stay happily with Chewbacca's family........</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Camp.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW093.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW107.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The Main Entrance.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW103.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>These kids probably have been in the camp since birth.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW123.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The uniform attap roofs dotting the area with the shrub covered Karst outcrop in the background gives an Ewok/Wookie village look, </strong></p><p><strong>and almost any moment Chewbacca may come grunting. </strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW115.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW105.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The houses are packed very thightly, with just enough walking space in between.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW120.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The road kinda opened up after the Refugee camp. Gears were changed later and lean angles became leaner???</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW163.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW165.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Then these two ahead stopped dead. As I got there I saw the road kinda turns sharply on a steep incline, </strong></p><p><strong>off cambered and strewn with loose pebbles. We went down slowly, ready to 'jatuh bodoh'. </strong></p><p><strong>But we found it not too difficult and went through without a tumble.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW185.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW174.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW176.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW183.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The road improved to a broken tarmac surface.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW192.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Then it becomes this</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW201.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW206.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW222.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW234.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We met this young man from Switzerland who is cycling around Indo China. He is on his way to </strong></p><p><strong>Mae Hong Son and Pai. He says the roads are really tough. We gave him some water.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW238.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>That was the last dirt stretch, and the road gradually improved all the way to Mae Sariang.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW243.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>I rode ahead and stopped at this National Park where the guard took my picture.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW257.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Onwards to Mae Sariang.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW270.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW279.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>You will never miss Mae Sariang with this landmark smack on the crossroads.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW280.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We had lunch here.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW284.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Moose has ridden this bit so he heads off to ChiangMai and we will RV with him in two days. </strong></p><p><strong>Ivan and I will head up to Mae Hong Son to complete the 1864 corners.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW291.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The road from Mae Sariang to Mae Hong Son is just awesome especially the last 65kms. </strong></p><p><strong>The corners flow into each other, visibility was excellent, sometimes showing 4 apexes in a row. </strong></p><p><strong>Traffic was almost non existant. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Change in vegetation was noticable.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW297.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Fancy Restaurant....</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW304.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>More </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW313.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We stopped here for a drink with another 70kms to go. The locals were friendly.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW330.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW342.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We passed another one street town, and Songkran seems to have started early. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This one missed me.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW361.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>They got me, but only my arm got wet.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW362.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>This one missed me but got Ivan.....</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW365.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The road after that town was awesome. No photos, too busy enjoying the corners.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW367.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Then I stopped, 7kms from Mae Hong Son. The view, too good to pass....</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW392.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW383.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>60+kms of roads like this.....</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW379.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Arrival at Mae Hong Son.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW402.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Our 18USD Hotel. Parking was at the doorstep. Great.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW407.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Across the road a night market is starting up.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW417.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW409.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>As darkness falls the night market becomes the focal point..</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW420.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We had dinner here. Good food fast wifi.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW422.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The Mae Hong Son is a road that needs to be done for the experience. </strong></p><p><strong>It is not really enjoyable when on it, but it will be something you will think about with a smile. </strong></p><p><strong>The bit from Mae Sot to Mae Sariang needs to be done on a DP bike to really enjoy the road and scenery.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>On our 6th day, we rode 500km, tomorrow is our 7th day, and we head for Pai then Chiang Mai The Route today</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/Untitled-2mhs.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikhuzlan, post: 525133, member: 19744"] [b]Day 6, Monday, 11april2011[/b] [b]We woke up with anticipation as we will be riding the famed 1864 corners of the Mae Hong Son Loop. Much has beeen said about the road by the few who've ridden there. All agreed that it is about the most challenging non-extreme riding they've ever done. There's even a certificate that you can buy at the Community centre at Mae Hong Son. Today we will see for ourselves. With the owner of the Guesthouse[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW008.jpg[/img] [b]Then a good breakfast spread at a cafe run by probably a Su Kyi supporter, judging from the political paraphenalia inside. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW023.jpg[/img] [b]We met this cyclist who started from Chiangmai and is on his way south.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW029.jpg[/img] [b]We rode through town to get to the Myanmar border.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW033.jpg[/img] [b]This is the Mae Sot - Tachielek border.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW042.jpg[/img] [b]The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in the background.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW049.jpg[/img] [b]Onwards to Mae Sariang, the mid point town on this sector.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW066.jpg[/img] [b]Expecting 375kms of nice corners......little did we know.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW080.jpg[/img] [b]It looks very promising at the beginning.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW082.jpg[/img] [b]20 minutes into the ride we passed by a roadblock. We were waved through. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW084.jpg[/img] [b]Its like a town, but its not. There's the smell of deep fried fritters, man hanging out at coffee shops smoking local roll-ups, even teens with mobile phones and ChinaPads milling about. You'd think you're at any market in rural South East Asia. We stopped here after leaving Mae Sot, the border town between Thailand and Myanmar 65km southwards. This is Mae La. Its one of the many refugee camps along the Thai/Myanmar Border. This one was set up in 1984. It has about 70,000 in an area cordoned with fences to keep the refugees in. Its supposed to be transitional. But there are some who have been born and grew up there all their life. And apart from the magic of TV, these people have never ventured out of their thatched roofed wire bound existence. Mostly Karens, they fled here after the Burmese launched large scale offensive against perceived insurgents. Although officially not allowed out, of late the restriction has been relaxed, but the refugees still have a limited future, and their dependency on Aid is growing. Seen from afar, this camp looks like a place the Ewoks would stay happily with Chewbacca's family........ The Camp.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW093.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW107.jpg[/img] [b]The Main Entrance.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW103.jpg[/img] [b]These kids probably have been in the camp since birth.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW123.jpg[/img] [b]The uniform attap roofs dotting the area with the shrub covered Karst outcrop in the background gives an Ewok/Wookie village look, and almost any moment Chewbacca may come grunting. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW115.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW105.jpg[/img] [b]The houses are packed very thightly, with just enough walking space in between.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW120.jpg[/img] [b]The road kinda opened up after the Refugee camp. Gears were changed later and lean angles became leaner???[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW163.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW165.jpg[/img] [b]Then these two ahead stopped dead. As I got there I saw the road kinda turns sharply on a steep incline, off cambered and strewn with loose pebbles. We went down slowly, ready to 'jatuh bodoh'. But we found it not too difficult and went through without a tumble.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW185.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW174.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW176.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW183.jpg[/img] [b]The road improved to a broken tarmac surface.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW192.jpg[/img] [b]Then it becomes this[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW201.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW206.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW222.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW234.jpg[/img] [b]We met this young man from Switzerland who is cycling around Indo China. He is on his way to Mae Hong Son and Pai. He says the roads are really tough. We gave him some water.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW238.jpg[/img] [b]That was the last dirt stretch, and the road gradually improved all the way to Mae Sariang.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW243.jpg[/img] [b]I rode ahead and stopped at this National Park where the guard took my picture.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW257.jpg[/img] [b]Onwards to Mae Sariang.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW270.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW279.jpg[/img] [b]You will never miss Mae Sariang with this landmark smack on the crossroads.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW280.jpg[/img] [b]We had lunch here.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW284.jpg[/img] [b]Moose has ridden this bit so he heads off to ChiangMai and we will RV with him in two days. Ivan and I will head up to Mae Hong Son to complete the 1864 corners.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW291.jpg[/img] [b]The road from Mae Sariang to Mae Hong Son is just awesome especially the last 65kms. The corners flow into each other, visibility was excellent, sometimes showing 4 apexes in a row. Traffic was almost non existant. Change in vegetation was noticable.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW297.jpg[/img] [b]Fancy Restaurant....[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW304.jpg[/img] [b]More [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW313.jpg[/img] [b]We stopped here for a drink with another 70kms to go. The locals were friendly.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW330.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW342.jpg[/img] [b]We passed another one street town, and Songkran seems to have started early. This one missed me.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW361.jpg[/img] [b]They got me, but only my arm got wet.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW362.jpg[/img] [b]This one missed me but got Ivan.....[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW365.jpg[/img] [b]The road after that town was awesome. No photos, too busy enjoying the corners.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW367.jpg[/img] [b]Then I stopped, 7kms from Mae Hong Son. The view, too good to pass....[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW392.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW383.jpg[/img] [b]60+kms of roads like this.....[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW379.jpg[/img] [b]Arrival at Mae Hong Son.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW402.jpg[/img] [b]Our 18USD Hotel. Parking was at the doorstep. Great.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW407.jpg[/img] [b]Across the road a night market is starting up.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW417.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW409.jpg[/img] [b]As darkness falls the night market becomes the focal point..[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW420.jpg[/img] [b]We had dinner here. Good food fast wifi.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/20110411JW422.jpg[/img] [b]The Mae Hong Son is a road that needs to be done for the experience. It is not really enjoyable when on it, but it will be something you will think about with a smile. The bit from Mae Sot to Mae Sariang needs to be done on a DP bike to really enjoy the road and scenery. On our 6th day, we rode 500km, tomorrow is our 7th day, and we head for Pai then Chiang Mai The Route today[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/JW%20pt1/Untitled-2mhs.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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