Gday everybody, hope youre all doing fine.
I had my yearly stay in Thailand from 1th of January to 16th of February and in that period of time I did approx 7000 kms on my trusty Mianoi aka the Crf250L. I thought I could try to contribute a bit to this forum by writing a tripreport that might be of interest to other riders.
I did 3 longer trips, all with my wife riding as a pillion. The first trip was to Mae Hong Son - but thats a trip everybody in here including me have done many times already so no point making a trip report about that. Also we rode south to Prachuap Khiri Kan which was indeed a nice place with plenty of interesting stuff to see - spent 4 days in the provincial capital with the same name and 2 days in Kuiburi. But the ride down south from our base in Lampang is dull and boring to say the least - so I wont talk about that.
But we did an interesting trip to northern Isaan and visited Chiang Khan, Bueng Kan (stayed in Bung Khla) Kumphawapi (Udon Thani) and Roi Et and also had a night in Chum Phae on the way back. So it was a 7 nights/8 days trip.
We took of from Lampang quite early and rode the R11 and had our first stop at this rest stop:
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A great place for coffee, food and a toilet break. Several small restaurants and coffeeshops. Also the views are great and prices reasonably. Only approx 20 kms south of the Den Chai junction on the R11. Its called Khao Plung rest stop.
Highly recommended!
We rode further and took the «shortcut» between the north and northeast via R1143 to Nakhon Thai. Its not the most interesting ride but still better than down to the plains of R11 and R12 - and its shorter.
We had a quick lunch in Chat Trakan and met a thai guy from Bangkok on his Honda Cub. I find it so great that thais travel on small bikes, its shows that one can travel long distance and enjoy the trip just as much on a small bike….
To be continued….
I had my yearly stay in Thailand from 1th of January to 16th of February and in that period of time I did approx 7000 kms on my trusty Mianoi aka the Crf250L. I thought I could try to contribute a bit to this forum by writing a tripreport that might be of interest to other riders.
I did 3 longer trips, all with my wife riding as a pillion. The first trip was to Mae Hong Son - but thats a trip everybody in here including me have done many times already so no point making a trip report about that. Also we rode south to Prachuap Khiri Kan which was indeed a nice place with plenty of interesting stuff to see - spent 4 days in the provincial capital with the same name and 2 days in Kuiburi. But the ride down south from our base in Lampang is dull and boring to say the least - so I wont talk about that.
But we did an interesting trip to northern Isaan and visited Chiang Khan, Bueng Kan (stayed in Bung Khla) Kumphawapi (Udon Thani) and Roi Et and also had a night in Chum Phae on the way back. So it was a 7 nights/8 days trip.
We took of from Lampang quite early and rode the R11 and had our first stop at this rest stop:
Khao Plung Rest Stop · Mueang Uttaradit District, Uttaradit
A great place for coffee, food and a toilet break. Several small restaurants and coffeeshops. Also the views are great and prices reasonably. Only approx 20 kms south of the Den Chai junction on the R11. Its called Khao Plung rest stop.
Highly recommended!
We rode further and took the «shortcut» between the north and northeast via R1143 to Nakhon Thai. Its not the most interesting ride but still better than down to the plains of R11 and R12 - and its shorter.
We had a quick lunch in Chat Trakan and met a thai guy from Bangkok on his Honda Cub. I find it so great that thais travel on small bikes, its shows that one can travel long distance and enjoy the trip just as much on a small bike….
To be continued….
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