4 Days to Nan and back dodging the Tropical Storms 180924
Day 3
Very cloudy when I set off, maybe the rain has eventually caught me!
Blast down the 101 to Wiang Sa then onto the 1162, it was a nice road to ride and probably lulled me into a false sense of security, because then I hit the 1243
Nan River, Wiang Sa, Nan
The 1243, horrible road
Although it was not raining at this point the 1243 through the mountains was not a great road to ride IMO, I was really narrow and extremely winding and because you were in the trees there was nothing to look at. Which was really a good thing as it was strewn with little landslide which left wet mud all over, wet leaves, bits of broken trees. The road was damp all the way through it and at quite a lot of points on the road I was doing about 10/15 km per hour. Some of the time I was riding in the cloud. Thankfully the rain didn't come until I had cleared it otherwise I don't know how long it would have taken me. This would not be a road I would do again.
On the 1243, Si Nan National Park, Wiang Sa, Nan
Still on the 1243, Ban Khok, Uttaradit
I stopped at a road junction at the end of the 1243 and had a coffee, the rain then came, light at first.
I had to think about what I was going to do as there was nowhere in the local area to hold up, no hotels, nothing.
I looked at going to Nam Pat, which was about 70km away, then I looked at going to Fang Tha which was closer.
I ended up going to Ban Khok on the 1268 and followed it all the way to Na Haeo, which as it turned out was the original road I wanted to go on.
The 1268 was nice to ride but because it was now raining albeit it slowly at first All the villages I came across were covered in mud where people have been coming out of their properties and fields. Once clear of the villages the road was good albeit wet
On the 1268, Nam Pat, Uttaradit
On the 1268 I came across a waterfall, I didn't venture further up the trail as I was in my bike boots. The place was quite busy considering the weather
Phu Soi Dao Waterfall on the 1268 N17.70535 E100.95181
Phu Soi Dao Waterfall on the 1268, Nam Pat, Uttaradit
The original plan was to find a hotel or resort in the area of Na Haeo. But as I was already wet I decided to push through to Dan Sai to get all the smaller roads out of the way today rather than do some more tomorrow as the weather was supposed to worsen.
Still on the 1268, Na Haeo, Loei
On the 2113 Na Haeo, Loei
When I got to Dan Sai I had a ride through the town looking for a hot coffee and came acres the Ta Cafe. Hot coffee and hot food. The owner let me put my bike around the back out of the rain and she said she had rooms for the night, after food and coffee I went for a look, it would do, time to get the wet gear off!
Ta Cafe and Resort. 17.272970434613633, 101.15195960171249
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Wayne
