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Saiyok Kanchanaburi 2019
Endlessly on the Kanchanaburi Trail New rides to be appended to this post. Latest ride at the top with date. Saiyok - Myanmar - Khao Pla Noi - Saiyok 29 June 2019 The rainy season is here. Time to enjoy some of that fantastic Kanchanaburi mud on offer. Up at 4.30 and on the way...
Enduro Trail Riding : Sri Racha – Thailand
My playground. Only one hour from central Bangkok taking motorway 7. Park up. Have some breakfast at the shops and a drink. The ladies are friendly and know us well enough now that we don't even have to ask for permission to park up.. When we return. Always stop for a drink and a snack...
Pilok – Sangkhlaburi
A long weekend and time to give the 701 another run. First a stop at Prasat Mueang Sing Historical Park. Then continue on to Saiyok Yai. Park the pickup at a friends place and load up the 701 and head to the border with Burma. Pilok A good run up here following the 323 before...
Prasat Mueang Sing Historical Park
Lat 14.03929 Lon 99.24665 - Saiyok, Kanchanaburi. 12th - 14th Century. I have been wanting to visit this site for many years. Always riding and timing didn't fit in. Pleasantly surprised by this Angkor period temple. Well preserved and maintained. You can still walk around and on the foundations like you use to be able...
Sangkhlaburi
Lovely place to spend a long weekend. You could say. "Sangkhaburi The Real Thailand". One way in and out along highway 323. Off the beaten path, no loop around. There are two sides to the Mon bridge.. Sangkhla and Wangka (Mon Side). Wangka side was founded in 1949 by Luang Phor after he fled Burma...
Somsak Mining
GPS Coordinates:- 14.65461, 98.40242 Songkran April 2019 My third time to Somsak Mining. After reading on the Somsak Mining Facebook page that the home stay will close end of 2019 because of Auntie Glenn's age and health. Decided to visit one more time. It won't be the same riding down closed or someone else running...
Sangkhom – North Thailand.
April 06 / 07 / 18 Chakri Day Long Weekend Chakri Day long weekend. Time to dust off the might KLX sitting in Nong Khai and go for a run to Chiang Khan and spend the night. Followed by a slow ride back along the 211 to Sangkhom. Taking in the sites and scenery before...
Houay Xai to Hong Sa – Following the Mekong
Houay Xai, Pak Tha, Doi Pha Tang, Phu Chi Duen, Phu Chi Fa - Hong Sa in the dark. Friendship Bridge Chiang Khong - Houy Xai Super friendly on the Thai side of the border. YouTube:- Crossing the Friendship Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diOLCI5O0Ow The bridge is very quiet. Not many people at all. Arrive the Lao side.....
Northern Laos : Luang Prabang – Oudomxai – Boun Tai – Nong Khiew – Vieng Thong.
After crossing at Houy Xai, riding solo to Hong Sa and on to Luang Prabang. Time to meet up with Chris. As Chris can't take time off to ride together in the high season. I tag along until Phonsavan with his group. Helping out where I can and make a video of the trip along...
Nong Khai Cruising the Mekong to Nakhon Phanom
Time to get out of Bangkok for the weekend. Thursday afternoon book a cheap ticket with Nok Air and on the plane Saturday. The KLX is currently sitting at a friends place in Nong Khai waiting for me. 4:00 am wake up and 5.50 flight to Udon and on the road around 10 am by...
Lima Site 85 : Phou Pha Thi – Then and Now
Introduction Lima Site 85 (LS-85 alphanumeric code of the phonetic 1st letter used to conceal this covert operation[3]) was a clandestine, military installation in the Royal Kingdom of Laos guarded by the Hmong "Secret Army", the Central Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force used for Vietnam War covert operations against communist targets in...
Crater Bomb – Xieng Khouang
The largest bomb crater site in the province. Located at Baan Khai approximately 33 kilometres from Phonsavan. The bombs were dropped back in the second Indochina war by B 52 Bombers. In many cases indiscriminately on the way back from a bombing run or part of the carpet bombing of the Plain of Jars as...