You guys got a lot better photos than I did, and really captured the feel of country. Now you need to do the same type of ride up to Doi Mea-Salong & get photos of the hills! I spent so much time pushing my bike I didn't even think about the camera. We also found some pretty stiff climbs from Chiang-Mai to Samoeng.
dougP On Jan 31, 5:49 am, William Pustow <bpus...@aol.com> wrote: > Guys, you're killing me with the food photos. There are many things I love > about Thailand. One of the main things is the food. I'd like to start the day > with Thai iced coffee (in a plastic bag with a straw, of course) and fried > bananas. > Great report! > Thanks, > Bill > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 10:28 PM, Earl Grey wrote: > > > > > Paul and I headed up to the Burmese border on Saturday to renew our > > Thai visas. These border runs are a boring fact of life for many > > foreigners in Chiang Mai, who take the morning bus up to the border > > (5-6 hrs), cross the border, have lunch, and take the afternoon bus > > back to Chiang Mai. > > > I always bring my bike and stay overnight and find an interesting way > > to ride to Chiang Rai, a third of the way back to Chiang Mai. This > > time I brought Paul along as well, for an all-Sam, mixed terrain, find- > > the-smallest-roads-and-dirt-tracks-we-can, riding adventure. > > > My photos start here:www.flickr.com/photos/25150892@N08/5402500499/ > > > Paul's photos start here: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulatwork/sets/72157625812729019/with/5... > > > Btw, I planned the route withwww.ridewithgps.com(which uses Google > > maps) and uploaded it to my GPS. Otherwise it would be impossible to > > do such a route in unfamiliar territory and make it to your > > destination in time to catch a bus. Google maps and my GPS map are > > often wrong about the tiny side roads in Thailand, but with a planned > > route and a GPS to re-orient yourself when the road you were planning > > to take doesn't exist, it's just the right mixture of adventure and > > predictability for me. > > > Cheers, > > > Gernot > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
