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/5401319302/ Btw, I planned the route with www.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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
