Day 11. 09.04.22. Tham Krasae Railway Bridge. 93km

Tham Krasae Railway Bridge, another easy, hot and hazy ride today, I wandered along the railway and nearly missed an opportunity to take photos of the train crossing it. 

https://goo.gl/maps/NzSWSBPMAzhiurMS7

https://www.relive.cc/view/vdvmKKGZNx6

Day 7. 05.04.22. Tak to bkk. 420km.

A boring ride and hot ride into bkk today to visit friends.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vdORMMPp2Kv

Day 8. 06.04.22. Bkk

Day 9. Bkk to Kanchanaburi. 07.04.22. 141km

A hot and easy ride for a few day stay.

Day 10. 08.04.22. The suspension bridge south of Hellfire Pass. I86km.

Today I rode through the Hellfire Pass to get to the suspension bridge, then a few km of looking around before returning to Kanchanaburi.

https://goo.gl/maps/5Admy8Aje5jzJtxw9

Day 6. 04.04.22 Sukhothai to Tak. 103 km

A lazy and easy ride today with lunch on the side of the Ping river.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vdvmKKJY2x6

Day 5. 03.04.22

A pleasant morning in Sukhothai Historical Park

A large place to wander around and worth the “farang” price of 100 baht. Although I do hate this double pricing.

https://goo.gl/maps/dytfoywjnR22pHNK9

I also visited Wat Si Chum, which was the same price for some strange reason.

https://goo.gl/maps/7ztU3fNmqiWELrxW6

Day 4. 02.04.22 Lopburi to Sukhothai via Phu-ta-berk. 518km

An easy ride to Phu Ta Berk this morning, quite cool at the top due to high cloud cover and the altitude.

https://goo.gl/maps/iovKip983jtquv63A

For some reason there were many people taking photos from the roadside.

Back down and a straight ride to Suhkothai.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vxOQoYzPZMq

Day 3. 01.04.22. Ban Kruat to Lopburi via Phimai Historical Park. 436km

Rain was forecast for the next two days, so I decided to move on early. My first stop was Phimai Historical Park, from there I rode to Lopburi.

The rain started as I left Phimai, but not hard.

https://goo.gl/maps/FrWpwwPJBujcg1cC8

https://www.relive.cc/view/vmqXNXy8VoO

Day 2. Ban Kruat Border Sites. 57km

Today just local, first stop was a small lake on my way to Chong-o-bok

https://goo.gl/maps/TaEHcf5MQeveshzaA

After chatting with a soldier at the border lookout place I went to a small pond to take photos. As I got off the bike I heard a loud an unexpected “sa-wat-dee-khrap” that made me jump. But there was nobody there! Then he said “up” and there was a guy sat in the tree, who told me he was fishing.

He actually had some kind of rifle shaped crossbow that fired a net down into the lake.

I then rode to Tarn 472, again on the Cambodian border. 14°19'12.9"N 103°07'46.1"E

Returning I cut a left through the jungle to Pha Ta Rung

https://goo.gl/maps/mmDCrzus8veDEsaa7

I got a little off track and found a train on top of a cliff overlooking a lake on my way back too.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vevYoxWr4y6

19 hours ago, apetryxx said:

I have never seen anything more inane than folks roaring around on a scooter with a face mask and no helmet.

How do you roar around on a scooter?

20 hours ago, shackleton said:

Most of the Country adheres to the traditional custom over Songkran ????

Pattaya and Kao San Road are for mainly tourists to throw blast each other with  iced water plastic water guns ect  plenty of alcohol involved ????

Will be interesting to see how many actual tourists will be there if there is no water celebrations allowed ????

There are far more places than that who have at least one mad day of water throwing.

This course will help as it teaches the alphabet, tone rules etc before moving onto the lessons. 

https://www.highspeedthai.com/

11 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Informing someone that they couldn't purchase alcohol at 3 PM really isn't a "weird" thing to do, its actually being quite helpful to the person .

  What made you think that it would be a weird thing to do . 

Although it my have been weird if you  were lustfully leering at her whilst she was shopping  

Pick up a pack of beer, leave the money on the counter and walk out.  They can ring it up later.

2 hours ago, ehs818 said:

I never count on anything that any government official says here. There are two many changes, cancellations, revisions, and the like just days later. I read reputable sites online and continue to wear a good mask (N95 or N95) when around ANY people. I act in a manner I refer to as socially considerate. Can't be too safe with Covid. It's not going away, it continues to mutate, and I don't want to be responsible for passing it along thru others to some older person who just dies from it. If wearing a mask is so unbearable for you, try having an intubation tube down your throat while hospitalized. Man up and just do the responsible thing! Either way, when I am walking in a mall or at Big C and see improperly masked (nose not covered) people walking towards me, I move as far away from them as I can. And I give them 'the look'. They mostly are other farangs doing this. But I've stopped trying to reason with them thru conversation. You can't cure stupid and they get so defensive and aggressive that I'd rather not engage with willfully ignorant and inconsiderate people.

You read from reputable sites? 55555555555

Mans best friend if you treat them right. ????

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

Yes, by building up a narrative that these animals(and their owners) are evil, and how to eradicate them(the dogs), they will disappear. 

It's a great idea, but so is stopping road deaths which they can't or won't.

21 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

In my country there are a lot of restrictions on keeping so-called dangerous dogs.

In addition to a ban on keeping certain breeds, breed-specific restrictions on keeping are possible. In terms of the owner, this can mean, for example, that they are of legal age, that they have a certificate of good conduct or that they are required to take a specialist test (colloquially known as a dog handler’s license). When it comes to keeping the dog, other special regulations such as a leash requirement, a muzzle requirement, a chip requirement, insurance requirements, a permit requirement, the requirement to sterilize the dog, the requirement to securely fence off the property on which the dog is kept, or passing a character test for dogs may be prescribed.

Here 15 years old drive cars with no license, you think they can regulate dog ownership? 5555555

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

Calm down dear, calm down.

I am mate, Rottweilers were bred as cattle herders originally and by nature docile. But they are big strong dogs and need looking after. ???? 

22 hours ago, Will B Good said:

This kind of dog, in particular, should never be off their leads in public and should always wear a collar.

 

The few times I have encountered rottweilers they have come across as vicious and uncontrollable.

Where have you encountered them? 

Control come down to the owner, not the dog.

Vicious compared to soi dogs?

Dogs are not trained, exercised or looked after in Thailand, picking a certain breed is ridiculous. 

My first online report was refused due to "overstay". I was not and it was sorted easily.

Yesterday i did my second online report and nothing worked, password not recognized etc.

In the end i registered again and was given a new 90 days along with the next renewal date.

So maybe if people have issues it is worth trying to register again. 

1 hour ago, Randell said:

Chris thank you again so very much wonderfully documented trip and spectacular photos as is your norm. With ongoing cancer treatment am unable to do anything remotely similar but absolutely thrilled to share the ride with you vicariously thanks again.????????????  Rand

Cheers Randell, hopefully soon you will be able to go riding and enjoy.

4 hours ago, dinga said:

Tks - I've got a Mighty Enfield too (Interceptor 650).  Have been a bit remiss, given the local RE Dealer's recommendation that the chain should be cleaned and oiled every 1,000 Kms (bike has done a tad over 23,000 Kms).  Have just had them tighten the chain (again) after only 1,500 Kms - they tell me all is good (and the chain should be tightened monthly!!!!).  Call me sceptical, but I'm anticipating something else is amiss....      

To be honest i am really surprised about the chain, but i really do take it easy, more interested seeing the views than racing about.

1 hour ago, dinga said:

Great posts - just a couple of questions:

*  how often do you oil the chain on this kind of ride?

*  did you need to get the chain tightened/adjusted?  If so, how often?

 

Tks

 

Not enough ???? But sometimes i just stopped at local shops. Two services at Enfield dealers too, due to a 3,000 km service interval, which is a con. Worldwide if 5,000 km i understand.

The chain has never been adjusted to my knowledge even when serviced.
I ride this bike without racing about and hard accelerating. 9,000 km now.

Just now, VocalNeal said:

It seems to be popular to post the results rather than the plans.????

My plans changed every day. I had a broad outline, but in the morning many times i changed my route.