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15 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

I don't think that's a fair assessment it wasn't 75 for long. 

 

Exchange rates is not the way to look at price rises in Thailand in my book. 

It was 75 when i brought my money over.

Sure i don't really worry about exchange rates, they are out of my control, i need money i bring money. All one can do.

I was answering to the questions raised by this thread ????

4 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

As compared to the price where? It's not expensive if the same plate of noodles costs you $10 back home... 

I was comparing the price here. Before the baht was 75 to the pound, it went down by 40 odd percent, so that make it more expensive by 40 percent.

18 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

That's a personal point of expense a 25 baht plate of noodles is still 25 baht not more expensive. 

If working here, yes. If bring money in from abroad, noodles are still 25 baht, but up 40 odd percent in real cost. 

Not only have the prices increased, as everywhere in the world i would think, but the exchange rate has made a large impact. 75 baht to a pound when i bought my place here down to 39 not long ago, that has made living costs expensive more so.

3 minutes ago, banglay said:

Just had a quick run through your trip  very similar to mine .. I am looking for off the beaten tracks too   .. as much off road as possible  ...   

 

Well as you can see i did a fair bit, i put location references for a lot of the places. They should be helpful.

8 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah but you miss my point of respect if you were on at least a CRF250L like I had out that way once, it was slow but river bed's no problem. ????

I have  Honda Rally, but keep falling off 555555 Only off once on the CT, and that was alongside the Salawin river, very steep and the front tyre hit a rock causing a wonderful, but uncontrolled wheelie ????

12 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Doing rides out there on a 125 you have my respect. ????

Riding through the Salawin National Park to the Salawin river was challenging, best in the dry season due to riding along some river beds.

6 hours ago, banglay said:

Cheers that's on my route I'll check it out thx ????     any suggestion appreciated 

PS the Dam can you ride you bike over it ?

 

You can ride up to the dam, park and walk along some of it. Worth doing i think.

This is my trip earlier this year in reverse to yours, have a look, they should be some ideas for you.

What do you look for? Fast roads, good views........?

https://aseannow.com/topic/1211660-honda-ct125-a-testing-ride-around-issan-and-the-north-of-thailand/

5 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Only been riding out for a couple hours a day until this covid thing calms down.

Wouldn't want to stop in Maesot town again horrible place and at the moment has covid problems

better to stop somewhere just outside before getting there that's if anything is open.

Use to like the mountain road section.

Don't know what the road is like now or the road that follows the border from Maesot to Mae hong son years ago there was nothing for a hundreds of kilos or more, lucky to get petrol from a farmhouse just off road. 

It's all good road now, changed so much. My last trip was this year on a Honda CT125, but i didn't hit R105 south until Mae Yuam.

1 hour ago, banglay said:

Have you any personal recommendation  for accommodation(one night stop0ver) in the Tak area before you reach the 1175... and price ect  Cheers  ????

If the weather is good as you near MHS take a ride up Ban Microwave, keep going to the masts there, just past them some of the best views in the area are there.

It is a steep road, one of the steepest in the country.

https://goo.gl/maps/sZKZnytjNTZrwQw99

47 minutes ago, banglay said:

Have you any personal recommendation  for accommodation(one night stop0ver) in the Tak area before you reach the 1175... and price ect  Cheers  ????

I have stayed here a few times, not the cheapest, but good value. 

https://goo.gl/maps/pe64QfbwsxhQsohw9

Not far from the beginning of 1175 the dam is worth a visit.

https://goo.gl/maps/LM6TxHLvzpehyRQk7

7 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Never heard of R1175 it was the R12 all the way, haven't been that way in a while, Sukhothai opened an imm office so no need to go Maesot imm anymore.

It's just north of Tak and goes through Mae Tuen Forest Park and come out onto the 105 at Mae Ramat. 

It's a slower road, but my preference due to views.

1107

Tambon Ko Taphao, Amphoe Ban Tak, Chang Wat Tak 63120

17.064003, 99.048825

4 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

To get to Maesot the road where you turn right quite a way out of Tak is where the beginnings of the mountain roads.

If you want my advice stay a night in Tak because you'll be tired by then and getting through into the mountain roads can have many hazards.

Also it's nice there and you can take the slower road R1175 which is great.

7 minutes ago, banglay said:

Yeah ! it's to get me to the start of my road trip proper ...  After leaving Mae Sot it'll be at a more relaxed pace and taking in the local sites   about 300Km +/- 50km each day  the red line a rough idea of my route  ...  

Nice route, i have done similar a few times. But now i ride to a place with good amenities, stay a few days and go exploring before moving on.

11 hours ago, Fairynuff said:

There is a reason, similar to why Brits have a huge issue with a small piece of fabric that helps protect them and others. In simple terms, stupidity.

I agree governments are stupid, along with people who think a small piece of fabric will save there life, whatever country they come from.

23 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

What would the alternative look like?

Look back on the most clever people in the word and ask yourself were they peer reviewed or leaders in their field. 

For example, Edison, Archimedes, Tesla, Da Vinci, Plato, Socrates, the original Buddha.

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Well, at best there appears to be conflicting data, however, "The study, published online but not yet peer reviewed"

Peer reviewed, meaning the same people that learnt the same things from the same book all agree what they learned is correct.

marvelous

5 hours ago, Dick Z said:

The sentence says they actually do work. 

I suggest taking medication that does not cure your illness or stop you transmitting it does not work.

2 hours ago, Rinrada said:

Yes and No...basically just for local venues....pinch of salt..LONDON -- Authorities in Britain have decided Not to Require vaccine passports for Entry into Nightclubs and other Crowded events in England. 

Health Minister Sajid Javid said the government has Shelved the idea of vaccine passports for Now but could Reconsider the decision if COVID-19 cases rise exponentially once again.

As i said they have been cancelled. 

1 hour ago, HappyExpat57 said:

If a vaccinated person contracts Covid, their transmission rate is lower.

So they don't actually work then.

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

Yes even the vaccinated, the vaccines reduce hospitalisation and death, that is proven, eventually everyone will get vaccinated or suffer the consequences, and yes we all know it is mostly the elderly that die, so if you don't want to get vaccinated, infect the elderly then good for you, your doing your thing for humanity.

 

The unselfish will get vaccinated so that those with immunocompromised diseases, i.e. weak immune systems, and the elderly who also have weakened immune systems get years of life to live.

 

The selfish will continue to inflict death and long Covid, why, because they are all about themselves.

 

Your choice, and as for vaccine passports they will never work for clubs, stores etc, however should be mandatory for domestic travel and entering other countries.

so if you don't want to get vaccinated, infect the elderly then good for you, your doing your thing for humanity.

People who worry can take the magic juice, i have no issues with that.

Forcing someone to take it is totally wrong morally, and should be illegal.

45 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

Because if the unvaccinated get infected, they can still infect others also good luck with anyone in the UK getting into a lot of countries without a vaccination passport.

 

Care to share that link where they cancelled the vaccination passport.

Because if the unvaccinated get infected, they can still infect others

Even the vaccinated? 

Cancelled. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58535258

30 minutes ago, NE1 said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-58488489

I asked you.