Umphang

[papa al]

papa thinking road trip there ~Nov. 5.

Anybody wanna kum mit?

[AllanB]

.........what's there?

[papa al]

Twisty mountain roads, Thailand's largest waterfall, &c.

[AllanB]

How many days?

[Briggsy]

You will not be able to take your bike to Ti Lor Su waterfall. You will have to take a pick-up from the checkpoint. Something like 20 kms of dirt road. Can't remember. Have fun.

[AllanB]

6 hours ago, Briggsy said:

You will not be able to take your bike to Ti Lor Su waterfall. You will have to take a pick-up from the checkpoint. Something like 20 kms of dirt road. Can't remember. Have fun.

Sounds great can try out the new dirt-bike, Papa you can bring your Lifan.

[Briggsy]

20 minutes ago, AllanB said:

Sounds great can try out the new dirt-bike, Papa you can bring your Lifan.

If you want to get past the checkpoint to the Ti Lor Su waterfall on bikes, you'll need to do some fast talking. But there are plenty of other farm tracks and trails.

[papa al]

ceeber

[AllanB]

3 hours ago, papa al said:

ceeber

This is the one you ride at 100mph?

[papa al]

rarely over 75-80mph.

[AllanB]

11 hours ago, papa al said:

rarely over 75-80mph.

I was referring to highways, not trips to BigD/911......

 

What is your broad plan?

Edited October 21, 2017 by AllanB

[kaorop]

On Fri Oct 20 2017 at 2:04 PM, Briggsy said:

If you want to get past the checkpoint to the Ti Lor Su waterfall on bikes, you'll need to do some fast talking. But there are plenty of other farm tracks and trails.

Related ramble story: Once we ended up at the top of Phu Rua, I thought we were out of place when we were riding over what looked like pristine alpine marsh land. The rangers were not happy to see us ride out of the "restricted to park vehilces only" part of the road. We were "okay" as there were a few well connected Thais and I the only franga in a group of 10 or so..(oh btw. we had no intention to be up on those protected areas, it was a mistake)

[AllanB]

Is the trip still on, I know we ride slower, but maybe meet up somewhere? A few drinkipoos.......

[papa al]

Left Patts Sunday afternoon.

papa Mae Sot now.

A shop here selling Chinese type bikes.

Cheap.

Lifan Xplore B45K.

Ryuka 110 Sport,

a nifty little dual  sport.

B19.5K.

South to Umphang 2mor.

 

[JaiLai]

Related ramble story: Once we ended up at the top of Phu Rua, I thought we were out of place when we were riding over what looked like pristine alpine marsh land. The rangers were not happy to see us ride out of the "restricted to park vehilces only" part of the road. We were "okay" as there were a few well connected Thais and I the only franga in a group of 10 or so..(oh btw. we had no intention to be up on those protected areas, it was a mistake)

‘Well connected Thais’ - we’ve all heard of them.....well connected until their connections are needed - lol


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[kaorop]

1 hour ago, JaiLai said:

 

‘Well connected Thais’ - we’ve all heard of them.....well connected until their connections are needed - lol


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Rich guys from Loei, the main one has 4 car dealerships across issarn and owns (and rents) a whole city block..etc etc. Just guys I rode with...

[JaiLai]

Rich guys from Loei, the main one has 4 car dealerships across issarn and owns (and rents) a whole city block..etc etc. Just guys I rode with...

This means he has some wealth, does not mean he’s ‘connected’

Is Umphang in Issan?


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[papa al]

18 hours ago, papa al said:

Left Patts Sunday afternoon.

papa Mae Sot now.

A shop here selling Chinese type bikes.

Cheap.

Lifan Xplore B45K.

Ryuka 110 Sport,

a nifty little dual  sport.

B19.5K.

South to Umphang 2mor.

 

Quote

 

Umphang ok.

Nice curvy mountain ride.

Weird, the same Ryuka110 Sport costs B29.9K here.

??

Booked trip to HOH-falls 2mor.

Edited November 8, 2017 by papa al

[DILLIGAD]

Don’t miss Ti Lor Su, it’s well worth a visit


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[papa al]

Nov. 9

So, papa rode the 1219 curves south to Umphang and found, with considerable difficulty,  

the resort which was booked thru Agoda…Umphangburi Resort.

The B850/night (incl. breakfast) cabin was… so so. 

Booked a trip to waterfall including a 2-hr. raft trip.

Joined a group of ten 30-ish-years-old Thais from BKK.

Two men, 7 ladies, one indeterminate gender.

A really fun group. Sanook.

The raft trip was quite nice on the swiftly flowing river

through some deep gorge maybe 1000feet deep in places.

Halfway through, stopped at a hot-springs.

papa dint go in as afraid of parasites crawling into body offices, 5 5.

 

After landing, rough ride in pick-up-truck/songteaw 

40 minutes to the waterfall parking area.

TheeLorSu = Karin for ‘waterfall.’

Nicest set of falls ever.

300meter high and even wider.

Guide showed us slippery steep trail right up to the cascades.

Surrounded by old growth forest, nature reserve.

Many a selfie taken by the Thais.

Cost of trip was B1500 (incl lunch) 

+B200 park fee.

(Well worth it.) 

[B20 for Thais].

Stopped to √-out nice wooden Wat on the ride home.

So far, all good.

 

Back at resort, 5PM, wanted to shower and check e-mail,

but WIFI down and 

no water…discovered after nude in bathroom.

Damn.

Dressed, & found lady manager. 

She said broken water line but

should be fixed in 1/2 hour.

I told her if not fixed by then, papa wanted refund 

and would move to another resort.

30 minites later…nada.

She said she could put me in another room where HOH was working.

papa asked to remain in same room, just go to the room for shower.

Ok. 

So when necked in 2nd room. discovered no water pressure there either.!

DOUBLE DAMN.!!

Had to dress & go find lady AGAIN.

She seemed embarrassed and apologetic, 

and finally found me a bathroom that did function.

TIT I guess.

 

Stay tuned, papa’s next post will be a good one….

 

 

 

[papa al]

Nov 10

Early departure into drizzly conditions

Slow but still fun in the curves when

boom

low side off

on a steep downhill left turn.

Wet & reversed bank on the curve got me.

F!

Slid about 10m into the other lane.

Leg trapped under bike when stopped; 

took a struggle to extricate.

F!

A real grunt to lift alone.

Guess papa getting weak in old age.

ceeber seemed pretty ok,

just scraped plastic & bent shift lever,

but usable.

Rode MS and stopped at a Yamaha dealership.

Told mech needed new chain & bend back lever.

Decided on new sprockets too as front was badly worn .

[40Kkm]

Mech noticed that the rear light assembly was broken,

(plastic) and right rear quarter plastic broken too.

Also the right-rear bracket of the rear frame broken.

Mech used super-glue and fibreglass cloth to repair plastic 

and welded the frame.

Came out looking pretty good.

New O-ring chain B900 & sprockets B500.

Labor/glue/weld… no charge!

Took about 1.5 hr.

Talented technician fur sure..

papa very happy.

B200 tip, mech happy too.

No injury thanks to protective gear.

Thanks Buddha.

 

Edited November 11, 2017 by papa al

[taninthai]

sounds like nice little adventure,,,,,,,good on ya.

[kaorop]

Look after yourself.

[papa al]

Nov10. part 2

Hadn’t ridden the MHS loop in long time,

and being in the area, decided to.

Left MaeSot Yamaha about 2pm figuring head north for 2, 3 hrs and get loom.

Well, couldn’t find one until Mae Saraing at 8:30pm.

Long day.

Got a fancy 1000B room there.

Nov 11

Headed north thru MHS and down to Pai and 

got a B400 fan-room at the hotel Paiifornia.

Pai be hopping; high season.

Enjoyed some good street food at the night market/walking street.

Many tourists, Japanese and youngish Euro hippie types.

Nov 12

Heading south to Chaing Mai.

;-)

Edited November 12, 2017 by papa al

[papa al]

...rode 120km south to ChiangMai yestitty.

The twisties south of Pia are the most twistiest of MHS loop, imo.

Will Thai-RR overnight to BKK & return Patts by afternoon 2mor,

Buddha willing.

papa misses his dirt bike.

;-)