Thanks a lot and yeah I will.
Sat having breakfast in Sobmoei

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Haha, so much for me saying long and boring, its a great road, loving it.
Don't know if I have passed the place you are on about but I will keep my eyes open for it
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Nice report and photos Wayne :-)

So you didnt go down to Umpang from Mae Sot then?

Dont worry theres a lot of nice curves and scenery on tye road direction towards Mae Hong Son.... The Lod cave is amazing as mentioned above.

Take a little detour to "Ban rak thai" from MHS. Lovely ride up into the mountains. Visit the decendents of chinese Kuonmintang there. Many nice tea houses there and superb dried fruit forsale there.

Chok dee khrap!

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Hi mate
Just made it to MHS, sat having a expresso frappe whilst trying to find some digs
Ban Rak Thai is on my list to do
I keep picking up phrases, what does Chok dee mean?

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Wow what a day, long but great. So much for me saying that the road was going going to be long and boring….far from it. It was a brilliant ride, it was 200 mile of so off twists with a bit of loose stuff thrown in for good measure, it would be worth doing again another time.

Tha Song Yang to Mae Hong Son by Wayne 66, on Flickr

Tha Song Yang to Mae Hong Son1 by Wayne 66, on Flickr

Set off again at about 0745hrs and decide to stop on route for breakfast as per the norm. It was really misty for the first couple of hours and I was forever wiping my goggles so I could see where I was going. Also got to a point where i was thinking I needed some fuel and doing the gravel dirt road and going up and down the hills/mountains was zapping the juice. Came across a construction team who were working on the road (loosely speaking of course) and point at the tank, they looked blank at first then cottoned on, they pointed back the way I had came, Ummmm not a good move going backwards when you need fuel, anyway it was only about 2 k’s back down the road, I didn’t see it the first time due to mist and a lorry.

Some scenes from the day, although didn't stop much for photos, I was enjoying the road

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Breakfast came about 1000 at a place called Sobmoei, food was the usual, fried rice with pork and veg, 'I will soon look like a bit of rice’, but hey if you eating local!

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Breakfast spot

The scenery was great, the road awesome, and after a couple more stops to refuel the bike and me I finally got the MHS at about 1415hrs
Found a coffee house with wifi, sat with a Expresso Frappe and looked on HUBB and Rideasia.net for a place to stay.
Found the Friends House, coords..N19.30019° E97.96727°, talk about basic haha but at least its a bed, 300 Bht for the night, 6 quid so can’t grumble.

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The room for a couple of nights

Probably going to stop a couple of days and do a ride out, want to visit Ban Rak Thai and some other places

Its getting near o’clock and food time. A nice curry with something else other than rice!

Wayne

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Theres a coffee shop right behind the temple on the little mountain top just 15-20 minutes walk from downtown MHS. Fantastic view over the town and surroundings. You can look down at the airport and have a glimpse at airplanes landing - from above. A little special........

"Chock dee (khrap)" means Good Luck. "khrap" is the politening syllable for a male speakers.

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Thanks, yeah I can see the Temple will have a ride up

Cheers
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A video from a bit of the route on Day 3, still not sure about the quality after I reduced the file, nor if it will work from the link...but here goes

https://flic.kr/p/puy4ap

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Decided to stay local to Mae Hong Son today and visit a village I had planned to do and what people on here had said go visit. So off I went...
Thought I might get a lay in but the Cockerels were making a right racket at 0600 this morning...not amused

Day 5 Mae Hong Son to Ban Rak Thai and back by Wayne 66, on Flickr

Day 5 Mae Hong Son to Ban Rak Thai by Wayne 66, on Flickr
It was a good climb, glad i was on the bike

But it was still around 1000hrs when I set off, I just chilled in my 5* accommodation till then.
It was a good ride to the village of Ban Rak Thai which I a village of Chinese Decendents I think and they grow and do their own tea, very nice it was too, I tried the Ging Sing and the morning tea, all free which was nice, also had some grub. I purposely didn't order any rice but it came with it any way
But it was very nice, I had Yunnan style fried pork done in Chinese herbs and honey

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Tea and roasted almonds, Ging Sing on left

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Good Food

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The village market area

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Were I had food

Stayed there for a while and on the way back I stopped of at the Pha Sua Waterfall, quite disappointed actually as there was not much water.

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Think you can just see the water

From there I came back into Mae Hong Son and visited Wat Phrathat Doi Kong Mu (Temple on the hill in Mae Hong Son). There was a great view from up there over looking Mae Hong Son and the Airport

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Back to the room and out to the bar I was in last night for a well earned Beer and sit and do this report

Some other pics from the day

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Its not complete without a selfie

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Nice pics and report Wayne! Its a little pearl up in the hills that village.

"Crossroads" for I presume.......

Lod cave and Pai tomorrow?

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Wow that was quick, haha, just put it up and thanks

Yeah 'Crossroads'

I do not know yet, i was looking at doing the northern route as over the mountains towards Fang. Will look at it later once I have had another and some food

Just so you don't feel like your missing out

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Hey! I just arrived in Mao son as well! And had a in crossroads I rode from Chiang Mai on a scooter!

Fortune and Glory, kid. Fortune and Glory.

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Oi, what's that chick doing sitting in MY chair
A great little spot there, to watch the world go by & the food isn't half bad either.

Hey Lonerider, how come I'm not reading of your daily massages ???
When in Thailand, I make it a daily ritual, but then, maybe I'm getting waaaay too soft from all the massage oil

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My memory is becoming that good, I should be able to organise my own surprise party soon

Not had one yet
There is time yet

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