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Doi Luang Peak, Thailand
Doi Luang Peak, Thailand
This journey actually started with me renting a motorbike and heading to Chiang Dao on a whim. I wasn’t even sure where I would stay. Close to sunset I luckily found a resort where they provided me a tent and blankets and breakfast for only 150 baht. The only drawback was the creepy owner that told me how beautiful I was and followed me everywhere and literally got into my facetime calls. That…
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Doi Luang National Park Attractions in Chiang Rai Doi Luang National Park Doi Luang National Park covers an area of 1,170 square kilometres in Amphoe Mae Suai, Amphoe Phan, Amphoe Wiang Pa Pan in Chiang Rai province, Amphoe Wang Nuea and Amphoe Ngao in Lampang province including Amphoe Mae Chai and Amphoe Mueang in...
Doi Luang National Park Attractions in Chiang Rai Doi Luang National Park Doi Luang National Park covers an area of 1,170 square kilometres in Amphoe Mae Suai, Amphoe Phan, Amphoe Wiang Pa Pan in Chiang Rai province, Amphoe Wang Nuea and Amphoe Ngao in Lampang province including Amphoe Mae Chai and Amphoe Mueang in...
On the top of Doi Chiang Dao by Zolashine on Flickr.
Doi Sam-Phi-Nong (Three Sisters Mountain) by Zolashine on Flickr.
Pushing Pedals
What can I say. We are quite pleased with ourselves. Pats on the back, and high fives have been happening. Mouths have grinned, and legs have been sore. Buying bikes may be the best move we have made on this trip. After Jenny's last post we had a killer day which pretty much pushed the limits of our general lack of physical fitness. We clocked in just over 80 K between Chang Dao and Fang. We got started quite late in the morning, since we needed ample time for a power up breakfast. Perhaps we (I) went a bit overboard on the breakfast. Cramps happen. The first 20 kilometers was all hills but it was not too bad, things really got rough somewhere around the 20K mark where we had around 3 kilometers of ascent over a small mountain range. I reached new dimensions of sweaty, I became the sweat, I was like that water creature from the movie The Abyss, I just looked human, pedaling a bike. All in all it took about 1 1/2 hours to cover that terrible 3 K, but then we got to the top we had the sweetness of a 10 minute roller-coaster ride down to the bottom. Certainly the fastest ground we have covered yet. Arriving in Fang we treated ourselves to some cold coconuts, then found a place to crash for the evening. After we showered up we headed out to a huge outdoor restaurant serving Thai Hot Pot. The Thai do an awesome version of hot pot, where it is like a grill/hot pot combo. A cast iron grill that has trough around it gets placed over some coals. You fill the trough with a weak stock, grill your meat so the drippings slide into the trough, and in 20 minutes or so you have a hearty stock for cooking vegetables and meat in. It is great, it helped a lot to have a guy guide us through the meal. Pro Tip: Paint the grill with pork fat to prevent stickiness. PORK FAT! NOT JUST FOR EATING! The next morning we had a pretty casual day. We biked 23K to the town of Thanton had a bit of lunch, then loaded our bikes on a longtail boat for a ride down the Mekong River to Chiang Rai. It was a beautiful and exciting ride down, as the river was quite high and fast. We arrived in Chiang Rai, found a nice guest house and called it a day. The next day in Chiang Rai was all about running errands, we heard in Laos it is quite difficult to find some stuff so we stocked up on inner tubes, patch kits, and sunblock. And after much humming and hawing Jenny got a mind blowing haircut. When the clippers came out to buzz it off I honestly couldn't believe it was happening, neither could most of the people in the barber shop. She looks great though, and is debating keeping it as her new trendsetting style. In the evening the rain came so we just chatted away the evening with a lovely family from England living in Tanzania. Today we again got a late start, and since we did not get a few remaining things done in Chiang Rai we did not actually leave the city till around noon. We knew we wanted to go as far as Doi Luang, and we knew we didn't want to take the highway. So we started on a secondary highway till we got to the small village of Vien Thai and from there it was a peaceful meandering ride down paved and dirt lanes through rice and corn fields and rubber tree plantations, almost all the way till about 8K South of Doi Luang, where we were met back up with the highway. We did think about pushing on further north, but the clouds were getting quite dark, so we started asking around for a guest house to see what was available. Ask and ye shall receive! A girl brought us to what can only be described as a love nest. Pink rattan walls, purple lamp shades, and a bare breasted lady poster complete the mood. We are very much looking forward to what tomorrow has in store for us as we head to Chang Khong and maybe even cross into Laos. Thailand has been wonderful, and while we aren't ready quite ready to leave yet we are looking forward to cycling Laos.
