Myself and a couple of the Chiang Rai seniors decided to make a paved ride between the rain storms over to Thoed Thai, our plan was to ride from Chiang Rai avoiding as much of highway 1 as possible.
We snaked our way north passing many small villages until we arrived at Wat Muen Buddha.
On top on the hill is a new brilliant white Chinese wat.
Riding back down you get a commanding view over the big buddha's shoulders.
Back down at ground level it's equally impressive.
The entrance to this huge development.
Moving on as we approached the crossing to hwy 1 in the Mountain View Resort, with its focal point the concrete boat. Sadly the place is closed up and for sale.
Hitting the hwy briefly heading south to Huai Khrai then heading up to Doi Thung viewpoint for some refreshment, and blessed with stunning views.
As you head up to Wat Doi Thung, you make a left onto the infamous 1334 and its super tight series of S bends that catches out many a rider with its super slick moss covered concrete in the wet season.
Many many different hill tribes in this region.
The road is generally in good condition but you still have to keep and eye open for stuff like this.
Nobody had legs enough to climb to check this out.
After a couple of hours glorious riding it was on to Thoed Thai and check into the Ratti Kanchana Resort, the still would not budge off 600 baht a night and i don't blame them, its new and great room's.
After a fun night in town it was a nice easy ride back, taking the rarely used 1130 cutting out part of the Doi Mae Salong road.
Approaching Mae Chan, an opportunity to take some pictures of the beautiful wat being built.
There you have it, 250 km of beautiful roads riding with good friends reminding us all how lucky we are to live in this most beautiful part of Thailand.
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