Pai back to Pai 84 miles (14th February 2014) Today we are doing a round trip out of Pia towards Myanmar (formerly Burma) and the site of a crashed helicopter, a few kilometres from the border. The helicopter crashed 6 years ago and was apparently guarded by the army for a while, I presume at […]
Not even fallen trees will stop us!
Today we did 95 miles. Doi Chang to Pai We set off from The Good View Resort in Doi Chang for another great of dirt riding in in a wilderness, its fantastic to ride for miles without seeing any other vehicles. Ready for another day’s riding Northern Thailand Not long after we set off we came across […]
What track!
Phrao to Doi Chang (89 miles) Phrao to Doi Chang After leaving Phrao yesterday morning the first dirt road section was in a bamboo forest. The track was barely visible in the undergrowth, in many places the bamboo hung so low over the track that it was difficult to duck low enough to get underneath. Twice […]
A challenge
Phrao to Doi Chang (82 miles) Phrao to Doi Chang Only 82 miles! Most of todays ride was on unpaved roads some of which were very challenging, I was riding on anything from boulders to a fine dust that at some points felt as slippery as a wet clay surface back in England. Some of the […]
First Day
Chiang Mai to Phrao (103 miles) This is most of todays route, I forgot to turn the tracker on until I had done a few miles so its not the entire days riding. Wolf’s, who owns and runs Thai Enduro tours, arranged for his wife to pick me up at the hotel in Chiang Mai. I […]
Thailand
Heading off to Chiang Mai in Thailand today. I will be joining Thai Enduro tours for some off-roading in the North of of the country, lots of mountains to explore! I did a similar trip last year so I am looking forwards to having an exciting and challenging time on the bike and in particular […]