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Location Date Mon, 29 April 2013 1367200860 Thu, 25 April 2013
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Day 5
Thursday 25.4.13
Chiang Mai
Having "walked" the route to the hostel in Chiang Mai via Google earth, it made it a breeze to find the place. I knew I had to pass a Caltex Servo, Cross a bridge and walk under an arch after which I had to count five streets and turn right at a temple. The Living Place at Soi 2 (lane two).
I was greeted by an approx. 35 year old lady with the broadest possible smile and tons of personality. After she had asked my name she showed me where I would sleep. Meanwhile she introduced me to every soul in sight, remembering ALL their names. All the people I was introduced to, I forgot their name as soon as I heard them including hers. Remarkable!
I met some English guys who had heard about the road of 1800 odd bends, in other words the Mae Hong Son Loop of 650 km I planned to ride. As they instantly bombarded me as some sort of expert they suggested that I would lead them. Hmmm I thought let's see about that. One of the guys told me that he definitely needed a type of automatic scooter as he had no riding experience.
We agreed that we would ride out on Saturday. I asked the lady of the house if she could point out on the map where the motorcycle shop was. I gave her the address and she placed a cross on the map. Lucky it was close by. After finding the shop I arranged for a 250 single Kawasaki to be made ready for tomorrow’s departure, which got me out of going with the English guys on Saturday. I gathered that the guy without the riding experience would set the pace so it would be best for me to be on my own.
With all that out of the way I went to visit some temples and had something to eat at a place where I could not discover any tourist, could not read anything on the menu at a place setup outside a tyre shop right on the pavement. What they were making looked interesting. First of all they put a cup of runny dough into hot oil. The dough would spread out a bit like a pancake except that this was more like a huge plat like doughnut. A thick steel plate was used as a serving dish atop a wooded plate. Bean sprouts, mushrooms etc were placed on the steel plate and the “doughnut” on top. Delicious.
Thursday 25.4.13
Chiang Mai
Having "walked" the route to the hostel in Chiang Mai via Google earth, it made it a breeze to find the place. I knew I had to pass a Caltex Servo, Cross a bridge and walk under an arch after which I had to count five streets and turn right at a temple. The Living Place at Soi 2 (lane two).
I was greeted by an approx. 35 year old lady with the broadest possible smile and tons of personality. After she had asked my name she showed me where I would sleep. Meanwhile she introduced me to every soul in sight, remembering ALL their names. All the people I was introduced to, I forgot their name as soon as I heard them including hers. Remarkable!
I met some English guys who had heard about the road of 1800 odd bends, in other words the Mae Hong Son Loop of 650 km I planned to ride. As they instantly bombarded me as some sort of expert they suggested that I would lead them. Hmmm I thought let's see about that. One of the guys told me that he definitely needed a type of automatic scooter as he had no riding experience.
We agreed that we would ride out on Saturday. I asked the lady of the house if she could point out on the map where the motorcycle shop was. I gave her the address and she placed a cross on the map. Lucky it was close by. After finding the shop I arranged for a 250 single Kawasaki to be made ready for tomorrow’s departure, which got me out of going with the English guys on Saturday. I gathered that the guy without the riding experience would set the pace so it would be best for me to be on my own.
With all that out of the way I went to visit some temples and had something to eat at a place where I could not discover any tourist, could not read anything on the menu at a place setup outside a tyre shop right on the pavement. What they were making looked interesting. First of all they put a cup of runny dough into hot oil. The dough would spread out a bit like a pancake except that this was more like a huge plat like doughnut. A thick steel plate was used as a serving dish atop a wooded plate. Bean sprouts, mushrooms etc were placed on the steel plate and the “doughnut” on top. Delicious.
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