The route 4056, 4107, 4060, 4273, 410 Total distance 252 km Riding through a village and its a sad reflection of the troubles here that this vehicle is necessary to protect the teachers and children The platoon Commander comes over, shakes my hand and poses for the photo A rubber tapper at work through the [...]
Feb 222011
A restful day in the town for me today, after a lie in I got up had coffee then took the bike in for a pair of new tyres, then it was off to the bank to get a travellers cheque changed which was more problematic than I expected, I had to try about four [...]
The route 4057, Unknown, 4193, 4056, 4001, 4055, 4013, 4060, 4018, 4067, 4107, 4008 Total distance 280 km First thing this morning I spot a drawing pin in my front tyre, typical its sunday and the tyre repair shops are shut, I have an aerosol puncture repair if need be but as the tyre is [...]
The route 4057, Unknown, 3151, 4115, 4217, 3073, 4013, 4060, 4056 Total distance 253 km I took the 4057 out of town then took a right onto an unnumbered road to avoid the roadworks but not far along here and this short section has a few rather large potholes The surface disappears for a couple [...]
Feb 182011
The route 4057, Unknown, 4115, 4207, 4062, 4217, Total distance 282 km Along the Malaysian border on an unknown road and theres extra hazards to negotiate at this checkpoint Its like a minefield along here Breakfast was in Buketa at the same restaurant as yesterday, three pieces of chicken goring and rice for 30 Baht [...]
The route 4057, Unknown, 4062, 4241, Unknown, 4115 Total distance 189 km Walking around town late last night and I see this Muslim delicacy being cooked at a roadside stall, its egg and whatever else, coconut was being put on top of other peoples but I declined that, 10 Baht and quite nice too The [...]
Feb 162011
The route Malaysia 1, E1, 76, 4, Thailand 4057 Total distance 310 km After three fantastic weeks of riding around Malaysia it was time to pack up and ride on back to Thailand It was a chilly morning with low cloud as I rode off at 8 am this morning but not too cold These [...]
Mar 032009
The route 4057, 4084, 4136, 42, 4061, 3002, 410
Total distance 208 km
It was time to vacate this very wet, one 7-11 town, it rained all night again but was actually not raining as I left. I filled up with fuel and took the 4057 heading east, about 2 km up the road it started hammering down again
The route4057, 4115, 4217, 4241, 4115, 4057
Total distance 254 km
It was another night of heavy rain here and still raining as I get ready to go out
The route 4057, 4115, 4241, 4271, 4060, 4013, 4060, 4271, 4241, 4115, 4057
Total distance 231 km
It started raining hard here at about 8pm last night and persisted all night long finally stopping at around 7.30 this morning, I left at around 9.30am and I had a dryish road for a while along the 4057
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