Captain_Slash wrote: Youve got it hot in the north as well then, its baking out here in Isaan, its six litres of water per day weather now
Yeah Slash for some reason the heat ' sun seems really bad this year, & it's early hot season. It knocked me around yesterday, but part of the reason could be that I did not leave Cnx until 3PM & had a couple of hundred kms to ride directly west straight into the sun. :x :x
Anyway a few pix to let you know what it's like out there at the moment.
Some of the dry forest on R108. Note the lucky green tree, close to the stream bed & able to suck some water.
Interesting road works, just out of Mae Sarieng
Back on the good stuff
Saturday 27th Feb 2010
The Mae Yuam river, Mae Sarieng
looking upstream from Riverhouse Resort
looking downstream
and not a pretty picture
Wat Chai Lap, Mae Sarieng
R1088 "Ob Luang" - Mae Chaem
The start from R108
and it looks more like a desert, the land is so dry & barren in the heat.
Wat Mae Long provides some relief to the desolate looking scenery
Back on the road & in the twisties on 1088
Blooming hell I thought
is that what they mean by "in full bloom."
This tree was a breathtaking beauty
and there was more than one of them!
But there was not much else around
More sweeping hot 'n dry road
R1192 the Mae Chaem - Doi Inthanon road
that's DOi Inthanon - the bald hill - in the distance
It's H-O-T out there folks. You can still ride & enjoy, but make sure you stop drink plenty as you go.
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