Here is another SHAN adventure.
We left Chiang Mai as 6 people and crossed over Doi Pui and crossed over into Samoeng. Peter was going up steep slope when he and the bike fell backward with it crashing down on his Calf.... pays to have proper riding boots....After which he was returning back to CM to the hospital while Tommy and Auggie took the highway up to Pie.
Adrian, myself, and Panda kept on. We rode on the main road for a bit where I tried to learn to wheelie and failed horribly crushing my foot and bending my toes back in a way that shouldn't be possible. It felt like my foot was broken but I kept on anyways.
We soon encountered great single tracks with some amazing obstacles of fallen trees and steep inclines... Though 6 hours later or so we came out of the bush and were 50 km south of Pie.
Day 2 started where Auggie fell to the flu and fever and decided to take the main road to Cave Lodge in Pang Mapha. While Tommy, Adrian, and Myself took the northern Dirt highway which is a breeze in dry season. Good views, good riding, easy day and arrive Cave lodge 4 hours later....
Day 3 Tommy got the call for work and he and Auggie headed back to Chiang Mai. Adrian and myself stocked with supplies from the other guys stopped by a store to pick up a few more things and two bottles of whiskey. One small one for the border guards (Thai's) on the Thai side, and a big bottle of Black Label Johnny Walker for Koon Phillip on the Shan side.
Was a fun ride up through the scenic hills cruising around and about 1 pm arrived in the Shan state across the border. Koon Phillip was very pleased to have both the supplies and the whiskey. After offering us lunch he let us cruise around the village on our own. With a stop at the SS Mart (Shan State Mart) Adrian and I had a Chang Yai each and then cruised back to Cave Lodge.
Day 4 was going to be track riding back but as my foot was swelling up more and more I opted simply for the highway back to home.... Will be looking to forward to more adventures to come.....
We left Chiang Mai as 6 people and crossed over Doi Pui and crossed over into Samoeng. Peter was going up steep slope when he and the bike fell backward with it crashing down on his Calf.... pays to have proper riding boots....After which he was returning back to CM to the hospital while Tommy and Auggie took the highway up to Pie.
Adrian, myself, and Panda kept on. We rode on the main road for a bit where I tried to learn to wheelie and failed horribly crushing my foot and bending my toes back in a way that shouldn't be possible. It felt like my foot was broken but I kept on anyways.
We soon encountered great single tracks with some amazing obstacles of fallen trees and steep inclines... Though 6 hours later or so we came out of the bush and were 50 km south of Pie.
Day 2 started where Auggie fell to the flu and fever and decided to take the main road to Cave Lodge in Pang Mapha. While Tommy, Adrian, and Myself took the northern Dirt highway which is a breeze in dry season. Good views, good riding, easy day and arrive Cave lodge 4 hours later....
Day 3 Tommy got the call for work and he and Auggie headed back to Chiang Mai. Adrian and myself stocked with supplies from the other guys stopped by a store to pick up a few more things and two bottles of whiskey. One small one for the border guards (Thai's) on the Thai side, and a big bottle of Black Label Johnny Walker for Koon Phillip on the Shan side.
Was a fun ride up through the scenic hills cruising around and about 1 pm arrived in the Shan state across the border. Koon Phillip was very pleased to have both the supplies and the whiskey. After offering us lunch he let us cruise around the village on our own. With a stop at the SS Mart (Shan State Mart) Adrian and I had a Chang Yai each and then cruised back to Cave Lodge.
Day 4 was going to be track riding back but as my foot was swelling up more and more I opted simply for the highway back to home.... Will be looking to forward to more adventures to come.....
