Total distance 361 km
Out of town along the very busy 323 until Nam Tok then traffic eases a bit, but as its a saturday I guess lots of Thais are getting away for the weekend. There was a recent thread about throwover panniers, these appear to work perfectly and dont touch the exhausts
The River Kwai just before Thong Pha Phum
At Thong Pha Phum I take a left onto the 3272 to ride to the Burmese border
Its a wide road to start with but narrows after a while but properly surfaced all the way
Need less to say the scenery is great along here
At a rest point I meet up with these Thais from Bangkok who passed me earlier on whilst I was stopped
I manage to sneak in on the second photo, Im the second bald guy on the right, next to the bald Thai guy
I ride off first and wait for them
Apart from the Yamaha which was a 400 the others were all small, they said that they all left Bangkok at 9 am this morning and when I met them at 2 pm this afternoon they were nearly to the Pilok village where they were staying for the night. Good on them for doing that
This is a seriously bendy road the further you go
I reach the village and the Burmese border
Looking into Burma
Its a proper road leading in here but then the gas pipeline and plant just inside the border requires co operation. I notice a truck full of foreign workers inside Thailand with their uniforms on and two years ago I met some Westerners here who were working inside Burma
About 100 metres back and its a Burmese soldier
The hill in the middle is the one with the Army camp that I usually ride up to but times getting on and I have a long way to go so it can wait until another trip, I doubt if anythings changed much up there anyway
A pleasant little trip is this route
Nearer to Thong Pha Phum and the reservoir comes into view
I ride back to Thong Pha Phum then take a left onto the 323 and ride to Sangkhlaburi
Birdland is where I eat and stay, run by an Americam named Jimmy who spends his time between here and his other place in Kanchanaburi
100 Baht for the room which includes a hot shower
The hamburger and fries was 75 Baht
