North Of Kanchanaburi

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North Of Kanchanaburi

Postby Captain_Slash » 10.12.2009, 20:22

The route 324, 3001, 3086, 3480, 4031, 3480, 3086, 3398, 3199

Total distance 342 km
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I headed out of town on the 324 for about fifteen km then took a left onto the 3001
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A pleasant well surfaced road but quite a lot of traffic particularly lorries using it spoils it a bit
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An awful lot of tapioca growing along here
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The rice was being cut by hand in a few places
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This building of brick and wood caught my eye
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Fish and beef being dried by the house owners
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As I took a photo of their house, the owners also wanted theirs taken too
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So I thought it only fair to get the dogs photo also
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A bit further along and its the turn of the machinery
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So thats what happened to Michael Jackson, hes not dead after all but alive and well and driving a combine harvester in Kanchanaburi
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I reach Bo Phloi and head north on the 3086
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Then take a left to Nong Prue on the 3480
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A fantastic twisty well surfaced road is the 3480
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Then theres this section with the trees along it for a while
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Just past the hospital I take a left onto the 4031 and not far along here theres this mini tornado swirling the ashes around from a previous fire
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The 4031 is a joy to ride, its a road that I only rode for the first time in january this year
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I get to where the tarmac finished on my previous ride and find a lovely new surface ahead of me
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It lasts for 3.8 km then its the dusty unmade
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I ride on for about three km then stop as its the rocky surface now, hopefully they will soon surface it all the way to where it meets the 3011
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Time to ride back along this pleasant road
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I stop at a reservoir and its below capacity
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Back to the tree lined section of the 3480, I ride back to the 3086 turn right onto it then ride home
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A new restaurant for dinner tonight, its called Sunrise and its been opened for a few months and is run by a fellow Englishman
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Gammon, chips, eggs and beans tonight for 165 Baht, this isnt something that I see on many menus in Thailand so it makes a pleasant change to eat it
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Postby Franz » 10.12.2009, 23:29

Well Colin, everybody can smell it !!! "Happy Burning Everything Time" is here again. Every Somchai saving trash-truck money is now happily burning whatever trash is left from the year including plastics and tyres. So do they do with their fields; I doubt that burned grass is that nutritious for the earth than would be just dried one turned over into the ground......
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