The Team: Me, myself and I - on the Vulcan...
This next image is one I'd captured a week ago - and its niggled away. Finally, it drew me out on the road today. Rather circuitously, as it turned out...
The "little afternoon ride" turned into a 300 km cruise through the hills and plains... The route was rather unorthodox, even by my standards!
1173 / 1098 with the initial thought of lunch in Chiang Khong...
1174 / 1020 because I decided I might go look at the Phaya Piyak viewpoint...
1021 to Chiang Kham because I could not spot the turn-off... and it was hot... and an icecream in Chiang Kham seemed like a plan
1021 / 1155 and onto Phaya Piyak road... late afternoon by now, worst possible time for taking photos to the northwest...
If you are think "Wow, that looks steep..." You'd be right - a few of those uphill corners are 1st gear at full noise!
Looking back towards 1155 and Phu Chi Fah in the late afternoon sun;
The summit lookout point is awesome! There's a village here (Akha?) with superb views!
The descent towards 1020 is pretty good- with surprising views over the flooded Ing River swamps;
Finally - out onto 1020 - these two images show the turn-off point.
Just another day in Paradise...
This next image is one I'd captured a week ago - and its niggled away. Finally, it drew me out on the road today. Rather circuitously, as it turned out...
The "little afternoon ride" turned into a 300 km cruise through the hills and plains... The route was rather unorthodox, even by my standards!
1173 / 1098 with the initial thought of lunch in Chiang Khong...
1174 / 1020 because I decided I might go look at the Phaya Piyak viewpoint...
1021 to Chiang Kham because I could not spot the turn-off... and it was hot... and an icecream in Chiang Kham seemed like a plan
1021 / 1155 and onto Phaya Piyak road... late afternoon by now, worst possible time for taking photos to the northwest...
If you are think "Wow, that looks steep..." You'd be right - a few of those uphill corners are 1st gear at full noise!
Looking back towards 1155 and Phu Chi Fah in the late afternoon sun;
The summit lookout point is awesome! There's a village here (Akha?) with superb views!
The descent towards 1020 is pretty good- with surprising views over the flooded Ing River swamps;
Finally - out onto 1020 - these two images show the turn-off point.
Just another day in Paradise...