Doi Pha Tang - a meander. Chiang Mai - Chiang Kham - Chiang Khong return.

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Great photos David.

Lights Camera Action.

Love this photo,..trials riding on a Versy,.. wearing a pair of shorts, and no helmet.

The action man rides again.
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Im sure Ive stayed in this room before, but if my memory serves me right, it was in Amsterdam.

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Moto-Rex;301024 wrote: Great photos David.

Lights Camera Action.

Love this photo,..trials riding on a Versy,.. wearing a pair of shorts, and no helmet.

The action man rides again.
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Im sure Ive stayed in this room before, but if my memory serves me right, it was in Amsterdam.

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The Versys handled it all right.. Bit like riding a whale...
 
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It was an interesting experience to be a part of this show.
Lots of waiting and re doing things.. We are masters at the art of u-turns.. One more time. Action.

On the way up to Doi Pha Tang,

What a view.. wow

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Les
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At Doi Pha Tang

Starting the long walk up

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At the top and the cloud moved in from Laos.
An amazing sight.. The hot air / cloud blowing up the ridge face, then the cold air from Thailand blowing the cloud back in to Laos.
Should look pretty good in the documentary.

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More to come when I get the photo's off my phone.

Cheers
Brian
 
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My pics are a bit out of order..

Some from the Phone..

Here we are getting an early start after breakfast....
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Interview time at Ian's lovely place with all the classic bikes out (In David's pictures posted earlier)

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The Golden Triangle
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At Chiang San

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Further along the Khong.. This temple is a little run down compared to 18 months ago when we stopped off for a look

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Beers and Cheers at Tamilla Chiang Khong

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On the way up to Doi Pha Tang

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At Doi Pha Tang

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Beer O'clock.. Always must stop here for a beer on this bend in the road looking at the Khong.

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The friendship bridge in the back ground

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Cheers
Brian
 

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Glad you enjoyed the info. The Phaya Phipak thread - R4018 The Phaya Phipak road is another thread that you may also appreciate with it's history of the roads & battles in the same area.
All these roads are on the GTR Golden Triangle guide map & it is well worth buying + carrying with you on tour so that you can use it for a reference to get an idea of the layout of the land & get the big picture of where you are & what you riding options are in the area.
 
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Rocky Oddvar and Rocky Brian ride the steps at Chiang Khong, while the other Rocky takes care of the steps in Philadelphia.

A short little clip playing silly buggers at the port in Chiang Khong.



Cheers
Brian
 

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The Chiang Khong port "Rocky shenanigans" completed it was off to Doi Pha Thang.
It was going to be the luck of the game if we had decent weather = no rain, or not.
And yeehar it was good.

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The road & view up

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The Pha Tang road - an awesome twister

Stopped to admire the view

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Look closely over Oddvar's left shoulder & you can see the Mekong river.

it was time to trap Oddvar into an interview with his thoughts on motorcycling in Thailand / Laos.

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Oddvar Rykke interview

Oddvar practising his CRF250 trail riding

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something he wanted to get across in the interview - how good it was riding here on a small bike.
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The view on top
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A brief Mekong view into Laos
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while the fog 'n cloud cleared.

Discussing views & trench tactics
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Filming in the Pha Tang trenches

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Enjoying the fresh mountain air

Mountain filming complete back to the 'Khong & Wat Phra That Ya Mon overlooking the river & up to the 4th Thai - Laos Friendship bridge

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& a final interview with Brian Bkk

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a perfect ending to a magic day

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thanks guys for the ride & fun.

Watch Destination Thailand TV

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for some clips in the near future.
 
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Had a beer with Les a week ago.. Shouldn't be long until the first episode is out.

His team think there are 4 may be 5 episodes from the 4 days filming.

First one to focus on Chiang Rai.

Cheers
Brian
 

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UPDATE JUNE 2015

Out surveying for the next Destination Thailand TV episode.

Route 1093 was in perfect condition with stunning scenery on 10th June 2015.

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Plus the cabbage patch kings - the Hmong - were hard at work

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In the early days, when Pha Tang was first opened visitors were not allowed to stay  over night & had to  leave by 6PM.

1994 - the entry to Pha Tang from R1093 & Chiang Kham.

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In 94 the road was still stony dirt

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but cabbages were already king for the Hmong

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R1093 Recommended Coffee shop
near Huak right at the turnoff to the Lao border.

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perfect spot for a break on R1093. Cheap 'n cheerful, with some tasty  food should you need a bite to eat.

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AS you ascend R4029 to Pha Tang & head south just before you turn off to the left & go up the steep road to Pha Tang, there is an large parking area on the left.
Most people don't take much notice & neither have I until recently, but if you look over on the left / hillside you can see this
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The old camp of the KMT at Pha Tang.
Walk up the steps & check out the few remaining buildings to see a museum with loads of photos of days gone by - battles, visits of the King Rama 9 plus dignitaries from Taiwan. It is fascinating collection worth checking out & makes you wonder what a life they had in those early days battling the communists.
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A model of the area and battle sites
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A memorial hall for those who have died.
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There are multiple rooms & buildings to inspect. If you are interested in he history and the old images you could easily spend 45 minutes looking at the scores of images. I took over 100 photos and have uploaded just a few.

Google Maps

See also Kmt Coffee Shop At Baan Mai Nong Bua.
 
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