Getting in early with a new GTR Up Country Dinner Rendezvous
The last Wednesday of the month in May = Wednesday 26th May = full moon / Visakha Bucha day.
Rak Thai way up in the mountains north of Mae Hong Son is the venue.
Some accommodation options.
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The restaurant options.
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The Rak Thai road is a beauty & one of the steepest in the North.
Some GTR Reports with Rak Thai
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And if you're looking for steep roads from MHS
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The last Wednesday of the month in May = Wednesday 26th May = full moon / Visakha Bucha day.
Rak Thai way up in the mountains north of Mae Hong Son is the venue.
Some accommodation options.
Rak Thai - Mae Aw Accomodation
Rak Thai accommodation the right out of the way place on the BUrma border, north of Mae Hong Son there's no place like it in North Thailand. Chasarakthai Tel: 086 118 2067 & 085 719 9399 Bungalow Rooms are 800 baht a night in low season & 1,500 baht a night from the 1st November 4 Bed rooms...
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The restaurant options.
Rak Thai - Mae Aw Restaurants
Rak Thai - Mae Aw - restaurants Right by the lake Lee Wine Restaurant the last restaurant on the right with a superb location by the lake. plenty of seating + an extensive menu Dried goat is an interesting item on the menu GPS Waypoint: N19 35.182 E97 56.562
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The Rak Thai road is a beauty & one of the steepest in the North.
Some GTR Reports with Rak Thai
Mae Hong Son Loopy-loop *2 Biker Ladies & A Supercar Driver!*
Wednesday 16th October. With a specific purpose in mind and a tight itinerary, three ladies set off on a three day Mae Hong Son Loop trip. My friend Sam was on her Honda CB500x and Ms Jeap was driving her…*wait for it*… The first six seconds of this video is previous footage of Ms Jeap driving...
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Rak Thai - Mae Aw - Mae Hong Son
Rak Thai or Mae Aw is a Chinese KMT village north of Mae Hong Son & situated right on the border with Myanmar. At an altitude of 1,100 metres is always cool & pleasant with some stunning scenery & light for photography. And only 44 kms from MHS it is one side trip you should do from Mae Hong...
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North Thailand Top Ten Roads
The Rak Thai Road R4001 from Mae Hong Son also one of the steepest roads on the MHS Loop The steep section coming up out of the valley after Pha Sua waterfall The Rak Thai road has featured on GTR here Wet season: pottering around the Mae Hong Son Loop Mae Hong Son Music Festival, May...
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And if you're looking for steep roads from MHS
Why We Must Ride The 4009!
It was a chilly morning when I left, but the white silk scarf prevented draughts. It was clear up to Kiu Satai but foggy on the west side of the mountains By midday I was on the 1346 to Phrao, always a pleasure. My dream touring bike Went to have a look at the hot springs in Phrao...
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Mae Hong Son: the steepest road.
Is it the Meo Microwave Road? Pottering round the loop today I ambled on up to Meo Microwave for a look see, after not going there for many years. The road is amazing - incredibly steep & very narrow with lots of blind corners. The steepest sections are probably at the start near the highway...
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The road to Mae Aw
Davidfl in his post about the steep track leading up to the Meo Microwave Station also mentioned, as a possible contender, the Pha Sua road onwards to the 'Chinese Tea' village of Mau Aw. The day before leaving MHS on our November 2011 trip we took a ride up to Mae Aw, stopping at the Pha Sua...
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