The original road / trail
Building bridges
Building bridges
R1089 / R1234 Tha Ton - Doi Mae Salong
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Before the bridges
Roadworks in 91: widening & getting it ready for asphalt after the wet. The mountain pass north of Suk Ruthai was a a huge cut
Looking better
Roadworks in 91: widening & getting it ready for asphalt after the wet. The mountain pass north of Suk Ruthai was a a huge cut
Looking better
October 1993: Doi Mae Salong
A bit of a sleepy hollow then.
A bit of a sleepy hollow then.
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Dave, has anything changed since then??? :wink:
Dave, has anything changed since then??? :wink:
The hollow's got bigger - ATM + 7-11- but it is still relatively sleepy & one of my favourite over night destinations.
R1089, on the road to Doi Mae Salong from Tha Ton
Dumped it on one of the smaller steep rutted tracks between R1089 & R1234, trying to get to Doi Mae Salong another way. I understand this track is now asphalt.
Hanging out with the Yao gals at Pa Dua.
Doi Mae Salong
We used to stay at the old Mae Salong guesthouse & it was one of the grubbiest noisiest ghouses Ive ever stayed in.
But the morning wet market with all the Akhas was right outside the front door.
You had to park your bikes outside, & in the morning the market was set up around your bikes. Try & do that nowadays!
Dumped it on one of the smaller steep rutted tracks between R1089 & R1234, trying to get to Doi Mae Salong another way. I understand this track is now asphalt.
Hanging out with the Yao gals at Pa Dua.
Doi Mae Salong
We used to stay at the old Mae Salong guesthouse & it was one of the grubbiest noisiest ghouses Ive ever stayed in.
But the morning wet market with all the Akhas was right outside the front door.
You had to park your bikes outside, & in the morning the market was set up around your bikes. Try & do that nowadays!
Interesting! I'm very pleased it's not like that anymore. My dirt track/offroad days are long over. DMS is still a lovely place though, always a bit "one horse" but all the better for that.
Jan 95.
my favourite Doi Mae Salong aunty - the sala pow lady.
She used to be one of the highlights of Doi Mae Salong.
Sadly gone now.
my favourite Doi Mae Salong aunty - the sala pow lady.
She used to be one of the highlights of Doi Mae Salong.
Sadly gone now.
In Sept 94, R1095 Tha Ton - Mae Chan, had a flash flood around Suk Ruthai approx 20kms norh of Tha Ton.
R1089 Tha Ton - Kiu Sataa
1988? Akha Huai Sala just north of Tha Ton
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