Spectacular Wat Pa Phu Kon ride 115 km from Udon Thani

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off we go for a ride ascorted by Udon Police and sweep by Ambulance
courteousy of Thai Biker arrangement inconjunction of the Udon International Air & big Bike show....this is one of the routes Udon Biker like to go...winding and slippery at times....expect lots of bumpssssss

Journey begins as soon as the Ceremony officiates

we rode through from Udon Thani Aiport through the town and off we head on Wat Pa Phu Kon
115km from Udon Thani, Ban Na Kham, Tambon Ban Kong, Amphoe Na Yung,

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as you can see non of the Malaysian biker was aware we are riding out a 3 hours journey

so the Thai Police escorted some of our team member back to hotel to change into riding gear and off we go again

Khob Khub Mak Mak
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off we go
ascorted by the friendy police and sweep by the ambulance

along the way ..... one of the biker try to negotiates a turn
skid on to the left rail and bike bounce off on the right side of the opposite road

we rush to stop the bike and savange the rider on the right ravine...couldnt find and he came our of the right side over the rail

no major but the Pennigale was unfortunate
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the turn before the bridge
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left rail
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left bounce cracked fairing
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the bike thrown off the opposite

thank God the car managed to stop in time

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oppsss

That hurt
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thank God for the timely rescue and help from the wonderful nurses and medic
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yummy
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while half of the Thai Biker stop and waited for towing
the rest of us continued and the provincal police escort

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THE BIGGEST WHITEL MARBLE NIRVANA BUDDHA IN THAILAND

( CARRARA WHITE MARBLE FROM ITALY ) - 20 METRES LONG

aka 7wondersthailand

Completed in 2013, Wat Pa Phu Kon is in Na Yung district of Udon Thani province. It's architecture and beautiful location are very impressive. The complex is guarded by dragon statues, which were carved from Italian marble. Inside the temple is a 20-meter Buddha statue, also carved from the same precious stone.

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Attraction Details :

A Buddhist park located in Ban Na Kham, Tambol Ban Kong, the temple covers an area of 1,000 rai of teeming forests. The place is perfect for practicing Buddhist meditation. Located next to the temple is the Prathom Rattanamahaburaphachan Chedi where the holy Buddha relics are enshrined. The chedi is of Lanka style, is 25 metre high and is decorated with golden mosaic.

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even the military cant resist our bikes

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our ambulance
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clear blue sky as always
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we actually rode through this

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khob khun Mak

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our nurses
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our police & thai rider
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the police and ambulance
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our bikes
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some of the pic we couldnt have shot and thank you for sharing

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during construction



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Khob Khun Mak for such a wonderful experience

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we owe our Thank to Khun Pronthep and team, All the Udon Bikers, Udon Police & Ambulance for this wonderful experience....

simply Amazing

Simply Thai

Thank you
again another 2 hours +++ heading back to Udon Thani for Bike party

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to be continued.............

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