2017-11-12: Chiang Mai to Mae Sariang,with planned stops to Doi Inthanon
Today’s planned routeWoke up early to the streets of Chiang Mai (that’s the old city walls)Packed up and ready to go! Our new rental ForzaPics snapped by Chris love the open road
En-route to Doi Inthanon, we stopped by a few waterfalls.
1st one, Mae Klang Waterfall https://goo.gl/maps/6NF6NPJHJrHpkHWb7at the entrance area, looks like nothing muchsome attap housestook a selfieAfter abit of trekking, reached this placeTook a nicer photoOK, the tripod is slanted lolContinue our journey
Next stop, Wachirathan Waterfall! https://goo.gl/maps/Sr4d2pkXc8CjoEqV6
This is much nicer..OK the water is splashing on to usView from afarThere’s a small eatery at the waterfall, thus we decided to take our lunch thereThis place is popular with tourists and bikers. Leaving the place after nice lunch
Nice open road on the way up
After lunch we continued our journey and reached the peak of Doi Inthanon. Highest mountain in Thailand! Elevation at 2565 m
https://goo.gl/maps/Us92kDa4khsT6rCBA
Nice cooling weather among the cloudsWe hiked up one of the pagodaPanorama photoEnjoying the weatherThe garden was really niceOk we spent too much time roaming the mountains, thus we quickly decent and continue our journeyNice open roads with mountains all overStopped by shop to buy drinks + cigsSmoke breakAfter another hour’s ride, stopped by this petrol station for a coffee break (its really nice to drink hot coffee in such cooling weather)There’s a retro honda bike at the stationAfter another hour’s riding, we saw thisAnd.. we reached Mae Sariang, parked at the guest house (it was raining)Name of the guest house we are stayingNice pouch area in front of our unitwashed up and went for dinner, found this nice placeWarm up with some Singha 1stfollowed by the main course, we whack kailan again and the beef salad was super nice!
After the hearty dinner, we walked around and there’s nothing much in Mae Sariang. After all people just stop by here for the night when doing the Mae Hon Soon loop. We went back to rest to prepare for tomorrow.
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