Nice pictures of your adventures... Korp Koon Krup!
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Come play with us, Danny......
Thanks guys!
Here is an outdoor and public place of prayer in the heart of Chiang Rai at a busy intersection. Its a nice night to kneel and get humble. I expressed my gladitude for the chance to visit places like this where things are done differently and folks smile a lot.
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Here is an outdoor and public place of prayer in the heart of Chiang Rai at a busy intersection. Its a nice night to kneel and get humble. I expressed my gladitude for the chance to visit places like this where things are done differently and folks smile a lot.
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Single lane bridge crossing of the Mae Kok river northwest of Chiang Rai, Thailand. The bridge was a little shaky (si-goggle wise) and even more so with all three bikes on it, so we allowed plenty of space between bikes. We caught a local scooter coming across two-up so that gave us some relief as to the load bearing capacity.
WOW!!! That bridge looked pretty sketchy! Besides the questionable planks with lots of repairs visible, those railings looked nearly useless! I'm guessing a bit of a raised heartbeat while crossing it?
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Come play with us, Danny......
Well, some of the commentary during the video needed to be cut out as it was not G rated as prescribed by the standards herein. We did experience a thrill dangling above the Mae Kok river but as one of the missing comments notes "This is what we came for" so there was no getting around that bridge, as rickety as it was. It did start to oscillate pretty good which promted our stopping on it until it steadied.
As always, the full experience could not be captured by either GoPro.
We reversed Smash's GoPro on my helmet for the second crossing and that footage is in the pipe.
Thanks for coming along here.
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I completely agree! If I were there the good judgement and common sense would have to take a back seat, that is a time to go with the flow and live for the moment! Obviously exactly what you are doing!
Thanks for sharing the trip!
What a BLAST!!
Finally got the last of my Cambodia pics uploaded,,, working on Thailand now, about 2 weeks behind. Couldn't link my lil' Acer to the internet for 5 days while in Chaingrai, it's working great in Phayao tho. 
Boy, you guys look like you're having a blast.
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Come play with us, Danny......
You'd love it, Tony... all except the occasional squat toilet and the showerhead pointing directly at the crapper.
We had a great ride on mountain backroads right up to the Laos border.
Late in the day, a rare dry season shower slicked up the road pretty good and caused my rear to break free a few times on decel in the tight downhill twisties.
George didn't fair as well as he lowsided into a ditch. He's OK and in good humor with a few rasberries.
A car skid and a scooter lowsided as we were getting George sorted.
It was really slick.
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Just watched the river crossing. Was alone in the house, yelling, cheering you guys on! For me (someone who does not like riding off pavement) it was amazing watching you go over that rickety bridge. For you, it was probably all in a day's riding!
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Come play with us, Danny......
I'm thrilled you are enjoying the ride along with us, but don't think for a minute that our heart rates didn't spike during some of this stuff, especially that bridge. We did walk it for inspection first and determined that its appearance of danger out paced what actually resembled Coney Island Roller Coaster construction. As if it's rickityness and loose plank noise was designed in to increase thrill factors.
A haunted house or fun house at an ammusment park is another analogy.
At least this is what we told ourselves in order to be able to attempt to cross. Of course, watching a two up scooter with flip flops and no helmets come across with bored looks on their faces and all feet up on the pegs helped too.
There are about three dozen videos waiting to be edited, some still show this crossing. Since I don't know when I'll get to learning Windows Movie Maker to accomplish this, I may post the short raw videos that I know would be entertaining as is.
As always, thanks for the feedback.
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A haunted house or fun house at an ammusment park is another analogy.
At least this is what we told ourselves in order to be able to attempt to cross. Of course, watching a two up scooter with flip flops and no helmets come across with bored looks on their faces and all feet up on the pegs helped too.
There are about three dozen videos waiting to be edited, some still show this crossing. Since I don't know when I'll get to learning Windows Movie Maker to accomplish this, I may post the short raw videos that I know would be entertaining as is.
As always, thanks for the feedback.
Droid S3 & TT2
Sounds like you guys have a thrilled rode out to Da border of my homeland, did you guys just there to visa in/out to extended your staying in Thailand? Glad y-all safe and sounds, what's next for this new morning/day? squat toilet that's real adventure Danny
that's real adventure Danny
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Unforunately, we are not yet techy enough to add or subtract anything to or from these videos.
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We could take care of George's bike no prob. Tech day at my place - March 2. I'll hold a spot for you.
Still, looks like it's all good.
And by the way, want to wish you a Happy Birthday.
Still, looks like it's all good.
And by the way, want to wish you a Happy Birthday.
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Digiamo
Come play with us, Danny......
We could take care of George's bike no prob. Tech day at my place - March 2. I'll hold a spot for you.
Still, looks like it's all good.
And by the way, want to wish you a Happy Birthday.
Thanks for the birthday wish, Tony. Sure is a nice offer you make to have a post RideForCambodia tech session 'cept George won't be back to AZ until March 16 and the bikes stay here as they are rentals.
Joe and I ride SEA until April 9.
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Thanks for the offer, Tony, but I figure shipping costs are higher than the value of the bike.
(Oh, yeah, Happy Birthday, Danny, hope you enjoyed the "birthday cake" pastries.)
Bike is only a little worse for wear. Straightened the rear brake lever. Again. Taped up the broken left-front turn signal. Loosened and re-aligned the clutch lever. The lever is still bent but functional. Didn't notice 'til this morning, the handle bars were slid about an inch to the right in the clamps, fixed that. Also, confirmed the right bar is bent back, I think that's from the first getoff last week.
Here's the whole story: Ugh! Another "getoff" yesterday, this one a little more serious. Slick pavement took me down, bike into the concrete ditch, me rolling a half dozen times on the road. More damage to the bike than previous, plus I got some rash (nothing serious) and tore my new pants, only been washed twice.
As Joe and I were were starting to get gear together, a car came around sliding badly, missed us. We quickly moved his bike down the hill, then a local scooter came 'round and slid out just a few yards up hill from my slide. Another local stopped and helped get my bike out'a the ditch. A few minutes with the carp wrenches got the clutch handle sorted, and it started right up. Gotta go out now and straighten the headlight and the foot brake lever. All else is good. Carp tires, wet pavement, probably a little oily slick and down I went. Third time the front has washed out on this bike. I was following Danny at a relaxed pace and he made it wi around without a thought. Double Ugh!!
The getoff count so far:
Joe, 2 on the dirt;
me, 2 on the dirt and 1 on pavement;
Danny, Zed (come oooooooooooooon, Danny!)
A couple pics from yesterday:
Left, my "scratch" marks in the pavement;
Middle, Zoom on Danny 'n Joe with the bike,,, concrete ditch is on the left;
Right, "scratch" marks from the local scooter.
Near as I can figure, bike low sided, spun 180 clockwise on the right peg, flipped 180 top-to-bottom, landing on the left side, then slid wheels first into the ditch, ended up on the wheels, facing wrong way, leaned against the right side of the ditch. The flip broke the left-front turn signal and drove the clutch lever down the bar a couple inches and drove the bars about an inch to the right in the clamps. Bent the clutch lever some as well.
Local scooter stopped to help, while we were trying to get her out'a the ditch, another local scooter slid out low-side but didn't go in the ditch. No real harm in either case. We pulled my bike backwards down the ditch to a less steep piece, I started it and drove it out, no sweat. After sorting the clutch lever, we got some gas and motored on back to Nan at terminal speed (max, about 70 MPH.) Just not quite beat the sunset.
Today has been pretty lazy so far, I kinda like an occasional day off. OTOH, at $23/day, I hate letting the bike just sit.
Doug just came back from a beer run 'n sez we're gonna do a local back road ride before dinner so I still get a few klicks in today.
I'm still working toward my Thailand picasa albums,,, I'm only three weeks behind.
(Oh, yeah, Happy Birthday, Danny, hope you enjoyed the "birthday cake" pastries.
)Bike is only a little worse for wear. Straightened the rear brake lever. Again. Taped up the broken left-front turn signal. Loosened and re-aligned the clutch lever. The lever is still bent but functional. Didn't notice 'til this morning, the handle bars were slid about an inch to the right in the clamps, fixed that. Also, confirmed the right bar is bent back, I think that's from the first getoff last week.
Here's the whole story: Ugh! Another "getoff" yesterday, this one a little more serious. Slick pavement took me down, bike into the concrete ditch, me rolling a half dozen times on the road. More damage to the bike than previous, plus I got some rash (nothing serious) and tore my new pants, only been washed twice.
As Joe and I were were starting to get gear together, a car came around sliding badly, missed us. We quickly moved his bike down the hill, then a local scooter came 'round and slid out just a few yards up hill from my slide. Another local stopped and helped get my bike out'a the ditch. A few minutes with the carp wrenches got the clutch handle sorted, and it started right up. Gotta go out now and straighten the headlight and the foot brake lever. All else is good. Carp tires, wet pavement, probably a little oily slick and down I went. Third time the front has washed out on this bike. I was following Danny at a relaxed pace and he made it wi around without a thought. Double Ugh!!
The getoff count so far:
Joe, 2 on the dirt;
me, 2 on the dirt and 1 on pavement;
Danny, Zed (come oooooooooooooon, Danny!
)A couple pics from yesterday:
Left, my "scratch" marks in the pavement;
Middle, Zoom on Danny 'n Joe with the bike,,, concrete ditch is on the left;
Right, "scratch" marks from the local scooter.
Near as I can figure, bike low sided, spun 180 clockwise on the right peg, flipped 180 top-to-bottom, landing on the left side, then slid wheels first into the ditch, ended up on the wheels, facing wrong way, leaned against the right side of the ditch. The flip broke the left-front turn signal and drove the clutch lever down the bar a couple inches and drove the bars about an inch to the right in the clamps. Bent the clutch lever some as well.
Local scooter stopped to help, while we were trying to get her out'a the ditch, another local scooter slid out low-side but didn't go in the ditch. No real harm in either case. We pulled my bike backwards down the ditch to a less steep piece, I started it and drove it out, no sweat. After sorting the clutch lever, we got some gas and motored on back to Nan at terminal speed (max, about 70 MPH.) Just not quite beat the sunset.
Today has been pretty lazy so far, I kinda like an occasional day off. OTOH, at $23/day, I hate letting the bike just sit.
Doug just came back from a beer run 'n sez we're gonna do a local back road ride before dinner so I still get a few klicks in today.
I'm still working toward my Thailand picasa albums,,, I'm only three weeks behind.
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Come play with us, Danny......
Thanks buddy, the pastry was nice. I'll get a cake for everyone tonight.(Oh, yeah, Happy Birthday, Danny, hope you enjoyed the "birthday cake" pastries.
The getoff count so far:
Joe, 2 on the dirt;
me, 2 on the dirt and 1 on pavement;
Danny, Zed (come oooooooooooooon, Danny!
I told you last week that it was my turn to getoff. There you go jumpin' the line agin.
Happy Birthday Danny! I'm enjoying the ride throughly! Those hilly rds are slick as can be after that first rain, all the dust, oil, and other debris, make up what we call in India "keechar" on the pavement that you must be aware of until the rds wash off. Glad all is well and George only has a couple raspberries. You guys stay safe and keep the pictures coming.