Thailand and dipping into China
We weaved thru mountain roads towards Pai & Doi
Angkhang, with Philip picking an Instagram worthy resort called Pai Family
House.
Situated downhill on a lane
flanking the Pai river, this resort tempted us to stay an extra night!
We ALL agree the picture perfect setting by
the river was a great place to sit & chill, sit & read, sit & veg,
sit & be still. The riverside showed us the serene side of the hippy main
street with dreadlocked tourists and banana pancakes.
We rolled onwards to Doi Angkhang on cold, misty mountain
roads, stopping over at a home-made ferris wheel for four in a look-out point
rest park.
Our second visit to Doi Angkhang since 2002, all things seemed
well-preserved, especially since it holds one of the many Thai royal projects.
Angkhang Nature Resort still stood proudly on
the mountain. This is an award winning
eco-resort, part of the experimental crop station set up by the former Thai
king in his way of showing the hill tribes people there is more than just
growing opium in the hills.
After Doi Angkhang, it was time for us to part ways with
Philip & Yu-Beng. For local meet ups, one might say “Let’s meet
in Changi Village”. For a China ride, we
arranged to meet up in the edge of Thailand 😊. We
were now heading towards Chiangkong, the last Thai town before the Laos border
to assemble with the other 12 bikers who were doing the China trip together.
On 4 June, we woke up in Thailand, passed across 200km of
Laos soil and slept in China. That would
be 2 border crossings, getting our China driving license & passing our
highway code, bikes inspected for road-worthiness + lunch & dinner as
well!
This was just a hint of what was
going to become life for the next 26 days.
Eat, Sleep, Ride, rinse clothes & repeat!
No comments:
Post a Comment