Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Destination Chiangmai Thailand - ChiangMai

After the Floating Market, our destination now is Chiangmai. It's going to be a long drive for this stretch. Around 9 hrs drive and it's about 760 km away.










If all goes well, 1 more refill of " Gasohol" ( Ron 95) should take me right up to chaingmai.














The condition of the freeway is better for the northern part of thailand. There are 4 lanes freeway and in bangkok, there are even 5 each way so total 0f 10 lanes without taking into account the Frontage lane on both sides of the freeways.











Some of the strecth are really straight as you can see here and I guess I am fortunate there wasn't much traffic to delay my trip. Smooth sailing all the way.













We were about 43km away from Chiangmai and it was around 6:00 pm. We decided to take a breather/freshen up at Doi Khuatan Rest area. I needed nicotine top up. You can feel the temperature is cooling. Doi Khuatan is a hilly area and we had to do the climb. With the 807 fully loaded, there was no lost of power. So far quite satisfied with it.












As planned, at about 7 pm, we arrived Chiangmai town. Some traffic jam due to the rush hour. The rental apartment is at Twin Peaks on Chungklan Road ( Beside Shangrila Hotel ). At least now I can look forward to some good times... heard the thai traditional massage is good.
















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