We left Khum Yuam at around 8:30am to make our way to Mae Hong Son, a well-known town in North Thailand (hence the name of the ride we were doing, ‘Mae Hong Son loop’.) The ride there was absolutely freezing, even though it was mid morning, the clouds refused to rise, meaning our fingers were still stuck to the handlebars as we weaved & winded around the many corners that make up this trail. Our ride was only 70ks and there were no stopovers, meaning we arrived in charming Mae Hong Son at 10:30. We started to look for some accommodation and realised that it was super busy, most places we looked at were either out of our price range, booked out, or only available for 1 night instead of the desired 2. We stumbled upon Baan Mai Guesthouse and after a quick look around we were happy that this was our new home.
That afternoon we explored the town a little bit before napping the day away, something that was becoming pretty common on our bike ride afternoons, after all, being a biker is a tough gig. For dinner we headed down to the night market and grabbed a delicious Pad Thai, we sat along the river and smiled as the school band started singing our wedding song; cue the ‘awwww’. Whilst we were at the night market we managed to pick up some beanies for our up coming trip to Japan and also found out that the loop we were undertaking has a whopping 1864 curves on the road (we did find the out from the overwhelming amount of merchandise that stated it.)
That afternoon we explored the town a little bit before napping the day away, something that was becoming pretty common on our bike ride afternoons, after all, being a biker is a tough gig. For dinner we headed down to the night market and grabbed a delicious Pad Thai, we sat along the river and smiled as the school band started singing our wedding song; cue the ‘awwww’. Whilst we were at the night market we managed to pick up some beanies for our up coming trip to Japan and also found out that the loop we were undertaking has a whopping 1864 curves on the road (we did find the out from the overwhelming amount of merchandise that stated it.)
The following morning we woke well rested and after a delicious complimentary breakfast and chat to the owner we set off on our big rigs to a small waterfall. After riding 10ks out of the city and then a further 3 up rocky roads we finally reached the waterfall, although the term ‘water’ didn’t really apply here. Instead it was dry rocks making up a formation which we were sure would be impressive in wet season. A little disappointed we were back on the road for our next destination – Fish Cave. Fish Cave sits about 25ks out of the city center, although more of a stream with rocks around it then an actual cave it was still really pretty, the crystal clear waters will make you give the stink eye to the ‘no swimming’ signs and you’ll become somehow jealous of the fish. The added bonus was that a guy out the front of the entrance gave us his tickets & the Thai’s didn’t check, meaning we got in for free. We high-fived at our saving of $6.60. After mucking around with the fish we took our bikes through some more remote villages and found yet another waterfall, Pha Sua, we cheered as we heard water gushing.
We headed back into town and grabbed some burgers before relaxing and arguing over who gets the job of packing.
I better go, im still amazed at how much mess we can make in 1 night. Justin has made no sign of movement & these bags aren’t going to pack themselves. Sigh.
I better go, im still amazed at how much mess we can make in 1 night. Justin has made no sign of movement & these bags aren’t going to pack themselves. Sigh.