Friday 16 January 2015
Our host gave us a bunch of bananas this morning for our long journey to Hot.
The journey today was hot, hilly and very strenuous. We climbed 1000+ metre ridges five times over the course of the day. Each one seemed longer and steeper. We thought the first climb of 17 kms would be the toughest but we were wrong.
Cycling close to Burma, we saw huge amount of trucks carrying cabbages, cows. buffalos, pigs and other assorted goods.
Eventually we reached the long descent and then followed the river to Hot. There were deep gorges and we saw a group rafting down rather sheepishly.
Hot was just that and dusty. We were relieved to find a guest house alongside a restaurant. A very spicy yam pla dukfoo and a few beers and we hit the sack. It was our longest day but Chiang Mai was within sight.
Distance: 104 km
Total ascent: 2188 m
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| Our little sitting room in Mae Sariang |
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| Cabbage waiting to be transported |
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| Tomato plantation |
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| Rafting the rapids |
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