Trailriding Northern Thailand

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How to avoid the Mother in Law at Christmas 2011:
Trailriding Northern Thailand All images Copyright C Bright

The Problem: A (then!) married man's worst nightmare: Another Christmas in the company of the Muthah In Law.

The solution: Warm weather, blue skies, friendly people, great food, superb views and excellent trail riding.

Where?: Around Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.

Bike?: A rented Honda XR250.

Navigation?: Buy a local GPS basemap and a paper map. Hit the trails with some new friends.

Videos (left and right: Watch them full screen...) and pictures below. Click on an picture to start a slide show. Captions are underneath.

01 Overview N Thailand 2011	02 Tracks ridden N Thailand 2011	03 From Mapsource N Thailand 2011	04 Microview N Thailand 2011	05 Coming through N Thailand 2011
06 Must practice bunny hops N Thailand 2011	07 Chiang Mai N Thailand 2011	08 Happy locals N Thailand 2011	09 Bridge N Thailand 2011	10 Bridge N Thailand 2011
11 Speed N Thailand 2011	12 Obstacle N Thailand 2011	13 The trails N Thailand 2011	14 Bridge N Thailand 2011	15 Mum and kids N Thailand 2011
16 Route planning N Thailand 2011	17 Taking a break N Thailand 2011	18 Fuel from barrel N Thailand 2011	19 Barrel fuel N Thailand 2011	20 Other track users N Thailand 2011
21 Heading into distance N Thailand 2011	22 Go for ya gun N Thailand 2011	23 Dave G N Thailand 2011	24 Yanik N Thailand 2011	25 Draining dirty fuel N Thailand 2011
26 Karaoke with the locals N Thailand 2011	27 Karaoke with the locals N Thailand 2011	28 Great food beer and company N Thailand 2011	29 Racetrack N Thailand 2011	30 Quo Vadis N Thailand 2011
31 Narrow line N Thailand 2011	32 The usual N Thailand 2011	33 Great views N Thailand 2011	34 Fields N Thailand 2011	35 More N Thailand 2011
36 What views N Thailand 2011	37 Failing brakes N Thailand 2011	38 Stream crossing N Thailand 2011	39 Down N Thailand 2011	40 Up N Thailand 2011
41 Big logs N Thailand 2011	42 LOcked gate no problem N Thailand 2011	43 Dunnit N Thailand 2011	44 Top track N Thailand 2011	45 Down N Thailand 2011
46 Down N Thailand 2011	47 Through the quagmire N Thailand 2011	48 Animal farm N Thailand 2011	49 What it says N Thailand 2011	50 Some pavement too N Thailand 2011
51 Trail N Thailand 2011	52 Tourist trap N Thailand 2011	53 Long neck N Thailand 2011	54 A life of tourism N Thailand 2011	55 Inquisitive kids N Thailand 2011
56 Feeding an elephant N Thailand 2011	57 Happy to see me N Thailand 2011	58 Burma in the background N Thailand 2011	59 Drying spices in the road N Thailand 2011	60 Flowers N Thailand 2011
61 Heiko at lunch N Thailand 2011	62 The only way is up N Thailand 2011	63 Racetrack N Thailand 2011	64 Wow clouds N Thailand 2011	65 REflection N Thailand 2011
66 Mist N Thailand 2011	67 Pancakes N Thailand 2011	68 Traditional costume N Thailand 2011	69 Egg delivery N Thailand 2011	70 Buddha N Thailand 2011
71 Foot massage N Thailand 2011	72 You lookin at me N Thailand 2011	73 Heiko gassing up N Thailand 2011	74 Heiko at lunch N Thailand 2011	75 Not a girl N Thailand 2011
76 Wot it says N Thailand 2011	77 Tuktuk driver N Thailand 2011	78 Pretend hardman N Thailand 2011	79 Christmas party N Thailand 2011	80 Riders Corner with diesel Bullet N Thailand 2011
81 Diesel bullet N Thailand 2011	82 A motley crew N Thailand 2011	83 More motley dudes N Thailand 2011	84 We get the message N Thailand 2011	85 Better company than the mother in law N Thailand 2011