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Loei Bike Party and Pee Ta Khon Festval.

Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by iankiwi in Ian's Blog, Trip Reports

Early Last week I got a Text from Ritchie ask­ing if I wanted to Join them for a Ride? As I haven’t been on My Tri­umph since the Tri­umph Week­end here in Chi­ang Mai some Weeks back i said Yes!!! Next Ques­tion where are we going??? Loei they said so Great, I find out later it was to Join the “Loei Meet­ing Bike Party #2″ Even Bet­ter, Also to check out the “Pee Ta Khon Fes­ti­val” in Dan­sai at the Same Time, Still Even Bet­ter!!!
We meet up on Fri­day Morn­ing at Ritchie’s Shop then headed off about 9:30 or so. Great Ride all the way tak­ing some very Scenic Roads to Dan­sai then on to a Resort the Bike Party Guys had arranged! Good Times had By all and Well Organ­ised. A Pickup with Huge Cool Box filled with Ice & Beer, Food and later in the Evening a Bar­be­cue!!!
Next Morn­ing we all meet about 8:30 for break­fast and time to Leave on Our Ride. Up to this point i had been to Lazy to take any Photo’s but man­aged to snap a few for the rest of the day.
Ritchie and a friend with Robert.

Some Bikes.

A Cou­ple of Group Pho­tos before we left on Our Ride!

We first Rode down to the Pee Ta Khon Fes­ti­val in Dan­sai to have a look. It was pretty Crowded and cre­ated quite a Traf­fic Jam in and Out of the Small Town so we didn’t stay long really. Unbe­liev­able amount of Bikes with Huge Groups of small Scoot­ers, KSR and D-Tracker Clubs, a real sight to see, Great Stuff!!!
On arrival in Dan­sai we bumped into David. Got Our photo with from left to Right:
Unknown Guy who seems a bit of a Star, Robert, Ian ( X-Centre ), David ( GT-Rider ), Suki ( Thai Star, Dream Chaser )

Some Pho­tos of the Masks and Crowds:

Not Sure what this Guy has in His Hand or What He intends to do to the Girl with it!!!

Later we left on a long Ride around the Coun­try back Roads which was very nice. The Roads up there Rival the Best in Nan and if you haven’t been up that way put it on the List of Must Visit Places!!! Also the Weather is notably Cooler than here in Chi­ang Mai at Present which sur­prised Me??? Roads were great Besides one Excur­sion where the Road turned into Bro­ken Pot­holed Gravel run­ning along the Side of the Mekong, This made it a lit­tle Tough for the Harley Rid­ers, But No prob­lems!
Evening we stayed in Loei and Watched the MotoGP with David then out for food. Went to the Biker Party for a few Hours which was another Well Organ­ised event. I Turned in about 12:30 while the Oth­ers went to the Local Disco with the Leg­endary Coy­ote Dancers!!!
On Sun­day I had a impor­tant appoint­ment back in Chi­ang Mai so I left Loei about 8:30 and Rode back by myself. Good Fast Ride and I was back in 6 Hours includ­ing Stops. And apart from Wait­ing in Lam­pang for 20 Min­utes to let a Heavy Rain Down­pour pass we never Got Wet the Entire Week­end, Bril­liant!!!
Great Ride and wor­thy of a Repeat Trip.
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Cheers Ian
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