I'm waiting for the SE Monsoon to break (usually ends the Rainy Season in October), so travelling won't be a wet encounter (sweat and rain)...
According to what I've read, the Monsoon Winds switche to NE...the rain stops for several months...and it becomes cooler and a little less humid...
So, right now, when I see that there's going to be a predictable (fairly long) break in the rain, I look at the map and set a route that will take me to some of the Off The Beaten Path / Non-Touristy Temples and Monasteries...
I laughed this morning when Google Maps told me it was going to be 4-5 hours for 60km to 4 Wats up in the Highlands...
It took me 2+ hours to get to 2 of them...about 48km on my GPS...probably would have been way more than 60 as I was lost for part of the ride...
(Can't blame Google...these were Remote...dirt road access only...Farmers may cut the brush away on some of these "roads"...or maybe not...)
I was a joyous Mudfest...and I dropped the bike twice...and looked like I had been mud wrestling...and I was beat...the one good thing...my left leg never complained...
Here are a few photos:
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The bike with 0km at the shop.
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Me, with Ronnie (not today) in Khon Kaen.
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The still relatively clean bike at Wat #1...Wat Pa Phu Keng (I believe).
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Back at home with a mud-caked bike and a mud-caked me.
And some more of the Wild Asian Power Lines...
And, I really do have Relatives over here...this is my Grandson-In-Law and a slice of my S-I-L...