Mae Hong Song was a nice place to be for a short stay, beautiful around the lake and very quiet. wednesday night we went for food at a bar near the lake. the name of the bar escapes me but they did have a pool table and a 'Jam Spot" corner for musicians, of which we saw none. we ordered fish and chips and american fried rice and waited about 40 minutes for the fish and chips and another 20 for the american fried rice. the quality of the food was no better than the service and so as you can imagine not on any reccomendation list.
thursday morning i got up early and went for breakfast at a Thai place, diagonally opposite the 'CrossRoads' bar. They were very pleasant and the food was great, both quality and value.
went back and got Boon up and we actually on the road by around 9.30am.
what can i say, the twistiest, most spectular stretch of road yet. So many stunning views. Hard work with all the up and down of it, but well worth it.
we bumped into an italian family doing the same route on two motorcys, at a rest stop. from there we sort of stuck pretty close through the mountains to the next food stop and onto Mae Chaem.
Mae Chaem is a very quiet place with very little to speak of except a couple of resorts.
we have booked into The Pongsara resort and have a very nice large wooden raised bungalow, with fridge and tv.
we were only going to stop one night. eating at the resort and very tired from the ride we turned in early again.
unfortunately this morning i awoke to a very bad case of bad stomach along with the aftereffects of far too much sun on my head yesterday. from my sick bed i got Boon to book us in for a second night and stayed in bed till midday.
once up there was a problem with the bike to get sorted, in that the clutch cable snapped as we pulled into the resort last night. luckily there was a repair shop just down fronm the resort and they came and fixed it for 80baht.
by the time we got that sorted and i had got imodium from the local pharmacy it was nearly 4pm . we did head of in search of a waterfall but turned back after half an hour, deciding to rest for today and head off to Op Luang tomorrow morning.

extra costs from wednesday...dinner 310 baht....drink 10..internet 17 + 30 from tuesday

thursday costs......
breakfast....60 baht
fuel...290
food and drinks on the way....276
room...500
drinks..45
dinner...240

total....1411