Anyway it was back to work today in Bangkok. What’s a Monday without a traffic jam … but I guess that’s what I get for stopping off at my favourite Surin style restaurant for a snack on the way home.
^Monday evening traffic in Bangkok - not too far from Rama 9 road
After that I really needed a drink. Mrs. Kerr had also had a big afternoon swimming with Wayne Jnr and was up for a drink too. We usually have a few big glasses of scotch on the rocks before dinner. Unfortunately we don’t have any nice glasses at home - here we are knocking down a spot of Laphroaig out of 100 pipers glasses.
^Happy hour at Chateau de Kerr
Anyway the whiskey got us talking about the trip. We pretty much did the drive from Uthai Thani to Loei in a day, stopping off to see relatives in Pitsanoluk for lunch. The roads in that part of the world are great, and there is not much traffic on a weekday.
Once you get to P-Lok you just chuck a right and drive east towards Khon Kaen on Highway 12, then turn left towards Lom Sak on Route 2011 then just follow your nose to Loei (this Route 2011 looks like a northern extension of the road that runs between Saraburi and Petchabun.)
The stretch of road from Lom Sak to Loei is friggin awesome, and one of the best drives I have done in my life. Very mountainous so you go through hundreds of twists and turns where you can go very, very fast if you want. The area reminds me of somewhere like the mountains between Italy and France, but every now and then you come across the terraced rice fields which remind you that you are very much in Asia. The roads are also very smooth, but some of the corners have tricky cambers which will keep you on your toes (or your two hands in the 10 to 2 position). Mrs. Kerr tried taking some pics out the window but because I was really getting into the driving like I was Jack Brabham or someone they are all really blurred. Anyway, if you like your motoring, this is one place I can really recommend .