Day 152 - Chiang Mai - Ban Lao Ya
A travel day today. We have travelled on extremely good roads through lovely countryside of hill country. Much of it is national park with elephant sanctuaries and wildlife parks dotted along the way. We pulled into one rather impressive reclining Buddha statue we saw from the road. It turned out to be a massive temple on a grand scale. Very quiet with only a few people wandering about but it must be extremely crowded on festival days. We had a relaxing wander around, took some pics and had a drink. So much to see! Then back on the road again. We have covered about 450km today and I must say it is quite nice to have decent tyres on a good road. We are in a roadside motel and the immediate area has access to large national park areas and tours. There are many hotels just a few km off the main road but we are on a mission to Khon Kaen.