Hot to Chiang Mai — The Mae Hong Son Loop The commute home. Four to six lanes with a median, narrowing to two through the town centres. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/leg/hot-to-cnx/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 108K
The cool season — The Mae Hong Son Loop Dry, clear, cold at altitude before dawn, and the busiest and most expensive months on the circuit. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/event/cool-season/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Yunnanese table at Ban Rak Thai — The Mae Hong Son Loop Chinese Yunnanese food, on a reservoir, a few kilometres from the Myanmar border, at the end of a road that goes nowhere else. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/dish/yunnan-table/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 80K
The 700cc-and-up adventure bike — The Mae Hong Son Loop An Africa Twin, a GS, a Tiger, a V-Strom 1050: 220 to 260 kilograms wet, tall, and entirely capable. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/bike/big-adventure/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 49K
The morning market — The Mae Hong Son Loop Every town on this loop has one. Rice, curries in bags, grilled things, sticky rice, coffee, and whatever the hills sent down that morning. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/dish/morning-market/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 50K
Wat Chong Kham and Wat Chong Klang — The Mae Hong Son Loop The pair of Shan-Burmese temples on Nong Chong Kham, the pond at the centre of Mae Hong Son town. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/wat/chong-kham-chong-klang/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 81K
Arabica off the ridge you just rode over — The Mae Hong Son Loop Northern Thailand grows arabica on the hills this road climbs. The plant wants altitude, shade and a dry harvest — which is exactly what these slopes are. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/coffee/ridge-arabica/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 50K
The 250–450 trail bike — The Mae Hong Son Loop A KLX, a CRF, a D-Tracker, a Versys-X: long travel, 21- or 19-inch front wheel, upright, light, and rented all over Chiang Mai. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/bike/trail-250/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 49K