Why this ride
Out of Sai Mai, one way: 162 km, roughly 2 h 31 in the saddle. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ayutthaya River Easy Ride · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 162 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 31
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop near Sai Mai
Planning note
Ayutthaya River Easy Ride is where the day begins. Next is Bangkok / Thailand return.
2. Near Lat Bua Luang, on the way back
Rice fields stretch flat to the horizon here, in the Central Plain of Thailand northwest of Bangkok, broken only by canals, villages on stilts, temples with glittering roofs and lines of palms. This point lies near Lat Bua Luang, a district in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, in the fertile, low-lying country between the Chao Phraya and Tha Chin rivers, where water shapes almost everything about daily life.
Read the complete Near Lat Bua Luang, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Bangkok / Thailand return comes up about 71 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop in Nakhon Pathom.
3. Food stop in Nakhon Pathom
The great golden-orange dome of Phra Pathom Chedi towers over Nakhon Pathom, and at over a hundred metres tall it is one of the largest stupas in the world. Tradition holds that Buddhism first reached the region here, more than a thousand years ago, when this was a centre of the Dvaravati culture, and the original, much smaller stupa was later encased in the present structure in the nineteenth century by King Mongkut, who had seen the ruins as a monk. Walking around its base, with its galleries, shrines and bells, is an experience not to miss.
Read the complete Food stop in Nakhon Pathom write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 162 km.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop near Sai Mai to Near Lat Bua Luang, on the way back
Fuel stop near Sai Mai → Near Lat Bua Luang, on the way back is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.