Road trip in Nan Province and night market in Nan

What was on our second day in Nan?
A little road trip with the rented scooter of about 210 km. Anyone who thinks that's sporty can be glad they didn’t see me at the end. My derrière hurt unbelievably, my knees were practically nonexistent, and I don’t even want to start about the impending muscle soreness.

Nevertheless, here is a little report of the tour.
We started around 0930 heading north.
The first stop was a temple that I can no longer find on Google Maps. But the view was beautiful.
We continued along a relaxed winding road, where there are various viewpoints. Among others, the Bali Nan View Point. Here, they set up a typical Balinese gate, poorly aged, and you actually have to pay to take a photo. We passed on that.
Instead, we randomly ended up at the 29base Coffee Bar, where there was a wonderful view, excellent coffee, and great chocolate. An older, slightly eccentric gentleman operates this café in the middle of nowhere on the road, and it's incredibly clean. I am genuinely impressed.
(The gentlemen have a great view of the surroundings here.)

It was time for us to move on, having completed only 20% of the journey.
After a good hour, many curves, and beautiful views, we enjoyed very fine Thai goulash and crispy fish right by the stream at Hua Sapan Restaurant.

On the way to Wat Sapan (I'll spare you the details today), it started to drizzle lightly. When we were at the temple, it really started to rain. Just briefly but enough that we both respected the wet road (spoiler: everything went well).

For our last stop, we wanted to visit a waterfall on the way back, but we skipped it because finding gasoline became more important. While we had seen gas stations on the way to the temple, the return trip was rather sparse. Fortunately, there was a village where we got some gas from an older gentleman in whiskey bottles. He was happy to sell something, and we were happy to have fuel – everyone was content.
And then came the last stretch of the return journey; I was rarely so exhausted. But we all arrived safely at our accommodation around 1800; I drove the scooter a lot, while Egg could enjoy the scenery.

After a short break, we went to the weekly night market. I must say, I have rarely experienced such a relaxed night market. Not too crowded, everyone had space, and the food was delicious.

Interestingly here in Nan: you can tell there are not many tourists; you get looked at, but in a very friendly way. There's curiosity behind it, no one wants to sell you anything at inflated prices, and everything is very respectful.
Overall, a very relaxed patch of earth. Definitely worth a visit.