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arrival in 21st century again
Well, here we are in lovely luang prabang the second largest “city” in laos. Not big enough for a traffic light though. they say there are 2 in vientiane the capital. What they do have, Read more…
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The mobile antena is the new chedi
So after our 160kms of rural bliss dodging chickens and baby pigs we came into central north laos where tin and cement and plastic have overtaken the local materials and guesthouses and coffee lao were Read more…
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“Eco-Trekking” in Luang Nam Tha
When we got to the National Park of Laung Nam Tha we thought we might stop off to do some hiking but quickly realised that we weren’t going to navigate the jungles by ourselves! The Read more…
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sawng farang!!!!
After leaving the border having seen Laos accross the Mekong for a couple of days from the Thai side we were wondering how different could it really be to Northern Thailand. Well, very is the Read more…
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lovely laos
Yesterday we crossed the mighty mekong on a little boat and just managed to prevent the bikes and gear from going overboard, but did suffer a wetting of the foot. Haven’t seen much yet, but Read more…
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Akha Hill Tribe Village
Hiked to an Akha Hill tribe village to find out if they really exist or only exist as a tourist attraction on the side of the road but it seems they do and the women Read more…
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95km to Nhum Khok
We are now in Chaing Saen, looking across the Mekong River at Laos having passed by the Golden Triangle, where Myanmar Laos and Thailand come together at the meeting of two rivers. Thailand snipped their Read more…
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mae salong: Top of a big hill
Got here after cycling up the most gruelling hill i’ve ever seen. mae salong is about 1000m, which is not that much, but on the way you go to 1000m twice and then descend to Read more…
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Four days in the saddle
We are in a small town on the Thai/Burmese border called ThaTon after 4 days of mixed riding….small roads, main roads, flat ones and a few major ramps. Jungles, banana plantations (Nick – you would Read more…