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Photos from Thailand and Laos Bike Trip
Now that it is all over, here are some links to albums of photos from the bike trip. Most of them are in the separate posts but if you want to see them quickly have Read more…
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Wats, chedis and temples
We have been to so many temples throughout the trip, I wanted to post a few photos of some of the nicest ones. Some we read in the guide book and visited as they were Read more…
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People and faces
Unfortunately we didn’t take many photos of the people and faces along the way as we were a bit shy! When we did manage to it was usually of some kids who had spent a Read more…
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Luang Prabang to Vientiane
This has been the busiest road in all of Laos. Not to say that that means a lot of traffic, but 80% of the traffic we have seen has been on this stretch. And lots Read more…
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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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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…