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22 July 2019
Wed 17 July. Do Son to Tien Hai. 73km. We are now on the road heading south towards Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) although we aren’t sure yet if we will make it that far – it all depends on how often and how long we stop on the route there. The joys of […]
12 July 2019
Sunday 7 July to Friday 12 July. We arrived in Hanoi feeling pretty shattered so we were looking forward to some time off but also to being back in a big city. And Hanoi didn’t disappoint. Our accommodation was a fantastic apartment right in the middle of a bustling daily local food market…. ….which […]
4 July 2019
Saturday 29 June. Dien Bien Phu. 0 km. After 6 days on the move, we decided to have a rest day, which I was very glad of as yesterday I completely flagged as we arrived into Dien Bien Phu. Our general experience of border towns hasn’t been great, so we didn’t expect much of Dien […]
2 July 2019
Our time in Laos was relatively short as we only spent 18 days here. But as usual we saw and experienced a lot. Here is a round-up of our observations: 1. Roads – the quality of the roads was surprisingly good, although we did stick mostly to main roads to avoid a potentially muddy mess […]
24 June 2019
Wed 19 June. Vang Vieng to Kasi Camping (in the hills). 80km. We departed our lodgings in Vang Vieng at 6am with some trepidation about the route that lay ahead of us. There were big grey rain clouds in the sky and it was the start of what we guessed would a few tough days …although […]
16 June 2019
10 – 14 June 19 – Vientiane, Laos Vientiane is 35 kilometres from the Thai border, and as soon as we arrived a few interesting things happened…. The first is that we instantly became millionaires! The currency, the Lao Kip has 11,000 to £1, meaning that a £150 ATM withdrawal gave us 1.5 million Kip, […]