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20 June 2019
* gurt lush in the southwest of England means something is really really good!! So, having picked up our passports from the Vietnamese embassy, including the all important 3-month visas, we were free to leave Vientiane. Other people have mentioned that there’s not much to do here and as tourist sites go this is true. […]
18 June 2019
Blimey, how time flies! The last time we stuck a wet finger in the air to predict where we might be in the future was way back before we had even entered Bangladesh! A lot has happened since and now seems a good time to update our plan for the near and extended future. All […]
13 June 2019
The invisible barrier that we cross when we go from country to country is a very strange phenomenon that we have mentioned quite a lot in the past. Entering and exiting Myanmar we have seen some of the biggest changes of our trip, specifically exiting into Thailand, which has given us plenty to talk about. […]
11 June 2019
Friday 7 June 19 – Wang Suphung to Nong Bua Lam Phu – 84km The overall standard of our accommodation in Thailand has been excellent as well as cheap. The hotel we left today was probably the best so far and only cost around £10 – and although it was basic, it was clean, had […]
3 June 2019
30 May 19 – Mae Sot to Tak – 85km Mae Sot was fine for my recuperation, but to be honest there’s not much to the town, so we were quite glad to leave. We wanted to get on the road a few days back, but it just wasn’t possible as I was still sick, […]
24 May 2019
19 May 19 – Daik-U to Kyaikto – 80km This is the longest continuous stretch that we have done on our bikes for a while (8 days so far) and today it showed. To say that we were sluggish at the start of the day is a bit of an understatement. About 20km into our […]