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 […]
30 June 2019
The next part of our journey takes us north to the Vietnam border, which is about 5 days away all being well. We have had many iterations of our plan for this part of our ride through Laos, as there are lots of different routes – most of which include some big hills. After our […]
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 […]
21 June 2019
Notes for cyclists planning to travel from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang, Laos The terrain between Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang in Laos is a much discussed route by long-distance cyclists who want to travel either north to Vietnam, or south to Thailand. The main reason for this interest is because of the mountains between […]
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. […]