Monday 28th January….Cycle to ‘Four thousand islands’….. Yesterday we cycled from Pakse to Champasak in our first experience of cycling in very hot conditions. When we arrived, we checked into a hotel and immediately got a tuk tuk to Wat Read more…
Saturday 26th January…..(or 25th) Well, we’ve had a great day. A tour around the Bolevan Plateau, near Pakse, central Laos. A relaxing day spent with our driver taking us to some great waterfalls, a visit to a coffee plantation and Read more…
Monday 21at January….. Day spent relaxing in Vientiane, the capital city. Very hot. We visited the COPE museum the morning. A humbling experience that gives an interesting insight into the lives of people affected by unexploded ordnance dropped by the Read more…
Sunday 20th January. Long ride in terms of distance. Around 60 miles from Phonhong to the capital, Vientiane. It was very hot and dusty. We have bought bandanas that we wrap over our faces to avoid getting covered in dust. Read more…
Thursday 17th january. Today we had big intentions of starting early. We got up for breakfast and were presented with a nice omelette with bread and crunchy rice cake, dried bananas and ….something else! Well, we got up from our Read more…
Weds 16th January. Well, we got up at 5.15 to catch a tuk tuk to the bus station in Phonsavan to catch a mini bus to phoukoun (where we kept our bikes). The mini bus driver appeared to be trying Read more…
Tuesday 15th January…(I think!). We ditched the bikes today and left them in a hotel in phoukoun. We caught a minibus to Phonsavan, to visit the Plain of Jars. Much more interesting than it sounds. The ‘jars’ are in fact Read more…
Friday 11th January. A superb day today. We got up early and did a yoga session as the rest of the city was waking. Right beside the river. Very peaceful. After breakfast we went to Kuangsi waterfall, about 25 kms Read more…
Wednesday 9th January. A short cycling day. This was our first day of rain. We cycled through slight drizzle and instead of stopping to eat breakfast we cycled around 25 miles to our destination, Luang Prabang. We had a late Read more…
Monday 7th January. Today was the day Matt C had nightmares about for months. Two equivalent ride to the top of Mont Ventoux in one day. Not quite, but it felt like it. Around 85 kilometres may not sound too Read more…
