15 February 2007 :
The Lonely Planet guide warned of possible H'mong guerillas in the north, but all we saw was thousand of kids running out of their thatched huts to wave hello! (actually they usually say "gbye", which when you think about it is just as logical). The enthusiasm was hard to believe, i even saw a small kid squatting by the road for his morning "number 2" who still managed to spare a hand to wave at me as i cycled by. Tom nursed his ailing bicycle 300km into VIENTIANE (cracked rim), while Kim was a powerhouse and climbed hills like Jan Ulrick in the Tour de France and made it look easy!!
This is the planned route from Vientiane:
Date From To :
10/2/07 Vientiane Paksan Cycling 2 days (148km)
11/2/07 Paksan Cycling
12/2/07 Paksan Tha Khaek Cycling 2 days (197km)
13/2/07 Tha Khaek Cycling
14/2/07 Tha Khaek Savannakhet Cycling (135km)
15/2/07 Savannakhet In town
16/2/07 Savannakhet Dong Hene Cycling 69km
17/2/07 Dong Hene Muang Phin Cycling 97km
18/2/07 Muang Phin Salavan/BanBeng Cycling
19/2/07 Salavan/BanBeng Pak Song Cycling
20/2/07 Pak Song Pakse Cycling 53km
From Internet cafe in Pakse - central Laos: A bit ahead of schedule because some of the road south was going to be flat and "same same"...! so took the bus for a stretch. Dont think I will take another bus in this country -the bus drivers are crazy ...and the engine blew up 100kms from our destination - mechanical failures are standard around here.
After Vientiene Bristol Kim ( headed back into Thailand, and Tom headed further south on the bus - I went towards Vietnam (more on that adventure later) - but we have met up again in the Bolaven Plateau and will ride south together to Champasak etc from here.
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