Today’s ride on Komoot I’ve done this ride before but today couldn’t have been more different. For starters, it was cool and as we climbed up to the border, we were in a cloud. For the first time on this trip, it was rainy and cold. I hadn’t noticed much Vietnamese influence in Lak Sao …
Out of the clouds and into a party – Lak Sao to Tay Son Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot I woke up tired and with mozzie bites on my fingers from shielding my face from the rotten little things. Needless to say, I wasn’t in my best form in the morning. We are still on the Thakek loop and today’s ride would take us through areas of sunken forest – …
Today’s ride on Komoot We’d spend today on the Thakek Loop which is a popular route for backpackers. The hotel also had dorms and motorbikes for hire, so the Loop is big business. We left town in some morning truck traffic on typical Laos roads = potholes and rocky bits every few hundred metres. The …
Today’s ride on Komoot I’m now used to early starts. I never thought I’d say that, but today’s 7am start after an early breakfast was fine. The morning colours as we left the guesthouse were stunning and we dodged potholes on our way into the local village where we turned right and tracked the Mekong …
Warm and dry along the Mekong – Mimi’s to Thakek Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot After a rest day in Savannakhet where I ate way too much, I was ready and rearing to go. Sunday is a lazy day around here. It’s good to see they’re keeping up some french traditions. It was an easy day for us, so a late start but I had one …
Today’s ride on Komoot Laos wouldn’t let me go quietly. It had one last sting in the tail – a headwind.The wind was strong at 7:30am, so I knew it wasn’t going to be a simple ride. I had breakfast at the restaurant over the road. The people here and at the hotel are just …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last night, I got the restaurant down the road to make me an omelette and rice, takeaway, so I could get going at a decent time. I had 100kms to the next reasonably sized town, Lak Sao which is a convenient 36kms from the Laos – Vietnam border. I said goodbye …
Lazy day today because there’s not a lot happening here except for the caves which I was looking forward to. I rode down to the starting point after some breakfast at one of the few restaurants on the way. Being a solo traveller, I had to wait for a couple of other tourists to arrive …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last night was possibly the worst karaoke I’ve ever heard, excluding my rare efforts. One guy went for nearly an hour and there were people whistling and shouting at him. I can’t imagine that they were encouraging him because you could hear in his voice when he was fighting to keep …
Todays ride on Komoot I was warned about the road surface today by other blogs, but nothing prepared me for the thick grey clouds of dust as I left Paksan. The roadworks continued until the 15km mark where I literally emerged from the clouds. From there, the road was just generally bad, which was a …
