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 …
Today’s ride on Komoot Another late start but it’s a shortish 50+kms to Paksan. I also had a massive fried rice and egg for breakfast and food like this takes time. I’d hate to rush it 😁. The restaurant a couple of doors down the dusty main road has really looked after me. I doubt …
Todays ride on Komoot Leaving Vientiane took me past the Patuxay Monument. I really like it. It’s impressive, nicely decorated and dedicated to the fighters who fought or died in the struggle for independence from France. Ironic then, that to many of us, it resembles the Arc de Triomphe (as Kerry Burke pointed out). My …
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Todays ride on Komoot The guesthouse here in Phonhong, is quite nice and run by lovely people. That’s a universal truth about every guesthouse owner that I’ve met on this trip. As I left and rolled down to the main road, I could have turned left and got breakfast for certain, but I took a …
Today’s ride on Komoot The weather wasn’t going to be too hot today, so I had an easy morning. I slipped on the mat outside the bathroom last night and banged my knee and another toe. Nothing broken this time though. It seems when one injury heals, I get another. I guess it’s something to …
Today’s ride on Komoot This morning, I wasn’t too late getting packed up and out the door. I definitely wasn’t early though. I went over the road to my favourite Kasi restaurant which is ok. The thing is, I could go anywhere in town and get a similar level of food, so I’ll stick with …
Today’s ride on Komoot First job this morning was to check the view. Clear and stunning, but I’m used to that now ! Gee the mountains are high here. The valleys and hills look like they’re of Alpine proportions, and I can stare at them for ages. I ate a bit of the breakfast that …
