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 …
Today’s ride on Komoot It was cool overnight, so I wasn’t in a hurry to get going. The fact is, I never am. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m not a morning person or that I’m lazy when I know there’s an effort involved. On paper, the effort was less than yesterday, but these …
Today’s ride on Komoot This was the day I had very mixed feelings about. I expected to see the beautiful hills of Laos, but where there’s hills, there’s pain, and there was more than 2000 verical metres of pain today. In the end, the hills were quite manageable and the scenery was spectacular from the …
Today’s ride on Komoot I lingered in Luang Prabang and had a long talk to Andy the owner of Mali House. He’s the right guy for the job of running a guesthouse for sure. Today’s ride was short, so there was no rush. It’s hard to leave a place like LP with it’s nice ambience, …
I had some great food and rest in Luang Prabang and I needed it. Now I feel ready to tackle some of the hills out of here. I certainly didn’t feel like that 4 days ago. I also met Miles and Claire, two bike tourers from the UK who were at the end of their …
Today’s ride on Komoot Firstly, thankyou to Martin (of Martin & Goi fame. I met this great couple at the hotel in Chiang Khong) who suggested this route. Your suggestions and interest have really helped and they’re sincerely appreciated. Secondly, despite Martin’s suggestions, today was a big unknown. He did the trip in his car …
Today’s ride on Komoot I had a rest day in Xayaboury and didn’t do a great deal. I ate well, found an excellent street coffee bar and a nice restaurant but that was about it. That’s what I call a rest day. I certainly needed it. I purposely had a late start today as there …
