Paying to take a bike for a walk

The roads were so bad that we spent more time pushing the bikes than on them. That and the fact that the chain completely broke on one of them. And then Vik got bitten by something big and bug like and scarey. But it was still a good day. Honest.

Entering the Fuggy Haze

October 1st 2008
Bangkok - Pakse - Don Khong - Don Khon - Pakse - Attapeu As I retrieved Vik’s rucksack from an overly confident tuk-tuk drivers vehicle I banged my head on a typically well positioned and unfeasibly rusty Laos road sign. There was an audible “oooo” from the group of drivers who surrounded us. “Happens to me all the time; that was nothing - in Scotland we put barbs on the signs so yo ... read more

Asia » Laos » South

Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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