Riding Through Bombs on the Ho Chi Minh Trail

Asia » Laos
April 14th 2007

Published: August 6th 2007

After our day trip mission on the Bajas, Jeremy and I were very keen to do some harder-core riding and Trace wanted to do a rock climbing course in Vang Vieng, so we split along gender lines (ie left Trace by herself) and went on a week mission into some very remote areas in southern Laos. I know our blog has consisted mainly of motorbike stories lately, but this Man Mission is the last one, and ... Read Full Entry

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The bank vault

Basically all that is left of the old town of Xepon after American bombing

At the town "Nong"

Each of the cluster bomb canisters at the back of this shot held 300 grenade type bomblets, 30% of these did not explode and are lurking about the Laos countryside. Go USA.

mmmm bugger

All of a sudden we hit this river that was not on our map

Note the guy with the metal detector

He is using it so he can build his house, and use some of the land in the area

Made in the good ol' US of A

It was seeing these English labels on the cluster bomb canisters in the middle of nowhere in Laos that really brought home to me just how wrong America's involvement in Laos was.