laos the dirt bike tour!

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January 24th 2009

Published: January 24th 2009

altogether i spent 25 days on the dirt bike and 7 days on scooters and covered over 8000km in total i visited all the south again including all the parts i missed the first time and most of the north i later compleated my tour of laos on a push bike covering another 650km and by the time i had left laos i had visited every province! the guidebook wasnt much use to me where i went on the dirt bike ... Read Full Entry

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martin hallas

barnsleylad

"to travel is to take a journey within yourself" its time to awake from this sleepwalk and get busy living! theres a whole world out there to explore time to expand my tiny little world and small minded "local" views people to meet places to see so little time! but hey "lifes a big canvas and you have to throw as much paint at it as you can!" welcome to my blog hit subscribe and fill in your email and recieve updates of my travels sorry i wont be able to offer you a littary masterpice or proper spellin... full info

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bird of prey and other birds caught in nets by the side of the mekong the laos people will eat anything and are very thorough at exterminating all the wildlife anywhere near a road path or river!

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another homestay near the vietnameese boarder and this family were vietnameese stoped in many places but not took many photos they asked me to take this photo tho so i duely obliged!

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se done the biggest river i crossed on the bike the water was up to the seat! no room for error! i had to have a minuite after this my nearves were shot! and all to save 60p!

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back in the south again champasak

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in the jungle passed through many deep jungle paths in the area but never hung around to take photos

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the villagers were using metal detectors in this area to find scrap very dangerous! and hard work it proberbly took a long time to get this scrap to the cart

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one hour after having a new tyre fitted! very lucky!

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most of the fun is asking for directions!

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check out the bombs holding this house up! all the village houses here were the same

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this bridge was really cool to cross on the bike

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same bridge

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24th January 2009

Ian
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Hi Martin. Just got your pictures of the bike tour. Absolutely gobsmacked to say the least, thats me and jealous to. After Southeast Asia ,Sth America will be a breeze as you have proved yourself very capable on the bike, and probably off it too. Best wishes Ian.

27th August 2009

James
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awesome trip
Congrats on your phenomenal adventure. Was there a lot of more technical or challenging jungle type riding?

28th August 2009

barnsleylad
martin hallas

it was a great experience and unlike anything i've ever done before, not being a motorbike rider. When I was on the roads the traffic was light and the other road-users were chilled-out (watch out for chickens, pigs and cows though). Offroad the biggest challenge was not controling the bike, as I had thought, but route-finding. Many times I found myself completely off the map. I set off on a wing and a prayer and totally relied on the help and hospitality of the laos people, which has been second to none so far in my travels. I would recommend travelling in Laos by bike to anyone, without reservation.

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