Geo: 14.8667, 101.7Leaving Surin I was stopped by a guy on a moped for a photo,turns out he's a big cycling fan and loved my courage at cycling through Thailand, the road is still pretty busy on leaving but comes and goes the same as other days. I enjoy my many stop offs and touring on the way into Bangkok and first stop from Surin is Buri Ram as I'm still trying to keep the kilometers down. I love all the interaction on the road, from the guys on the building sites (unharnessed and up a number of stories) all shouting and waving with their big straw hats and balaclavas, to the ladies on their mopeds waving,their beautiful big smiles and thumbs up on the way past, to the kids piled onto bikes on the way ... read more

Geo: 15.2389, 104.857Despite having a look around Ubon (short for Ubon Ratchathani) for familiar places I can find none, not even a hint, it's like I was never here before but I definitely was. Even looking for the hospital, although I found it on the map, when I cycled out it wasn't 'this' hospital I stayed in so I must have even remembered the wrong name, interesting.I stay in Ubon a couple of days to see some of the many temples and sights which are stunning; it's a nice place despite not finding my bearings! I end up staying on my route out of town towards Sisaket to make things easier however I still cycle around during the day as I've a lot of catching up although I'm still in quite a lot of pain. Near ... read more

Geo: 15.1332, 105.783Yep I was relieved to get back to the hotel in Pakse to find that my bike was where I left it and everything looked to be in order, phew... Strangely enough I only have a couple of pictures of Pakse, it's not that there weren't things to take pictures of, I just didn't. I find that I'm embarrassed when at the market to take photos because my flash is stuck on with my broken screen so I can't be discrete - I need to get it fixed but no-where can help me so guess I will need to wait until Bangkok. So my few pictures are mainly of the way out and into Thailand. Although the first night I stayed in a first floor balcony room, the next night I was on the ... read more

Geo: 17.9533, 104.761OMG what a terrifying, exhilarating, mesmerizing, exciting experience… Konglor Caves in the mid east Laos valley. I know I keep throwing myself out of my comfort zone but boy o'boy I did it again!Thankfully I don't look into new adventures in too much detail before I do them because I know I wouldn't put myself through the things I have. But I'm living the dream, living a travelers' life and throwing myself in at the deep end but strangely loving every achievement, every goal met, which outweighs some of the heart pounding terror involved!!!From Vientiane I got the local bus straight to Konglor which takes around 7 hours, the journey on route was amazing, flat rice paddies backed with the vertical mountains, we climbed up, round and over the mountains to get into the ... read more

Geo: 17.97, 102.61On arrival I found a bed at a backpackers and dived out to explore, I stumbled on the night market which in comparison to other places I've been was very posh. All the stalls have red canopies overhead and it's set on the waterfront instead of closed off roads, it's very clean, and sells everything from clothes and trinkets to food, plus there's a lot of tourists around. Vientiane is a pretty city and has a really nice relaxed feel about it, I find it strange however that the other side of the river is Thailand which you can cross into via the nearby Friendship Bridge, this means that the traffic on the river is next to nothing although out of town I did see a few boats. One of my main jobs while ... read more