At this village, when we stopped and got off our bikes, we were just greeted with strange and suspicious looks from the local kids. Did we really look as if we'd just dropped out of a tree?
Camping on the Ho-Chi-Minh Trail - them Surrounded by Gun-Toting Rebels ! February 5th 2007 Day 249, 4th February
Ban Dong - Sepon - Muang Phin - Sethamuaki
This trip is turning into a lesson in madness! Either we’re going to get ourselves blown up with un-exploded stuff from the wartime - or, we’ll get shot by rebels! We’ve already lost Toby and Stephane. Toby went to get his bike repaired in Vietnam and we’ve not seen him since. And Stephane passed us yesterday while the r ... read more
Asia » Laos 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
Hi! I'm Andy Ganner, known as the "BIKEPACKER". Meaning I put everything on my bike; tent, cooker, clothes, food, tent, and sleeping bag... and just set off on an adventure.
Been doing it nearly 20 years and have hand-written journals for every trip from my RTW backpacking trip of 1986, up to present.
Over the next years I'll be publishing my "Memorablogs" of these trips. It will take time as there are many slides to scan, I only went digital in 2009.
You can already read the epic England to Singapore trip: 2001 a Bike Odyssey, now. It's all there, word for word from my written jour... full info