Today dist : 36.6 km Total : 2543.5 km
Today Temp : 23-32 C Sunny with intermittent rain
Ride time: 4 hr 24 min
Ave speed : 8.3 kmh Max : 40.5
Ave climb: 4 % Max: 12 %
Trip alti : 966 m Max: 1377 m
Today Spend: 27k Kips Total: 2710 Rmb+1948k dong+ 803k kips
Not a good day for me today as i had a fall when negotiating a sharp downhill corner when it started to rain. Though nothing serious except some scratches on my right leg and right hand,what embarrassed me most was I fell right in front of a village with many villagers looking,I quickly got myself up and pushed my bike to the side.Nothing broken not even the side mirrors but the fenders and my bottle cage mounting needs new cable tide to refasten.The terrain was almost identical to yesterday still lots of rollings up and down but generally more on climbing. We met 2 groups of cyclists, the first group was more on a supported mtb ride from USA with a minibus following. The 2nd group of 3 women and a male from Canada,England,New Zealand coming from opposite direction when we found a beautiful campsite after Viengkham. There is a house looks like abandoned with door locked but with a water tap and power supply,what is even more surprise was there is light "On" when it gets dark.We could charge up our gaggets. For consecutive 3 days,we had the same dishes for dinner: fried long beans,canned sardine and fried eggs,but tonight we cooked one pot of cabbage soup.
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| The distance to Phouhong and Vientiane |
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| Village along the road |
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| Beware of big potholes when cycling in Laos |
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| Good tarmac can suddenly turned into gravel,so keeps eyes open always |
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| Good tarmac can suddenly turned into gravel,so keeps eyes open always |
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| Yellow sunflowers |
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| Yellow sunflowers up on the mountain |
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| Houses built at the egde of the mountain |
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Houses built at the egde of the mountain
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| The road we passed |
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| Phoukoun town roundabout |
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| Phoukoun town roundabout |
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| Phoukoun town on the road to Vangvieng |
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| Sunflowers and mountain view |
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| Sunflowers and mountain view |
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| Sunflowers and mountain view |
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| Viengkham Village |
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| Janet from New Zealang trying out my recumbent |
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| The view from our camp |
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| We met them when we about to set tent,they coming from opposite direction ,so we got some useful statics from them |
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| Our campsite comes with power supply and 20 min running tap water |
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| Preparing dinner |
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| The view from our camp |
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| There is an extra pot of cabbage soup besides the usual menu |
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| The view from our camp |
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| The sunset |
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