bentonchengdu: Day 47 Wed 1111 - Camp after Viengkham Village to Kasi and Camp at Bannonkham Primary School

Today dist : 56.5 km Total : 2600 km
Today Temp : 23-36 C Hot and Sunny
Ride time: 3 hr 47 min
Ave speed : 14.9 kmh Max : 47.5
Ave climb: 4 % Max: 14 %
Trip alti : 506 m Max: 1053 m
Today Spend: 47k Kips Total: 2710 Rmb+1948k dong+ 850k kips

Today's ride started with a long 15km downhill with a great mountain view,Hong and Coey were waiting for me at the end of the downhill,from here we met some very steep roller coaster climbs until Kasi where we had lunch in a restaurant 15k Kips for a plate of mixed rice. The heat was at its hottest hour where we continued to ride towards Viengvang ,but we are not targetting to reach there late of the day,so our plan is to camp before Vangvieng. Suddenly Coey suggested to camp in the school where she just passed.So they went to enquire while i wait for their signal. This is a primary school with just a row of simple classroom in a small village of Bannonkham, a school sponsored by Swisziland. Green light was given so we wheel our bikes into the school field with so many school children to greet us,seems like the 1st time a foreigner or they called Farang coming to stay in the school. Myself and Coey had a real busy time to entertain them cos' they are so keen to learn to speak English. They questions they asked the most are: "What's your name?","How many people in your family?" and so on...feeling a little annoyed at the repeated questions though,we did not want to disappoint them and at the end they were satisfied to say goodnight to allow us to rest. But they promised to bring sticky rice tomorrow morning before we leave. Let's see they will keep their promise.