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Got up early again this morning to be on our bikes while it is cool, meaning still in the 20°C range...good thing we get up early anyway, cause at a lot of places around 6am speakers start to blast. Music, lyrics, whatever...not to sure if it's just alarmclocks of people that they connect to their (massive) PA systems or something more...doesn't really matter either, you just got to get up it seems. :-)
So we set off in the early morning mist with some good photo opportunities, but kept on pedalling to get plenty of km's before the heat. On this leg of the trip we crossed the path of Benjamin & Emlie, a french couple on a 2y bike trip. (www.&-tour-de-roues.fr) They have just returned to Laos after a brief time back in france and are on their way to Vietnam...they also asked us about Vietnam since they also heard lot of stories from other bikers...we, sadly, had to confirm few of the stories they heard, but also reassured them that it is certainly still nice to go there! After some chit-chat we went our own ways, all the way to Paksan. From time-to-time we stopped for the mandatory frozen deedo's pitstops, adding a new taste to the experience, Melon. 100% chemical flavor but oooooo so good. :-o We are hooked (especially Ardan is).
Paksane is a small strecthed out town with little to see, but it packs a nice market, a couple riverfront restaurants & guesthouses. Everything we need after again 95km on the counter. We do require some other source of energy then noodlesoup for tonight (3 daily noodlesoups for the last 3 days...) so we sat down at a "grilled goat" restaurant for a dish of meat, fresh greens, sticky rice & beer Lao!
Tomorrow is the last stop before getting to Vientiane. Meaning we should hit the 4500km mark & thereby our biking trip km's will come to an end. After Vientiane we think of maybe travelling back to the south of thailand for some island hopping (which we missed in the beginning of the trip due to bad weather) all without bikes...Line has endured enough! ;-) Motorcycle, the dreaded tourist busses, train, plane,...?? Unclear & utterly unimportant. Bike to Vientiane, see from there.
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Got up early again this morning to be on our bikes while it is cool, meaning still in the 20°C range...good thing we get up early anyway, cause at a lot of places around 6am speakers start to blast. Music, lyrics, whatever...not to sure if it's just alarmclocks of people that they connect to their (massive) PA systems or something more...doesn't really matter either, you just got to get up it seems. :-)So we set off in the early morning mist with some good photo opportunities, but kept on pedalling to get plenty of km's before the heat. On this leg of the trip we crossed the path of Benjamin & Emlie, a french couple on a 2y bike trip. (www.&-tour-de-roues.fr) They have just returned to Laos after a brief time back in france and are on their way to Vietnam...they also asked us about Vietnam since they also heard lot of stories from other bikers...we, sadly, had to confirm few of the stories they heard, but also reassured them that it is certainly still nice to go there! After some chit-chat we went our own ways, all the way to Paksan. From time-to-time we stopped for the mandatory frozen deedo's pitstops, adding a new taste to the experience, Melon. 100% chemical flavor but oooooo so good. :-o We are hooked (especially Ardan is).
Paksane is a small strecthed out town with little to see, but it packs a nice market, a couple riverfront restaurants & guesthouses. Everything we need after again 95km on the counter. We do require some other source of energy then noodlesoup for tonight (3 daily noodlesoups for the last 3 days...) so we sat down at a "grilled goat" restaurant for a dish of meat, fresh greens, sticky rice & beer Lao!
Tomorrow is the last stop before getting to Vientiane. Meaning we should hit the 4500km mark & thereby our biking trip km's will come to an end. After Vientiane we think of maybe travelling back to the south of thailand for some island hopping (which we missed in the beginning of the trip due to bad weather) all without bikes...Line has endured enough! ;-) Motorcycle, the dreaded tourist busses, train, plane,...?? Unclear & utterly unimportant. Bike to Vientiane, see from there.
Goed bezig lieverds!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHet klinkt alsof jullie bijna aan het einde komen maar jullie hebben toch nog bijna 2 maanden of vergis ik mij?
Kus Fem
Hoi zus,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenJaja, we hebben hier nog wel even, maar vanaf Thailand, of eigenlijk vanaf nu in Vientiane al, schuiven we de fietsen opzij. We willen graag de eilanden in het zuiden van Thailand nog doen. Daar geraken we niet op tijd en daar dan nog aan island hopping doen als we dit met de fiets doen. Er kwam dus een einde aan het fietsreizen, niet aan het reizen.
Kus,x