Laos
Laos is a very poor country, the people are incredibly laid back (mostly asleep) but friendly. The children are a delight they’re so excited to see us often shouting hello and trying to cycle and run alongside us.
The landscape has changed rapidly as we’ve cycled south through the country we’ve seen forest clad mountains, man made lakes, limestone rocks, caves, buddhist temples and for the past 3 days we’ve followed the Mekong River.
The roads vary from being in a good condition to muddy rutty tracks, mostly they’re very poor and challenging to ride on our bikes
We’ve cycled through some off the beaten track villages, where most of the houses are on stilts and are made of wood. In the north of the area the houses were little more than shacks but as we’ve cycle south the houses have improved. A number of the villages don’t even show up on our maps and as for planning accommodation, we have just had to take a leap of faith that we will find somewhere or camp which would not be so easy as they’re a lot of UXO’s still in Laos.
We are making our way down to Cambodia but hope to exchange our bicycles for motorbikes this week so that we can ride the Belaven Plateau.
Hope all is well back home
love and kisses
Ginette and Gary
- what is this plant?
- drink stop first day in Laos
- not a comfortable ride – hot, bumpy and hilly
- boys playing by the lake
- another example of Laos roads
- children happy to see the strange cyclists
- lots of boar roaming the streets
- old swampy – deserted road – very eery
- pit stop – Ginete making friends with the locals
- American legacy in Laos
- lunch stop Laos
- Limestone nature park
- hired motorbike for the day
- Gary by the Mekong – Laos one side Thailand the other
- quick one of the crickets is about to escape (big blue bowl)
- an example of the houses in a Laos village
- too hot to handle – jumpers on to protect us from the sun
- inside one of the caves in Laos on the Thaket Loop
- butterflies everywhere
- looking at caves – very messy
- cheeky little boys – with very rotten teeth
- Buddha Caves
- rickety bridge
- first aid for the bike
- locals helping to fix a puncture
- View from Laos border (without the rubbish)
- corrugated steel homes
- wooden house
- corrugated homes
- village as we entered Laos
- Gary taking easy
- playing bowls – thumbs up
More gerat pics, thanks ever so much
B & S
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