Luang Probang exploration
2025年10月7日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Wake to heavy rains which clear pretty quickly. Head to Royal Palace which is now a museum. Unable to take pictures of the lavish digs. Afterwards long walk to get eSIM cards as our reliable worldwideもっと詳しく
Two sides to Laos
2025年10月8日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Take a short walk to the UXO museum (unexploded ordnances). Between 1964-1973 the US dropped a plane load of munitions, on average, every 8 minutes, 24 hours each day. And we denied doing it. 30% didもっと詳しく
Fun van ride over the mountain
2025年10月9日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Early morning departure to board a minivan for Vien Vang. Horrible road conditions confirm that we made the right decision not to ride. And then in slopes up and the road becomes almost nonexistent- aもっと詳しく
A long hot ride
2025年10月10日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Get an early start though it’s tempting to stay! Lots of rolling hills amongst green hills that eventually get bigger. A few tough climbs in the heat. Plod along, especially over the rough sections.もっと詳しく
A waterfall visit
2025年10月11日, ラオス ⋅ 🌩️ 32 °C
Long day planned but we plan to break it up with a visit to a waterfall. Cycling is easier today as road is flatter with longer stretches of good road. Veer off the main road and head into the hillsもっと詳しく
Back to the Mekong
2025年10月12日, ラオス ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Up and out early as need to find coffee and breakfast. Gather our supplies for the day and head out on horrible road with many trucks and buses. After about 5km, the road becomes smooth asphalt with aもっと詳しく
One last long day in the heat
2025年10月13日, ラオス ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Road stays nice and smooth as we wind our way along the Mekong before turning inland. Back to 90+ degrees with a feels like temp of 107. The promise of a smoothly keeps us going forward. Make it toもっと詳しく
Up to the Rockpoint
2025年10月14日, ラオス ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Later start as we only have 20 miles to ride - almost entirely up hill. The road is pretty rough in sections but we make it over the first hill. Clouds build and get pelted with a bit of rain but keepもっと詳しく
A day for adrenaline junkies
2025年10月15日, ラオス ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
On our “rest day”, we embark on a full day adventure. For 7 hours we flew on zip lines, climbed up and down sheer rock walls, walked across sketchy bridges and basically did whatever possible toもっと詳しく
Spring river resort
2025年10月16日, ラオス ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Day begins quite cool (relatively) but quickly warms up. Not moving too fast as tired from the previous day’s adventures. Steep downhill to start which quickly levels out into a lovely road throughもっと詳しく
Kong Lor Cave
2025年10月17日, ラオス ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
As the bungalow is very dark, I manage to sleep in. Late. Finally get up and go have breakfast before it’s too late. Short ride to Kong Lor Cave, a 5km long cave with a river through it. Take aもっと詳しく
Tham Nam Non Cave
2025年10月18日, ラオス ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After another nice breakfast, left the resort - retracing our route to the north. Stopped at Tham Nam Non cave, which to our surprise was full of water. Using inner tubes we floated up into the cave.もっと詳しく
UP towards the border
2025年10月19日, ラオス ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After a lovely pancake breakfast, head out onto the main road. Climb stats immediately, and the sun bakes us as we struggle upwards. The road is in all sorts of disrepair which as to the fun. Greatもっと詳しく
Hello Vietnam
2025年10月20日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Cloudy morning as we prepare to climb the last bit before crossing the border into Vietnam. Load up with caffeine and sugar and head out. The road seems quieter but still a bit rough. Rain beginsもっと詳しく
Amongst tea plantations
2025年10月21日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Very late start due to bike repair needs. Set off on rural roads through green hills. Terraced tea plantations dominate. A few hills and some wind slow us down a bit. Make it to “eco- resort” nextもっと詳しく
Along the Ho Chi Minh trail
2025年10月22日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Left our bungalow and quickly returned to smaller roads. Quite windy again making for slower riding. Lots of storm damage and overflowing rivers (a few typhoons passed through recently). Meanderもっと詳しく
Some days ……
2025年10月23日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
….. it just feels like too much. Today was one of those. Weather was cool and rainy, quite the switch for us. Donned jackets and headed out. Battled rain, wind and honking vehicles all day. So wet,もっと詳しく
And another one
2025年10月24日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Another cool and rainy morning. Longer day in store and unfortunately almost totally on the busy Ho Chi Minh road. The horns and treacherous drivers were relentless. Rain did stop and we did make sureもっと詳しく
旅行者Some tips/reading that a friend shared: https://myvegantravels.com/destinations/asia/vi…
Helene RimbergCool. Yet I think in the small towns we have been in that would have been challenging.
Things are looking brighter
2025年10月25日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A dry and warmer morning. Backtrack a bit to find an iPhone store. With a quick screen replacement it’s all better. Head out and opt for very small roads to avoid the traffic. Mostly decent surfaceもっと詳しく
We found our happy home - literally
2025年10月26日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After an amazing cheese omelette, set off on a short but hilly ride into Pu Luong reserve. Again, we dealt with hills and muddy roads to avoid the traffic. After a stop for coffee (have yet to figureもっと詳しく
Pu Luong walkabout: Day 1
2025年10月27日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
After a nice breakfast, organized ourselves for a hike. First stop - Bat Cave. From there descend into the river valley. Walk along a lovely river and amongst the rice fields. As its harvest time,もっと詳しく
Pu Luong walkabout: Day 2
2025年10月28日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Another nice breakfast fuels our next walk farther down into the valley. Road steepens to 25% before we hit the valley floor. Village people go about their business of harvesting and making handcraftsもっと詳しく
Mai Châu walkabout
2025年10月30日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Cloudy and drizzly morning; thus opt for a walk. Head away from the rice fields and into the jungle. Just a few farm homes up in the hills. The trail ultimately disappears so we turnaround and walk aもっと詳しく
A scary Halloween ride
2025年10月31日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
And another cloudy morning. As a monster hill awaits us, get an early start. Though it starts gradual, it quickly becomes devilishly steep. Frightfully loud trucks and cars get impossibly close to usもっと詳しく
Final push to Hanoi
2025年11月1日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Rainy morning and not eager to go out into it - thus a late start. Find our way quickly to quieter roads. Roll along, managing to catch views when the clouds lift a bit. Eventually return to theもっと詳しく
旅行者
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