Having an interest in military history - well history in general really - our pause in Hue offered a good opportunity to do a tour of Vietnam's DMZ, the Demilitarized…
Day 90: Khe Sanh - Aluoi (565m) 109km. 1110m total climbing, mostly on rolling road with steep climb about 20km before Aluoi. Day 91: Aluoi - Hue (50m) 71km. 6km…
Day 87: Villabury - Sepon (185m) 107km (inc. 25km to dead end and return!). Rolling sealed road (dirt for the dead end bit). Day 88: Rest day in Sepon Day…
Day 85: Nongchan - Boualapha (185m) 41km. Mostly flat/gently rolling dirt. Day 86: Boualapha - Villabury (230m) 66km. Rolling dirt road. Ever since arriving in Laos we'd had it in…
Xieng Khouang, Plain of Jars Part two of our road trip took us south, from the Houapan province into Xieng Khouang and the high plateau of the Plain of Jars.…
Luang Prabang - Houaphanh Province We'd arrived in Luang Prabang intending to only spend three days, and in the end it was a fortnight before we got back on our…
A few shots from three days in and around Luang Prabang, Laos. Buddhist Temple at Haw Kham (Royal Palace) complex, with the nightly craft market stalls in the foreground. We…
Day 53: Na Thuey - Oudomxay (685m) 83km. Rolling country past small villages, 855m total climbing. Day 54: Rest in Oudomxay. Day 55: Oudomxay - Pak Mong (430m) 86km. Two…
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