Today Distance : 60.2 km Total : 3259.5 km
Today Weather : 21 - 32C Sunny cooling all day
Time on Bike : 4 hr 42 min
Ave Speed ; 12.8 kmh Max ; 57.0 kmh
Ave Climb : 4% Max : 11%
Trip Altitude : 1030 m Max : 1507 m
Today Spend : 67000k Total : 1656000k
A short ride to Phou Khoun, a small town with a small roundabout.Left turn is to Phonsavan on route 7and right turn is continued route 13 to Vientiane. I stopped here for 30 min to buy some camp foods and had a bowl of beef noodles. For the 2nd time, I lost my sunglasses again,no idea whether was stolen or just misplaced somewhere. Luckily I managed to buy another one for 20000k in a shop. Route 7 is much lesser traffic than route 13, road are much better, terrains are good,not so tiring like yesterday,at least for today, tomorrow is another day. I also passed from Luang prabang province to Xieng Khouang province. From the tourist handouts, Xieng Khouang has 4 out of 5 highest peaks in Laos, and temperature can drop to zero during cold season. This place also came under heavy bombing by the American during the 2nd Indochina War against the Communist Pathe Lao and the Vietnamese. I don't think Nam Chat to have any guest house, so I settled again in a Bamboo hut 5 km before the town. It seems that the bamboo huts along the way are my favorite camping spot. Very cooling when you sit or sleep on it with air blowing from the bottom.No dirty wet tent and most important - No worry for rain!!
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| Road that I rode earlier view from the higher side |
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| Villages built at the edge of the Hill |
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| Phou Khoun Town roundabout |
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| Secondary school in Phou Vieng |
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| Into the Xieng Khouang Province |
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| Roads and villages at the ridge of the Hill. The far end white building is the school |
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| A spectacular switchback on the downhill |
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| A bamboo hut surrounded by banana trees and hill paddy fields |
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| Bamboo Hut that I camped |
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| rock melon but not sweet |
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| Come to Laos and experience a night stay in this |
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| With my tent setup to avoid the mosquitos and insects |
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