Today Weather : 25 - 30C Fine cooling whole day
Time on Bike : 4 hr 09 min
Ave Speed : 16.2 kmh Max : 56.0 kmh
Ave Climb : 4% Max : 18%
Trip Altitude : 604 m Max : 819 m
Today Spend :
This is my 2nd trip to Luang Namtha,the provincial capital of Luang Namtha. The last trip 2 years ago was backpacking with my ABM trekker Yong. Nothing much has changed since then,I still remember very well the street,the few guest houses and restaurants , except that this time I ride up a steep gravel road to a famous Misay temple up on top of a hill, with a good look over the whole town. This temple resembles like a Tibetan temple I saw in Kamanthu,Nepal. Today,s good weather makes riding so much enjoyable with morning mountain coolness,rolling freely on small hills , except for only one giant hill. Started at 8.10am and completed at 12.30pm. Met a few South Koreans youngster sent here by their Government on voluntary projects in nursing and IT, we had lunch together but foot our own bill. Love the Darasavath guest house, big clean bed with attached bathroom cost 40000k. Plan to stay 2 nights here before I continue my ride south east to Oudomxay, 120km away hopefully in 2 days!
Nice road with lots of greens
Negotiating a sharp bend
One tree hill
Energy refiling stop
Lao worker working on the power cables
Luang Namtha main street
South Koreans on voluntary projects
Lao traditional musical instrument
Ride up to the Misay temple
Bird eye view of Luang Namtha
Misay temple in uang Namtha
Night market
Nice wooden chalet style room with clean bed
Home cooked dinner with half bbq duck and a bottle of Beer Lao
