Let’s go cycling

Day 11 from Vientiane to Phonhong…70km and hot, hot hot!! A lovely market meal in Vientiane before we hit the road the next morning- lots of goodies, definitely aimed at the locals and a fabulous array of really fresh looking food to choose from! Off we set in the morning- our 11th day on the…

Day 10…a massive 27km and we’re in Laos!! The border crossing proved to be fairly simple- we’d read that we’d probably have to put our bikes on a bus to cross the “Friendship” bridge that joins the two countries, so we were pretty chuffed when they waved us through on our bikes! A bit of…

Day 9 to Nong Khai…somewhere around 80km ( who knows exactly…devices failed with the heat and the bumps!) Well that’s Thailand. Made it to the border town of Nong Khai today…This is a rough map of our journey so far 🙂 An uneventful day with plenty of quiet roads, until we hit the highway for…

Day 8 to Nong Han- 133 kms, a biggie! We knew we had a big day ahead today so we planned an early start… but it was still pelting down with rain at 6am so it was a little more leisurely than we anticipated, and we managed to hit the road around 7:30 So… 133…

Day 7 on the road, 75 km First accomm that’s included breakfast so we slept in till 6:30 and started the day with cold eggs and rice ( and sugar…cos it looked like salt…) And instant coffee!! Win win. We rode. So…we’ve been planning our daily itinerary using a couple of cycle mapping apps. I…

Day 6 on the road and somewhere around 55 kms today. We were aiming for an early start… but last night’s dinner made us a little tardy this morning 😄 Let’s just say…we’ve got the gist now, that “spicy” as pertains to Thai food really is just that. We reckon there could have been a…

Day 4 96.5 km Day 5, 47 km Over 96 kms travelled yesterday… felt like a huge day and both ready to stop by the time we arrived at Tha Tum. A few drink stops along the way…and iced coffee was easy to come by! We found some snacks too… but even the lovely smile…

Day three on the road Another biggie today- early morning start ( for us!)! found a very fresh baguette for brekky… still no coffee tho! Perhaps we were too early for coffee…we did see a few options yesterday arvo. Oh well… Off we go… Thailand here we come. A pretty speccy backdrop for our ride…

18th July- A big day! Thought we’d make an early start to try and beat the heat… found some freshly baked baguettes, stuffed with caramelised onion for a unique breakfast experience. No coffee to be found…it’s character building 💪… So we’d carefully planned our route using a cycle app- the first 8 km were super…

17th July…on the road Training wheels are off…let’s go! Armed with some very basic Khmer ( and a list of “must have” phrases, thanks Socheata), last minute bike checks, and we’re ready to fly the nest 😀 Early morning coffee and toast at Chanthou’s (I fear it may be the last coffee for a while…