Adventures on the road to Vang Vieng
The thought of road from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng made me very nervous. Everything I read and everyone I spoke to said that only the brave will tackle this Continue Reading →
Month: July 2018
Cooking Laotian Style
What is Laotian food? I had no idea, so I was pleased to attend a cooking class in Luang Prabang run by the Tamarind Restaurant which specialises in Laotian food Continue Reading →
Hello Laos
It’s a 10 km ride (funny – it always seems to be a 10km ride) into Huay Xai (pronounced hew way zai) from the Friendship Bridge and I found a Continue Reading →
Farewell Thailand
By the time I left Chiang Mai I was keen to get to Laos, to see a new country and enjoy different food and experiences. I determined that I’d ride Continue Reading →
Thailand – Chiang Mai and Pai
When I planned this adventure I discovered that no foreign cyclist is permitted to traverse the road to the Northern border of Myanmar and Thailand so I determined then that Continue Reading →
Myanmar – Mandalay and Farewell
Kipling’s poem – Mandalay – is one of the reasons I wanted to visit Myanmar in general and Mandalay in particular. “On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin’-fishes play, Continue Reading →
