Friday, August 28, 2009
Feeling better
Well now, we have been busy, we are currently in Vientiane the capitol of Laos getting new visas for Thailand and trying to get new tyres for the bikes which is proving to be a problem as the normal tyre size for trail bikes is 18in and Yamaha in their wisdom use 17 inch, we are heading north again up to Thailand so we will try again there, we know somebody in BKK so we will try to get them sent up to us.
We have had an amazing time here in Laos and have some great pics of the trails, mountains, rivers and caves here, the scenery is a lot more interesting than Cambodia thats for sure, we have met some great folks on the road, and have enjoyed the company of to name a few Mark and Cloe, Kim and Jonny , Evan and his partner , sorry the names gone, begins with an M.
The officials in Cambodia and Laos are great no problems at all.
We both fell off the bikes in Cambodia and I hurt my shoulder but its OK now , that Cambodia gravel is great to ride on but its slippy as hell when the gravel washes off , its just clay underneath.
as always I will try to put some pics on now, we,ll see if it works, hope all is well, we certainly are, P n B
We have had an amazing time here in Laos and have some great pics of the trails, mountains, rivers and caves here, the scenery is a lot more interesting than Cambodia thats for sure, we have met some great folks on the road, and have enjoyed the company of to name a few Mark and Cloe, Kim and Jonny , Evan and his partner , sorry the names gone, begins with an M.
The officials in Cambodia and Laos are great no problems at all.
We both fell off the bikes in Cambodia and I hurt my shoulder but its OK now , that Cambodia gravel is great to ride on but its slippy as hell when the gravel washes off , its just clay underneath.
as always I will try to put some pics on now, we,ll see if it works, hope all is well, we certainly are, P n B
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Cambodia
Finally got out of Thailand, very easy transition into Cambodia, finally found a customs point that knows what a carnet doc is!! We went to Angkor wat to see the temples and very nice they were too, we left Siam reap the nearest town to the site and headed off towards Laos, I spotted a short cut on the map which would of saved us about 300km if the road had not turned into a lake, as it happened it jus added 200km to our journey and cost us another night at a hotel, the same hotel we left that morning, they were glad to see us back though as the bar takings had plummeted.
We are now 120km south of the Laos border on the Mekong river at a place called Kratie, just checked into a backpackers for 6$ a night but we move on tomorrow, Cambodia topography is a bit boring, just rice fields and water really, we have been told there are some waterfalls on our next stretch so we,ll see, P n B
We are now 120km south of the Laos border on the Mekong river at a place called Kratie, just checked into a backpackers for 6$ a night but we move on tomorrow, Cambodia topography is a bit boring, just rice fields and water really, we have been told there are some waterfalls on our next stretch so we,ll see, P n B
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