G'day All,
Jim and I headed over to Southern Laos again last month.
Absolute ripper of a trip and a great bloke to go riding with.
We wanted to do something different.. Not the normal tracks or now graded roads and stay in the same old Guest Houses.
This trip we planned to camp as much as needed and seek out new tracks and try and link up some different ways.
We leave Ubon and cross over at Chong Mek.
The road works on the Thai side are long completed.
Dual carriage way all the way to Chong Mek,
Vang Tao.. Big border crossing upgrade going on.
Has been going on for a while.. But this time when leaving.. you can really start to see it take shape.
Then the road is upgraded around 18km on the other side.. If I remember correctly.
Certainly not to the same standard as on the Thai side..
Much wider and maybe when they put lines on the road they can squeeze in dual carriage way.
Same routine as last time when we crossed with Justin.. First dirt road on the right and off we go.
Getting off that boring 45 min ride on the tarmac to Pakse.
Jim had done his homework. Plotted out a nice route to Pakse using Google Earth with dirt all the way to the bridge.
There was only one bit where we went through rice fields and sure the locals have a work around when the rains come.
A nice easy crossing and a rumble through the back way we arrive at Pakse.
More to come.
Cheers
Brian
Jim and I headed over to Southern Laos again last month.
Absolute ripper of a trip and a great bloke to go riding with.
We wanted to do something different.. Not the normal tracks or now graded roads and stay in the same old Guest Houses.
This trip we planned to camp as much as needed and seek out new tracks and try and link up some different ways.
We leave Ubon and cross over at Chong Mek.
The road works on the Thai side are long completed.
Dual carriage way all the way to Chong Mek,
Vang Tao.. Big border crossing upgrade going on.
Has been going on for a while.. But this time when leaving.. you can really start to see it take shape.
Then the road is upgraded around 18km on the other side.. If I remember correctly.
Certainly not to the same standard as on the Thai side..
Much wider and maybe when they put lines on the road they can squeeze in dual carriage way.
Same routine as last time when we crossed with Justin.. First dirt road on the right and off we go.
Getting off that boring 45 min ride on the tarmac to Pakse.
Jim had done his homework. Plotted out a nice route to Pakse using Google Earth with dirt all the way to the bridge.
There was only one bit where we went through rice fields and sure the locals have a work around when the rains come.
A nice easy crossing and a rumble through the back way we arrive at Pakse.
More to come.
Cheers
Brian