After rehydrating and chatting with the locals and a quick look around.
Apparently the rice is being dried to be fed to the pigs.
It was time to go.
Leaving Xieng Kok and on to Muang Sing..
There were some steep and rutted mountains. Excellent riding. Not much in the way of pics unfortunately
At this stage we didn't have our Go Pro's out either.
The bike took a swim on this creek crossing and didn't want to start.
So I stayed back and began to collect fire wood in case we had to camp here..
Scott took my bike to see if we can get a pickup or truck to take us to the next village.
We now had less than 2 hrs of day light left.
I was surprised how quick Scott was back and with a proper truck.
So off we go.. I follow the truck, Scott in the back with two Lao guys holding the bike in place.
The next thing, on this bend.. A scooter comes flying around on the wrong side of the track..
The truck swerves and half disappears in to the bush, then shots across the track and starts heading in to the bush on the other side of the track.
The truck driver tries to straighten it and the truck tips over to the left with both right wheels lifting up.
Amazingly the driver still moving and balancing the truck drives it half on the road and in the bush and get the truck back on all 4 wheels before getting the truck back on the road.
The two Lao guys look back at me with mouths wide open.. Like WTF..
Scott looking some what puzzled and seeing his life flash before the tress in the bush.
After that I decide to get in front of the truck and stop at the next village.
While waiting take some snaps of the kids that are surprised to see a Power Ranger arrive.
After a few minutes they were braver
We end up staying in Mueng Mueng this night.. Working with the local bike shop to drain the oil, clean it out with diesel and make a few other fixes to the bike..
The locals were super friendly and arranged for one of the restaurants to stay open for us.
In-between the noodles being prepared the owner was working out.
Early morning we had a walk around and they were preparing the days supply of Lao Khao.
We declined the generous 7am offer of a drink!
Also very foggy start to the day.
Sabaidee for now.. More to come.