As I caught up to the 2nd rider he signalled that he was turning back to take a photo of the bamboo suspension bridge we had just passed 200 metres back.
I acknowledged him & continued on.
700 metres later we pulled over for lunch.
Less than 5 minutes later the photographer flashed past, head down in pursuit of the other riders.
Must have serious tunnel vison we thought as he did not see the 42 kg 1.4 metre Thai girl, one of our pillion crew, standing beside the road & waving frantically at him to pull in.
We let out a chuckle & said my pen rai, he'll be back soon, once he realises that we are not ahead.
20 minutes are gone & lunch is also gone. We are back on the road & the hunt is on........no trouble we thought, two 750 Africa Twins & a KTM 950 to chase down an under powered 250 Baja.
Not quite!
60 kms later we are at our destination Vang Vieng & still no sign of the missing rider.
One rider volunteers to ride a further 10 kms & turns back.
2 other riders search Vang Vieng but no luck.
We check into out superb bungalows over looking the glorious Nam Soong river.
I head back out to the super highway & leave my Africa Twin parked beside the road with note on it for the errant rider & return to the resort.
Sunset approaches & we commence wonderful happy hour, by the Nam Soong.
An hour or two later happy hour is over & still no sign of the missing rider.
We suspect that there might be one slightly stressed out unhappy GT Rider out there somewhere.
He's either run out of fuel or ended up in Vientiane 130 kms further on!
So, Marcus if you're reading this we are in Vang Vieng, comfortably ensconced at the Xayoh Riverside Bungalows; if you're in Vientiane we are booked into the Lao Paris hotel Tel 213440, from tomorrow Tues March 1st.
See ya soon mate.
Hard to believe this could happened after yesterday's event, when one of the GT Riders ended up in the Mekong!
Davidfl
Keep the power on
I acknowledged him & continued on.
700 metres later we pulled over for lunch.
Less than 5 minutes later the photographer flashed past, head down in pursuit of the other riders.
Must have serious tunnel vison we thought as he did not see the 42 kg 1.4 metre Thai girl, one of our pillion crew, standing beside the road & waving frantically at him to pull in.
We let out a chuckle & said my pen rai, he'll be back soon, once he realises that we are not ahead.
20 minutes are gone & lunch is also gone. We are back on the road & the hunt is on........no trouble we thought, two 750 Africa Twins & a KTM 950 to chase down an under powered 250 Baja.
Not quite!
60 kms later we are at our destination Vang Vieng & still no sign of the missing rider.
One rider volunteers to ride a further 10 kms & turns back.
2 other riders search Vang Vieng but no luck.
We check into out superb bungalows over looking the glorious Nam Soong river.
I head back out to the super highway & leave my Africa Twin parked beside the road with note on it for the errant rider & return to the resort.
Sunset approaches & we commence wonderful happy hour, by the Nam Soong.
An hour or two later happy hour is over & still no sign of the missing rider.
We suspect that there might be one slightly stressed out unhappy GT Rider out there somewhere.
He's either run out of fuel or ended up in Vientiane 130 kms further on!
So, Marcus if you're reading this we are in Vang Vieng, comfortably ensconced at the Xayoh Riverside Bungalows; if you're in Vientiane we are booked into the Lao Paris hotel Tel 213440, from tomorrow Tues March 1st.
See ya soon mate.
Hard to believe this could happened after yesterday's event, when one of the GT Riders ended up in the Mekong!
Davidfl
Keep the power on