Hello everybody !!!
As I am planning to organize one month road trip in Laos (north and south) from mid september to mid october of this year, I am wondering about the weather conditions that I may encounter...
We will be two french riders and we will travel on 250 Baja (certainly rent in Vientiane). Our motorcycle experience is not very long but solid. We both practise motorcross.
Of course, weather is not a true science... I read many reports, for example Davidfl began his Laos adventure 2004 the 26 of sept and did not see too much rain instead of other riders who were riding at the same period and encountered lots of rain.
I know I will do my road trip at the end of the rainy season, that is not so bad after all if I want to take a boat and see the rice fields with a nice and flashy green colour...
But as I am trying now to schedule approx day after day my trip, I need to know if I must definitely avoid some regions (like Phongsali) or some roads. As everybody know, rainy days can easily extend travel time so I dont want to be too optimistic on our performance... And this is supposed to be holidays, not Paris-Dakar...
So, if you can give me some advices about the weather at this period and the roads conditions, it would be really great !!!
I wait for your advices,
Cheers,
Sebastien
As I am planning to organize one month road trip in Laos (north and south) from mid september to mid october of this year, I am wondering about the weather conditions that I may encounter...
We will be two french riders and we will travel on 250 Baja (certainly rent in Vientiane). Our motorcycle experience is not very long but solid. We both practise motorcross.
Of course, weather is not a true science... I read many reports, for example Davidfl began his Laos adventure 2004 the 26 of sept and did not see too much rain instead of other riders who were riding at the same period and encountered lots of rain.
I know I will do my road trip at the end of the rainy season, that is not so bad after all if I want to take a boat and see the rice fields with a nice and flashy green colour...
But as I am trying now to schedule approx day after day my trip, I need to know if I must definitely avoid some regions (like Phongsali) or some roads. As everybody know, rainy days can easily extend travel time so I dont want to be too optimistic on our performance... And this is supposed to be holidays, not Paris-Dakar...
So, if you can give me some advices about the weather at this period and the roads conditions, it would be really great !!!
I wait for your advices,
Cheers,
Sebastien