Daily Stats
Distance: 93kms
Time: 5 hours 11 minutes
Elevation: 1543 meters
Speed: 18 kph
Accumulated Distance: 923 kms
Daily Disasters
- Zero
6.45 I stopped the alarm before it went off. Did a quick meditation. Stuffed my face with a cake, some yoghurt and a litre of fluid.
A morning chance meet with a fellow cyclist. She is riding from South to. Orth and back to China. Our conversation was brief due to usual language difficulties.
My route was 4kms flat then up down and up.
After the 1000meter climbs. I’m pretty excited to be going down, there are usually a few undulations before the full down hill. I let the brakes loose and as I approached a dip I saw the road was a mess. I tried to pick a line but I was going fast then a 8cms step appeared, I jerked the front wheel up to try to reduce the impact. There was an almighty crack, the bike skidded and slewed across the road, bumping all over the place I kept it upright, surprisingly and stopped panting and relived. I inspected the wheels, I saw or felt no cracks. Stayer All Roads are brilliant wheels.
These roads are now full of lorries transporting stuff around the country. The riding is not particularly enjoyable. Laos has only a few roads and obviously all traffic use them. I was pushed off the road at least once today.
Today I went to a street resturant and asked for some vegetables. Tge woman just said No! I was a little taken aback. But just rode off.
Once again the day went fast. And I got to my near 100kms. Both Bookings.com and Google maps had no guest houses in this area. But I checked that there were. They are all looking a bit sleazy. I checked one out I didn’t like and went into the next. Its OK. Bed seems clean which is good. It’s about £8 so not too expensive.
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