Now rice terraces aren't exactly difficult to find in China, or South East Asia come to that. Find a mountain and guaranteed somewhere on it will be carefully planned and intrigately lined out …
Kunming
Laos to China is a big step, a different world! It's like a Sunday morning pub football team suddenly playing in the Premiership! The bigget city in Laos would go unnoticed placed in the middle of an …
Leaving Laos
Udomxia isn't exactly the prettiest Laos town to be leaving from but it is up near the Chinese border and therefore makes for an easy exit point. We spent half a day just aimlessly wandering the …
Nong Khiaw
Having just about recovered from the bike ride, although sitting down still required a gently lowering movement as if pregnant, it was time to move on from Luang Prabang and head north. We caught a …
Back to Luang Prabang
Having arrived back into Luang Prabang on the back of a Sawngthaew with our rented bikes firmly attached to the roof, we got dropped off around 4km from the centre of town - tentatively we got back on …
Northern Bike Ride
Bike Ride We had wanted to get out and about on bicycles for a few months now and hadn't really had the chance to do a multi-day adventure but Laos offered up that chance. With a careful bit of …