Laos: Home of the Cyclo-tourer

Sabaidee everybody! Well, these past two weeks we have been living it up in Laos: empty roads, happy little children waving at us and ... no mud! It has been a truly glorious ride through some amazing scenery and jungles. In Vang Vieng we even found a Saturday night curry with our friend Flint and a Full English breakfast to follow. Luxury. We have been busy typing up some of the stories from Beijing to Xian, here and our photos of the last stage of China are here These photos include the amazing bendy children! Just to prove that it is so cyclist-friendly here, you can see from our new photos of Laos how many other cycling-tourers we met: photos of Laos here A rare species but commonly encountered along route 13. Lots of best wishes to all Karen and Ben karennben@karennben.com

A Laos Village Gets Strange Visitors Pha That Luang, in Vientiane