Discovering the “motorbike” city and the atrocities of the Vietnam war.
Siem Reap and Angkor Wat
Angkor What? Angkor Wat and the other temples in the complex are not famous for nothing: they are simply breathtaking!
Phnom Phen
We arrive in the capital on the 1st of March. It is the first real city after Chiang Mai 5 weeks earlier. Way bigger than the small Vientiane. You have all facilities, and even some towers hosting banks. The traffic…
Kratie & Kampong Cham
The bus leads us to Kratie, where we stay 2 nights. We rent a bicycle for the day. It is very nice to ride through the villages. The high temperature is quite exhausting though, and we have to pause many…
The Loop: a 500km motorbike journey in Central Laos
We learnt in our first bike trip that Chineese made bike are easier and cheaper to repair. In Thakek, we don’t have much choice anyway (apart the $35 a day 250cc Honda): the few bike shops only offer the Chinese…
Vientiane
Vientiane might be the most populated city in Lao, it remains quite a small town with less than 300 000 inhabitants. Some sights are interesting. Patuxai is a nice Lao version of the Paris “Arc de Triomphe”. The stupa “Pha That…
Splendid landscapes in Northern Laos
The mini-bus to Mong Khiaw is not as nice as the one we had from the border to Luang Nam Tha. After passing Oudoxai, the driver has to change the oil, and it takes him 1h to go back in…
Chiang Rai
I continue my journey towards the North of Thailand. After the busy Chiang Mai, I want a quieter place to stay and choose a guest house a little outside the center of the much smaller Chiang Rai and close to…
Chiang Mai
All the way by bus and even more in Chiang Mai, I am impressed by the big cars: most Thai have SUV/pick-up. In the countryside, they transport their field productions with them, but do not see many loads in the…
Ayutthaya and Sukhothai
Back in Bangkok, I just jump from the Airport to the train station and reach the old capital of Ayutthaya in the mid of the day. Ayutthaya is a nice city to go around with a bicycle, and offer many…