Day 14 (5 May 2011) Luang Prabang The Beautiful - A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Well the title says beautiful, but the first 80 km from Oudomxai to Luang Prabang was not. Here's how the roads went. 20m of good roads..10m of offroads with HUGE potholes, mud, sharp rocks, lose gravel... 20m of good roads... 10m of crap roads again.

Riding this road is like riding on a highway with a thousand speed humps...sorry. 10 000 speed humps.

While the GS was having a hell of a time, The GT was travelling at an average speed of 20kph. (literally). Even the GS struggled at some points where the ground was just toooo holey..
Roads are so crap we didnt feel like stopping to take photos.

This 80km stretch took us 3hours to clear.
The preceding 110kms or so was much better. Roads were quite smooth, traffic was light, the scenery was great and best of all the temperature was cool




Broken Roads

Mopeds - the best bikes for this terrain

Lunch

friendly villagers..

ladies going out to collect the harvest.

Buffalo

Central washing area in a village..

What an ass!

Get up you lazy cow..

Free Bike Wash

Village School..this time we made it a point not to linger for too long, lest they come running out again.

Building a mud castle

Some village

some villagers

Met this French couple along the way. They are cycling from Thailand to France. All the best guys! ride safe..

Act of God..

Elephant crossing

Luang Prabang, a World heritage site. Its a really beautiful town....

Went to the money changer and we became instant millionaires!

1USD = 8000kips

Some Architecture in Luang Prabang. Largely French influenced..

kid learning how to ride a bike.

"This charm will give u good luck!"

Hitler's dream cars..

Evening view of the most happening street in town.

Night Market

Sleeping beauty

Our BBQ dinner. Youngman didnt eat much in case he Lao sais again.