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July 19, 2006

Last Meal in Thailand & Xing into Laos

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LOCATION: Vientiane, Laos
SEE WHERE WE ARE!
Longitude: N: 17.96603°
Latitude: E: 102.60646°
Miles from Singapore: 1931

Today's vlog documents our last meal in Thailand; about as baffling as the first one I had nearly a month ago after crossing over from Malaysia.

We crossed over the Mekong River into Laos today, reaching the Laotian capital Vientiane by midday. Melissa has done incredibly well since continuing from Khon Kaen the day before yesterday. On her first day out she rode 120kms to Udon Thani with her knees still bandaged and bleeding. Today was a relatively easy one by comparison - just 80kms - but we experienced our first taste of gravel roads (the first of many for sure) riding the main arterial road leading into Vientiane from the border.

Good work Melissa - I'm proud of you!

Vientiane is a shambles, and I love it. The main drag is completely dug up for road maintenance and if we didn't have a map to tell us otherwise I could swear we'd just stumbled upon a building site in some backwater provincial town. But there's the French colonial influence in the architecture, which lends a certain romantic appeal. Add to that red wine, cheese and baguettes. So no more rice for 24 hours - oh joy!

jason

Melissa's blog

Posted on July 19, 2006 9:19 AM

Comments

Hey Mate....

How is your tongue? 'Cowpat' sounded a bit spicy......ah, thank you! Been enjoying your notes and video's. What a nasty spill Melissa took. Yikes. Be safe and know that we are thinking about you everyday!

All the best and god's speed.

Cheers (soon enough!)

Craig

Posted by: Craig & Michelle [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 22, 2006 5:44 AM