8th January Today's ride was flat and calm with little to report and it gave me an opportunity to reflect on some of the conceptual and...

7th January Left the hotel and rode along the banks of the Mekong, muddy smells of a slow moving river along with the sweetness of...

5th January Today was an extraordinary day. It all went wrong and then it all went right. Did I want to know my future? What was going to...

4th January As I ride down the plains and paddy fields of southern Laos where so much looks like it did yesterday that if I was an alien...

3rd January The day started perfectly fine. A quiet road, warm sun not yet hot. Flat terrain became rolling hills and a tail wind pushed...

2nd January Long flat roads in Laos. Hot. Paddy fields and arable cultivation in the long pan handle down here in Southern Laos. Nearly...

1st January Gentle flat to rolling roads through bush reefs, mountains on the horizon shrouded in mist, deep foliage of trees clinging...

31st December Early morning mist hung heavily in the valley. When I climbed the first hill rivers of cool air were filling up the...

30th December Down the road towards the lake with the giant yellow duck - I kid you not - I found someone selling banana fritters and...

29th December The riding in Laos, certainly on the minor roads crossing the mountains, is gentle and calming. I see a canopy of trees...

28th December After leaving my guesthouse early, the narrow piece of tarmac was replaced by gravel then red dirt and finally stones and...

27th December As I ride into the precise region where the Hmong tribes sided with the US as part of American anti-communist operations in...