Hit by a truck. Torrential downpour. Muddy road. Result: we didn’t make it over the two passes we wanted to today, but rather to a lovely new hotel/restaurant at the top of a pass. Very pleasant!
Sunset at the top of the pass
BANG! The whole bike bolted forward, almost hitting the cement water barrier. The truck behind me stopped, and the driver got out. He was very apologetic. We looked at the bike, and, amazingly, nothing seemed to be damaged at all. The wheel was straight, no spokes broken. He hit me directly from behind, and I just bounced off him like a ball.
The other excitement today was the amazing downpour. The heavens opened and it bucketed down. I went under a small bamboo motorbike shelter, and felt bad when Mark couldn’t fit and insisted on continuing in the pouring rain. It continued to teem down for an hour as I huddled under my tiny shelter, getting quite cold. Mark sheltered a few kilometres further along under a shelter for fruit sellers.
Mark in a village
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What an amazing trip you have! Very happy & interesting I can follow your progress. Soon the good food will start (or Laos already good??). – location HTC-Ehv
The food is certainly good here in Luang Prabang. 🙂
Wat een enerverende dag…. Maar aan je blogs te lezen en te zien is Laos echt prachtig! Liefs uit Den Haag.
Ja. Het is een mooi land. 🙂 Veel groeten uit Luang Prabang.
Glad to hear the bike is OK and, most importantly, I presume you’re OK too.
Yep! I’m OK too.. 🙂
do’nt forget the nightmarket in L.P all you can eat for one price.Good luck.
I went there. Was nice. 🙂 I was there with other cyclists. I’ve caught up with 4 other cyclists other than Mark here.
So glad you and the bike were okay – yikes! How did he not see you? Don’t bother to answer that – he did but didn’t care?
He was very apologetic. He was concentrating on the truck in front.
Glad your guardian angel is on-duty! 😉
😉