I awoke early in Vieng Thong for a look around the market place, everywhere was still muddy from the previous nights storms, so today was to be interesting.
Butchers shop Laos style.
The village before the turn to LS36 is very poor i stopped for a while to hand out some sweets.
On making the turn it became clear it was not going to be easy, but after the set back the previous day i gave it a go.
Pictures don't do justice to how slippy it was here, the downhill sections not a pleasant experience.
I was making painfully slow progress as it started to rain again, time to turn around otherwise i would be stuck for sure.
Heading back to the main village
Brickworks.
Evidence of the previous storms
Man Ou river in flood, the old water generators i think now out of service.
Great views between the rain storms.
I decided to make a trip to Boten, a strange place thank was built by the Chinese and lay totally empty for several years and became a ghost town.
One of the hotels slowly coming back to life.
Huge investment here, all to stand idle.
New duty free zone.
Volvo XC90 had better days.
Arrived in Luang Namhta cold and wet after day of mixed events.
Well the end of another interesting trip to Laos, from here was a long wet and cold ride back into Thailand.
