Day 3 of the we woke to a cold cloudy start and after a quick breakfast we set off on what we hoped would be a good days riding.
Total distance 230km
The first 40 km or so are now fully paved so we hoped we would eventually see dirt as we had both done this route in its glory days when it was full of river crossings.
This was a great dirt and river crossing now fully paved
Finally we reached the fun stuff
The first of many villages
Shy young Hmong girl in her best dress for the new year
Man and boys enjoying a game with the spinning top, things can get pretty serious with this game
Another village coming to view
Many of these villages only reachable by suspension bridge as you see in the shot
Still some nice bridges with water crossing option in the dry season
We soon reach the old fat lady crossing, gone are the old canoes, they now have two well constructed bridges in place, crossing cost 10k kip each
The old canoes now out of action
Reaching the next village we stopped for gas and to give out some toys to the kids
We approached another village and all the Hmong people out doing the ball toss
Dont want to be late
Still see one of the older water crossings coming from the new graded trail
Another remote village way off in the distance
Nice new bridge in place as we come close to the end of the trail
Old American Air, control tower
Quick photo stop at the P76 tank
Reaching Phonsavan it was freezing cold and checked into the Jara GH, very clean
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