Todays ride was a little exploration ride in the Ban Laboy area, this was one of the most heavily bombed sections of the HCMT. Manys tons of UXO's have been removed but due to the terrain it's still a very dangerous area.
Total distance 175 km
Total distance 175 km
Sections of the old HCM cobblestones.
This was a prime logging area, now the logging equipment lays abandoned.
Very primitive table saw.
Vietnamese sellers.
Huge piles of defused bombs layed everywhere.
Background, a ladder made from a slow speed dispenser from a US aircraft.
A dispenser untouched, made from aluminium.
Every home had some war scrap.
Pictures don't do justice, this was a very rocky section.
Reaching the laboy ford the water was way too high to cross by motorcycle, we pondered while a Vietnamese girl got into a small canoe to cross run by some small kid's.
We had a very bad experience of a canoe crossing a few days earlier and decided to give it a miss.
Tickets please !!
The Vietnamese seller we had seen earlier had grounded his bike.
Bit of a push and he's on his way, not sure how he was going to cross the river with that lot.
Little and large.
Pounding corn.
Soon the trail got interesting.
Great water crossing.
Some idea how high the water is in the rainy season.
Another pile of uxo's
CBU casing.
Back to the fun.
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Reaching Villaburi we both agreed it was maybe the best trail riding we had done in Laos.
Some more pictures from my mate Pounce.
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