Rural life.

Laos is like we have been told. Lovely!

Anabelle's always happy to go buy things alone and make her possible to be understood. It's make her very prood.
When we stop somewhere it takes only a few minutes to be surounded by lovely poeples.
After a few minutes more, we are invaded. It takes only a camera to make a few run away.

Just about to get to Laos

We are very exited to know that just after this arche, Laos is all for us to discover. After all the good things we heard about this country, it should be great.
" Welcome to Laos". There's nobody waithing at the control point. We just have to complete the forms for our visa on arrival request, pay the 42$ for each of us and we are free to go. I finally got charge 43$ because the agent said it is for the stamp. We all know this is not really honnest but because it's only a dollar we wont loose any time. We' ve got more ripped- off in Vietnam after all!

Central Vietnam. Riding west to Lao Bao.

The road going to the border of Vietnam and Laos is less busy and so relaxing compared to the horn blazing highway #1. After around 1300Km on this busy strech, it is more than enough to be nerves breaking of any cyclist. I was wondering why the two cyclists i had met in Thailand said they hated to cycle in Vietnam. Now i have a good idea. I cant say i hated it because we met very nice poeples and the beaches along the coast where great.
Mountains ahead.

It is not the Vietnam we are use to see along the coast. Life around here look completely different of what we experiment for about a month.

Bike's and motorbike are not allowed in Hai Van tunnel

By obligation, otherwhise we have to go back our way to go up Hai Van pass, our bike's loaded on a truck to get true Hai Van tunnel. The ticket cost 0.66$ for our bike to by transported to Lanco, 13km ahead, and the bus ride. The truck driver insisted we get in with him for the ride. We've got to destination before the bus.

Anabelle birthday celebrated with Vietnam poeple's

We where in Danang, central Vietnam,
to celebrate Anabelle's birthay. It would be boring to stay in our hotel
room to eat the cake i had bought for her. So we've got out in the streets,
sat down with poeple's we haven't talk before and share this unique moment
with a piece of cake. It was great improvisation.