me 'n' alan' said goodbye to the girls in the morning in Luang Phrabang,they were going to catch the bus to Phonosavan,where the plains of jars are,they reckon there arses were to sore to ride the bikes ,sod that,these roads are awesome bike roads, high mountain switch backs with the scenery ,just out of this world! we only rode for about 1/2 hour before we stopped it was bloody cold,i couldn't feel my fingers! well we did leave with just t shirts on! Thank god it soon warmed up and we were on our way.
The road soon started getting higher and higher and the grins on are faces were getting wider and wider! with the girls riding on the bus we were now riding solo so we were travelling faster in and out of switch backs. We were making good time easily over taking the buses and trucks belching out thick black diesel smoke.We arrived at the outpost town of Phou Klounm which is where we turn off to the road to Phonosavan, where the historical plains of jars are. We had a great coffee and some sort of fried sweet potato.we filled up with petrol from old glass jar and hand pump and were on our way,it was pretty well almost down hill now with the landscape looking really dry,it was getting hot as well, after an hour or so we stopped for a drink and a rest, out of the bush walked a guy with gun with a really long barrel,he didn't understand English but he did accept a chocolate biscuit after looking confused with what to do with it!!
We arrived at Phonosavan in good time with instructions from the girls to sort out the accommodation before picking them up from the bus station.
We arrived at Phonosavan in good time with instructions from the girls to sort out the accommodation before picking them up from the bus station.We met another couple from the UK on a round the world trip,Paul and Kat,they were also travelling around on a hired motorbike. We got some info on the jars and set off for them in the morning,there are three sites and because we set off early we were always one step in front of the tour groups,so we had the sites to our self's.They were pretty impressive,especially no one knows why they are here and what they were used for!
We had to strictly keep to marked footpaths as this area was heavily bombed during the Vietnam war.The day was very hot and dusty and the night was freezing! We left in the morning back to vieng vang on the bikes with the girls wearing all are clothes to beat the cold,it didn't take long to warm up though!
We had to strictly keep to marked footpaths as this area was heavily bombed during the Vietnam war.The day was very hot and dusty and the night was freezing! We left in the morning back to vieng vang on the bikes with the girls wearing all are clothes to beat the cold,it didn't take long to warm up though!