Woke up to a shiny sunny day and got my way through to the border without any problems.. Except when I jinxed my luck with the weather...
When I was just thinking how lucky I was with the weather for the last few days, it started raining and the wind blew like nothing else!
Lil Wayne and I couldnt stand the storm like winds and looked for shelter quickly! I found one with a wooded bed, and fell asleep on waiting for the storm to die out. Woke up with the rain gone but only to find out that this actually is a military outpost..
They were friendly though and just nodded when I woke up.
On the road again I saw that a few fellow bikers were stranded and needed some assistance.
One old lady and her granddaughter had no charge in her battery, so naturally Lil Wayne, the hero of the day for a couple of people came to rescue with the help of some laundry rope to tow the other bike.
After being towed in to the nearest town we got a marriage proposal from the old lady...
I dont know if it was regarded to me or Wayne...
But I kindly rejected it in the behalf of Wayne and took farewell.
After some few hours of driving we arrived to the Thai/Lao borderpost.
On the Thai I was told that bikes below 150cc are not allowed to pass through to Lao.
In those cases when being rejected or told off in South East Asia, I have acted like a stupid tourist and said that the embassy told me it was OK! The officer asked for my passport and disappeared a few minutes.
Whilst on the Lao side, I tried to keep the bike hidden from the customs agents, walking around the perimeter.
So I got the Visa and took him on a little detour around them and on the roads!
WOW, so now Im in Lao! We made it little feller!! Just outside the border station there was a hitch hiker from Russia that we picked up and drove to the nearest town.
No English and a bit of German defiantly challenged the communication. But we got along and Lil Wayne took us a 100km into the town of Pakse, where we had a meal and found some shelter to sleep.
Tomorrow awaits next location, I have not exactly planned where, but Im just looking forward too ride through the legendary Lao scenery..
So far it has been truly staggering with the mountainous terrain and the clear lakes completing the background for an eye watering experience.
On the Thai I was told that bikes below 150cc are not allowed to pass through to Lao.
In those cases when being rejected or told off in South East Asia, I have acted like a stupid tourist and said that the embassy told me it was OK! The officer asked for my passport and disappeared a few minutes.
After a few minutes the officer came back and asked if I have been into Lao before....
"Of course I have ,but not on this passport, sir"
"OK I mean if you have been through before it shouldnt be any problems"... But it was. Whilst on the Lao side, I tried to keep the bike hidden from the customs agents, walking around the perimeter.
So I got the Visa and took him on a little detour around them and on the roads!
WOW, so now Im in Lao! We made it little feller!! Just outside the border station there was a hitch hiker from Russia that we picked up and drove to the nearest town.
No English and a bit of German defiantly challenged the communication. But we got along and Lil Wayne took us a 100km into the town of Pakse, where we had a meal and found some shelter to sleep.
Tomorrow awaits next location, I have not exactly planned where, but Im just looking forward too ride through the legendary Lao scenery..
Distance reached so far: 2600 km
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