Today is day 4 of our trip and we hav finally arrive in Laos local time 3.30pm.
Much have happened in the last 4 days after leaving Singapore.
On the first night, Uncle David in our group has a flat tyre from hitting a nail on the Northsouth highway jus before one of our petrol rest point. He is lucky it did not drag a long distance as it is a tubed tyre and will eventually crack apart.

The beginning of our trip was paved with more set backs then we expect. Upon reaching Hatyai, we found that there is a limit to the number of bikes allowed to be loaded on the train. We were also splitted into 2 train trips. As for the bikes, they were split into 4 train trips.

When we reached Bangkok, we were told our bike luggages were not loaded up with the bikes and the second group after us had to lug it into their cabins just before the train take off. To make matter worse, the third and fourth train did not load 4 of our bikes and were delayed till the next day. If we think its the end, more problems surfaced. One of the 4 bikes was on a the next day train which broke down half way resulting in more delay in our schedule. All this while, we were stuck in Bangkok waiting and wasting precious time for our actual trip to ride in Laos.

After all the hassle to get the bikes to Bangkok, we have totally lost trust in Thailand's train system totally. When we found that all the train tickets were sold out till 1 and half day later, we booked a bus ride from Bangkok to Chiang Khong. But due to the late arrival of our bikes, we had no choice and cancelled our booking and lost half the bus fare in the process.

For now, we are finally landed on the shores of Laos in Huay Xai. Tommorrow, our expedition shall begin in earnest. We will still proceed to Muang Xing and visit the Topless indigenous tribe leaving near the Mynmar border. From there we will ride east to Boten and stay the night. Due to the delay in Bangkok, we are expecting to amend some of the trips iteniery to buy back some lost time. One possibility is we will have to forgo heading south of Laos to visit the four thousand islands.

I will try to load some pics if possible. So, do stay tune to my blog and support our trip.