We did not make it to Vientiane tonight. Just made it to Vang Vieng which is 106km away from Phou Khoun.
After resting 2 nights at Luang Prabang, we set off for the Plains of Jars at Phonsovan. It was around 250km of ridingto reach the Plains of Jars. We only went to Site 1 as time was not on our side. It has become an archeological site protected under UNESCO. No one knows the origins of the jars. Looks to me like some granite material and they are strewn all over the site in a haphazard manner with sizes ranging from 3feet by 2 feet to as big as 6feet by 5 feet.
After taking some pictures with the mysterious Jars, we ride back to Phou Khoun which s the junction linking to Vientiane. It was near to 6pm local time by then and sunset is imminent. We have no choice but to push at a faster pace down south. Taking a dinner break at Kasi, we decided to push the last leg and rest at Vang Vieng for the night. After some 13 over hours of hard riding, all i can think about is to get down to the nearest massage parlour and unwind.
Today, the tally board of near hits and misses have some new addition. Our oldest member, uncle David slip on some diesel patch while negotiation a bend just before reaching Phou Khoun from Luang Prabang. The Bike skidded and fall on the left side, while Uncle David with quick reflexes for someone his age push away from the bike and slided a good 10 metres before coming to a stop. He was not injured as the fall was minor and he is well padded in his gear. The bike suffer a bent gear shifter and the left side box aluminium cover of his GS650 got totalled and came off. After a quick fixing and the bike is good to go again.
As for roadkill, from the few days of riding we had things like squashed piglet and run over chicken and even a dog was involved. Today's latest kill was a chicken as well. Why do the chicken cross the road you ask? Well, that now is a deeply confounding question we all can't quite figure out. By the way they love to run back and forth only when a vehicle approaches, i can only guess that they are just trying to get themselves killed.
Tommorrow, we will have another tough ride. We will attempt to ride all the way to Vieng Kham, then over to Nam Phao Vietnam border. It is a 600 over km ride which we hope will offer us lesser mountain roads and endless corners that really slow us down plenty.
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