Route 23: Savannakhet Tad Hay Bridge. Location: N16° 16.760′ E105° 57.534′ The Red Princes Bridge. Over the Xe Bang Heing River, this bridge was built in 1942 and designed by Souphanouvong who became the first President of Lao PDR in 1975. It was destroyed by the American bombing in 1967. South West of …
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Electronic Warfare On the Ho Chi Minh Trail – Igloo White The war against the trucks on the Ho Chi Minh trail was an intense one. Day and night Fighter planes would be called in to hit targets on the trail, causing huge disruption to the supply line. The NVA though were masters at …
Muang Nong to Ta Oy -Savannakhet Location N16° 22.478′ E106° 29.869′ Updated June 2021 There are a few different ways of getting to Ta Oy from Muang Nong. The most popular is Via Ban Along over the 300 meter Bamboo bridge, the bridge is removed in the wet season and built again in …
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Tham Nam -Ban Nongboua Location; N17° 32.915′ E105° 44.863′ Caves played a huge part during the conflict in Laos, with the war against the Americans run from a massive cave complex housed in Xam Neua. Smaller caves served similar purposes, and were all very safe, natural shelters from the bombers above. Cant imagine …
The Phanop Valley Location. Khammouane province; N17° 32.210′ E105° 44.489′ Along the Trail there are a huge number of small villages, many of which played key parts in the Trail’s history . Ban Phanop is one such village, located quite near the top in Khammouane Province. Ban Phanop is famous for a daring …
Ban Saenphan Location; Khammouane Province N17° 29.330′ E105° 41.839′ Updated April 2021. Starting at Ban Langkhang off Route 12, you can join the Ho Chi Minh Trail and travel down to Ban Saenphan, which is just before the second Xe Bangfai crossing. There used to be ‘flyers’ available telling us about things of …
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The Start The initial plan to walk the Ho Chi Minh Trail was a light hearted comment back May 2020. But living with the never ending pandemic and the delays in how to handle it. The hopes of getting back to work seem further away than ever. We have had only 22 cases of covid …
Surface To Air Missile Sites in Laos. Sam’s (Surface to Air Missiles) were used as air defence against American planes in Vietnam and Laos, with a huge degree of success. Flying through the sky at Mach 3 and guided by radar, once the SAM was close enough to its target it exploded. If the …
The Mụ Giạ Pass is a mountain pass in the Annamite Range between North Vietnam and Laos. It connects National Road 15 from Tân Ấp in Vietnam, to Route 12 in the Khammouane Province in Laos. Set in a huge valley, the Pass became known as the ‘bowl of fire’. Part of a network coded …
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MIA (Missing in Action) Crash Sites In Laos Time on my hands, bookings getting cancelled, and the future is uncertain. Time to do something we’ve been planning for some time; explore crash sites along the Trail in Laos. So let’s go. My good friend Mr Rudi flies into Vientiane and I ship a bike …
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