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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NVA Tunnel Complex, West of Xepon Just west of Xepon, the NVA (Northern Vietnamese Army) built a tunnel complex between 2 mountains along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It served as a base on the Trail among other things. Inside the tunnel has collapsed. So it still holds a few secrets which we will …
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Crossing the Xe Bangfai River When I first came to Laos to ride, river crossings were plentiful and mainly by small canoes. Today it’s a bit different, many have been forded and many new bridges are being constructed leaving the old bridges to nature. The crossing I talk about here is the Xe Bangfai …
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Ban Laboy Ford was a key crossing into Laos from Vietnam and one of the most important choke points. It joined a labyrinth of trails for the Vietnamese to disappear into… What is a ‘choke point’? Choke points are basically intersections of roads, where they meet or cross. Hence, they were targets for the …
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The Ho Chi Minh Trail Website A Long Time Coming It’s been a long time coming getting the Ho Chi Minh Trail site up and running, years in fact. Hard to believe I bought the domain 6 years ago! After I initially got the site all done, then came the technical difficulties and frustrating …
The old road that goes from Ban Dong to Muang Nong is 95% complete, complete means it’s been paved over… This is happening all over Laos, not just the Ho Chi Minh Trail. I guess it’s what we call progress. Laos cannot stay still as much as us off roaders would like it to. Infrastructure …
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