" We’re heading for Thailand. We’ve seen it all here in Laos. It is time for us to move on and so we decided to cross the border. The past few days we stuffed ourselves with meat and potatoes, so, we’re ready for another adventure”, Nicole tells.


Last week there still was some doubt whether the two would further explore Laos or not. We’re at some 20 kilometers from the Mekong-river and we can cross the border with Thailand any time now. “ Laos is dirty and it’s people look underfed, unhealthy” , Nicole tells us firmly. “To be honest, we’ve had it”. “We had to wait for ages before our means of transportation had arrived and we just can’t sit still ! Thank goodness all the spare parts arrived in perfect condition.”


Massage

"When we tested our recumbent cycles (our mountainbikes have been sent back to Belgium), we were literally surrounded by the locals. They probably never saw our vehicles before because their interest was genuine. They had to touch everything. We kept one’s weather eye open because we didn’t want parts to get lost or twisted off.
Before leaving, we enjoyed a rough massage. Two young Laos guys turned us inside out ! As a result : we’re 10 years younger now ! We had some delicious meals here : meat and REAL potatoes. We’re stuffed with calories now because soon it will be noodles and rice again”, they say.
We’re heading for Thailand and we are hoping to celebrate the turning of the year in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. From a bird’s eye view to Thailand is 800 kilometers, but we will make it 1500 kilometers. Our biggest enemy will be the sun, because she is shining relentlessly at the moment. Day temperatures can reach about 40 °C !

And oh yes, something else ! Flemish people that we met here had to fly back to Belgium unexpectedly. When they returned, they brought us …… depilatory. We can now show our legs again to the world ! ! “