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<blockquote data-quote="nikhuzlan" data-source="post: 659996" data-attributes="member: 19744"><p><strong>N4TION ADVLux 2012/2013. Segment 2</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Day 9, friday 21Dec2012. Loei - Vang Vieng</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Today we depart Loei for our 230km journey to Nong Khai hoping to finally enter Laos. </strong></p><p><strong>We will RV with the rest of the riders after going separate ways for the last two days at Nong Khai.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_03.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_04.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>We met up at the hotel Mel and Dato' Kamarul stayed when they rode here a day earlier. </p><p>The Ambassador called me again to set the time of entry, and we all rechecked our documents </p><p>to make sure everything was in place. Then we rode the last 2km that leads to the Thai Immigration </p><p>checkpoint.</p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_05.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_06.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_07.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_08.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>True to his word the Ambasador and his Team were waiting for us at the Border Complex.</p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We left Thailand and rode over the Friendship Bridge into Laos. Quite a feeling after the disappointment at Nan.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_09.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_12.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We cleared the Lao side in about an hour. When we entered Laos we followed the Ambassador's to the Residence.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>A short discussion at the Embassy and also a photo opportunity with His Excellency</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_18.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_19.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>We left the Residence for Patuxay Park. The Victory Gate was built to celebrate Lao Independence from France. Ironically </p><p>the close resemblance to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is very apparent.</p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_20.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_22.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_23.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>At the Patuxay Park our initial plan to stay at Vientiane was scuttled by the majority as everyone bar three wanted to ride on to Vang Vieng, 155km away. I told them it will involve riding at night in a foreign where they drive on the right, overtake as they like, on narrow potholed roads with sections of gravel surface.</strong></p><p><strong>They still wanted to go, so we proceeded Northwards.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_24.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Just outside Vientiane we stopped at the first, biggest and best Gas station in Laos, a modern complex that includes the Amazon Cafe. our crowd favourite. Just opened a week ago, the Operator was proud of his place and insisted we take a picture there</strong> </p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_25.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>On the road towards Vang Vieng, with the sun low in the west.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_26.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We stopped at Ban Saka for dinner, at a Restaurant that rose in the middle of a padi field.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_27.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>The sky although dark, was filled with glittering stars that goes down to the horizon. The road to Vang Vieng was as we </strong></p><p><strong>expected, dusty, bumpy and twisty. Although a little stressed, the lights from the 16 following bikes makes an amazing scene as we ride through the twisty roads. Traffic was light, but the few trucks that passed by flew like huge locomotives on a narrow track with more spotlights than a Stadium lit for a big game. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_28.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We reached Vang Vieng after 3 hours riding, and headed straight for Nazim, a chain of restaurants run by Indian Muslims.</strong> </p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_30.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We stayed at the Silver Naga Hotel, set on the banks of the Nam Kai River. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_31.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_32.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Laos at Last.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikhuzlan, post: 659996, member: 19744"] [b]N4TION ADVLux 2012/2013. Segment 2 Day 9, friday 21Dec2012. Loei - Vang Vieng Today we depart Loei for our 230km journey to Nong Khai hoping to finally enter Laos. We will RV with the rest of the riders after going separate ways for the last two days at Nong Khai.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_02.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_03.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_04.jpg[/img] We met up at the hotel Mel and Dato' Kamarul stayed when they rode here a day earlier. The Ambassador called me again to set the time of entry, and we all rechecked our documents to make sure everything was in place. Then we rode the last 2km that leads to the Thai Immigration checkpoint. [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_05.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_06.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_07.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_08.jpg[/img] True to his word the Ambasador and his Team were waiting for us at the Border Complex. [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_10.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_11.jpg[/img] [b]We left Thailand and rode over the Friendship Bridge into Laos. Quite a feeling after the disappointment at Nan.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_09.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_12.jpg[/img] [b]We cleared the Lao side in about an hour. When we entered Laos we followed the Ambassador's to the Residence.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_14.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_13.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_16.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_17.jpg[/img] [b]A short discussion at the Embassy and also a photo opportunity with His Excellency[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_18.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_19.jpg[/img] We left the Residence for Patuxay Park. The Victory Gate was built to celebrate Lao Independence from France. Ironically the close resemblance to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is very apparent. [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_20.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_15.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_22.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_23.jpg[/img] [b]At the Patuxay Park our initial plan to stay at Vientiane was scuttled by the majority as everyone bar three wanted to ride on to Vang Vieng, 155km away. I told them it will involve riding at night in a foreign where they drive on the right, overtake as they like, on narrow potholed roads with sections of gravel surface. They still wanted to go, so we proceeded Northwards.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_24.jpg[/img] [b]Just outside Vientiane we stopped at the first, biggest and best Gas station in Laos, a modern complex that includes the Amazon Cafe. our crowd favourite. Just opened a week ago, the Operator was proud of his place and insisted we take a picture there[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_25.jpg[/img] [b]On the road towards Vang Vieng, with the sun low in the west.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_26.jpg[/img] [b]We stopped at Ban Saka for dinner, at a Restaurant that rose in the middle of a padi field.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_27.jpg[/img] [b]The sky although dark, was filled with glittering stars that goes down to the horizon. The road to Vang Vieng was as we expected, dusty, bumpy and twisty. Although a little stressed, the lights from the 16 following bikes makes an amazing scene as we ride through the twisty roads. Traffic was light, but the few trucks that passed by flew like huge locomotives on a narrow track with more spotlights than a Stadium lit for a big game. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_28.jpg[/img] [b]We reached Vang Vieng after 3 hours riding, and headed straight for Nazim, a chain of restaurants run by Indian Muslims.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_29.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_30.jpg[/img] [b]We stayed at the Silver Naga Hotel, set on the banks of the Nam Kai River. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_31.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/20121213ADVLuxPt3/fb20121221S2D10_32.jpg[/img] [b]Laos at Last.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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