#thakek loop

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So even that trip had to come to an end at some point. What a shame! But it was time to leave central Laos in direction south - 4000 islands were waiting. And Cambodia as well ...

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Kong Lor area, Laos.

Last builings for quite a while. I will never forget these endless roads & powerlines - So surreal, that the engines sounds became somehow some kind of music with the wind!

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After leaving the main road for a while, we found ourselves in the most amazing wastelands. Nothing but mountains and plain ground. Followed by the even more amazing “cool springs”. Damn, how i miss that glowing hot wind!

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Thalang area, Laos.

Just a few kilometers before our first sleeping place, we passed an area, completely covered in calm water. Sometimes some branches were poking out of the surface. It turned out later, that this weren’t just branches ... the whole area was covered with forest. And then flooded. I can’t remember, when I saw such surreality ... mezmerizing!

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Nakay, Laos.

First stop after about 100km - Just a little coffee break, you are getting highly revarded for inhaling all that dust on the way … felt like being at the sea!

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Thakek, Laos.

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Thakek Loop, Laos.

So during a few games of chess and at least the same amount of beers, we decided to hit the road on 2 wheels, after getting from Vang Vieng to Thakek in the center of the country. For sure one of the best experiences on this trip: hundreds of kilometers, insane heat, all time of the world and what passes by is changing every few dozen kilometers. Sometimes dirt-tracks, sometimes highways ... never boring! Shiiit, could have stayed at some places forever ...