RIDE TO LAOS--DAY5

6 Nov 2011 DAY5  VIENTINE--VANG VIEN

Greetings Eid Al-Adha. Maaf Zahir Batin. Early in the morning, we were invited to perform prayer at the Al-Azhar  Mosque and The sermons from Indonesian worshipers. Most people here from the local population, embassies and tourist .After the prayer, we were invited to the open houses around the mosque.There were around 600 Muslims in Vientine.

Al-Azhar Mosque Vientiane, Laos PDR

Eid Adha Prayer 

Qurban

Patuxai is a war memorial in the heart of Vientiane, Laos, which was constructed between 1957 and 1968. The Patuxai is dedicated to those who fought in the battle for independence from France

Around 12pm all gear up to continue our ride. This was our first day riding on the Laos road with traffic on the right side like USA.. We headed up to Vang Vien using route 13. After 10 km out of Vientiane the V-Strom v-twin engine experiencing some hiccup  with only one piston running. It took 1hr to find the culprit and turned out to be lose air hose from air filter to throttle body fix it and on the road again.

                                          

                               Route 13 Vientiane to Vang Vien

Ignore the video date

The road condition deteriorates immediately afterward with uncountable deep potholes, loose gravel and oil spill, dust all over whenever oncoming traffic pass by and it's reducing our visibility. In the end, our riding gear and the bike full... Covered with dust.

  

Laos style R&R

After 3-4 hours on the bike... 170km negotiating the road  we reached Vang Vien, a new experience for the riders and those on a dual purpose bike are home on this poor road condition and enjoying it.

ASH TRAY...

Another enjoyable night in Laos.......