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My first real aventure bicyclétale caught me off guard, totally by surprise. This was Thong Pha Phoum => Baan Pilok=> Thong Pha Phoum, and it was epic: torrential rains, no human in sight for hours, climb for 6h00, landslides on the way, no hotel for the night and ... no dry clothes to change into either.
In short, the concept was still in its infancy !!

(2001 : 200 km in Thailand / Myanmar)

Fred a Baan Pilok ... frontiere du Myanmar ...
Fred au Laos ...

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Second adventure : the concept matured a bit, and I was far better prepared. All ingredients were in for an exceptional trip ... and really exceptional it was, with 1,350 km in solo alongside the Hô Chi Minh trail ...

(2005 : 1,350 km in Thailand / Laos / Vietnam)

The travel journal -in French- is here (28 pages)

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Third adventure : this time Henri joined me and we left for the Thai far west, along the Myanmar border. Major change compared to the other trips, mountains were not only part of it, they were most of it !

(2005 : 1,650 km in Thailand / Myanmar)

The travel journal -in French- is here (32 pages)
Henri et Fred sur la route de Pai ...
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        Fred et Henri en direction de Nan ...

Fourth adventure : we do not change a winning team ! Henri and I left for the Nan province in search of the 20%+ slopes !! We found them, and much more ...

(2006 : 1,300 km in Thailand / Laos)

The travel journal -in French- is here (36 pages)
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Fifth adventure, and a new cycling team with AnSo, Schmoll and Bibi !! We went to the emerald triangle and we enjoyed the majesty of the great Mekong river, the peacefulness of the Isaan culture and the beauty of the magnificent Khao Phraa Wihaan Khmer temple.

(2006 :
~ 500 km in Thailand / Laos / Cambodia)

   Pictures are here (31 photos)


Bibi, Schmoll, Fred et AnSo devant le Mekong ...
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        Fred au Laos ... le retour

Sixth adventure, and Laos in solo one more time. The itinerary brought me all around the Bolavens and near the 4,000 Mekong islands, purposely named « sii pha don » by the Laotians ... 

(2007 : 1,100 km in Thailand / Laos / Vietnam)

Pictures are here (28 photos)


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