Luzern

Central Swiss on a World Tour

Route: Laos
Laos
Laos Capital: Vientiane
Population: 6,834'942 Mio.
Area: 236,800 km²
People: Lao, Mon-Khmer, Thai and Tibeter
Languages: Lao



Route cycled:
Mohan - Veun Kham / 1,230 km

2012
Stage / Destination
Distanz
Hoehenzuwachs
Hoehenmeter
Aktivzeit
Uebernachtung
Temperatur
Comment
14.10. Oudom Xai
99
1392
1199
6:13
Hotel
32
1 mountain, up+down, rain twice
15.10. Pak Mong
82
1947
1298
7:13
Hotel
31
2 mountains, rain twice

16.10.

Luang Prabang
115
1129
421
7:03
Hotel
33
Up+down (corrugated), humid
17.-18. Luang Prabang
0
Hotel
Rest days, sightseeing
19.10. Kiewkacham
83
2641
1416
8:55
Hotel
32
Very exhausting, 2 passes, the most climbing so far
20.10. Phu Khun
54
1319
1415
4:28
Hotel
33
1 Pass
21.10. Vang Vieng
99
1081
1384
5:58
Hotel
34
Up and down, out of the mountains
22.-23. Vang Vieng
0
Hotel
Rest day, sightseeing
24.10. Phon Hong
87
758
297
5:24
Hotel
34
25.10. Vientiane
72
263
196
3:38
Hotel
34
Capital seit 1975
26.10. Vientiane
Hotel
33
Rest day, sightseeing
27.10. Thakhek
Bus
34
Miserable road conditions
28.-29. Thakhek
Hotel
35
Sightseeing
30.10. Paxmong
163
739
216
8:09
Hotel
36
31.10. Muang
116
442
190
6:39
Hotel
34
01.11. Pakse
66
225
155
3:19
Hotel
34
Mekong River
02.-04. Pakse
Hotel
Rest day, sightseeing, Claudia has a cold with fever
05.11. Champasak
58
162
141
3:49
Hotel
34
Old kingdom of Wat Phou
06.11. Khong Island
106
300
120
6:27
Hotel
36
River island in the Mekong
07.-08. Khong Island
0
Hotel
36
Rest day, excursion
09.11. Veun Kham
30
102
105
1:40
Zoll
36
Border with Cambodia
Total Laos 1,230 12,500 78:56