The road from the United Nations Hertiage city of Luang Prabang to the overly westernized, touristy city of Vang Vieng is around 230 km. It travels through small villages, has steep climbs and is full of hairpin turns. Cargo trucks scream around mountainous switchbacks without warning, children run in the street and animals of all shapes and sizes seem to try and sabotage your ride. With all this being said, the journey itself is quite amazing.
For the first half of my ride, I found myself ripping up a small mountain road. The street itself started out decently paved, but before I could get comfortable, patches of torn out cement littered the street. Trucks would fly around blind turns in both lanes, honking once they saw me, as if to say they weren’t slowing down.
