I closed the laos adventure at midday and rolled over the Friendship Bridge back in a Thai holiday. Nong Kai has a very well known guesthouse : the Mute. Laos has the nicest people I have ever met, so I do not understand why the americans dropped more bombs on Laos then all the bombs dropped in the second world war. Laos is also one of the pooreest countries in the world so I don't understand why Vientiane has that extremely high percentage of very expensive cars on the road (Hummer, mercedes S 600, Lexus etc). All proof of how power corrupts.
I decided to go ahead with my Austrian friends and to cycle with them as far south as I could. It's amazing how one's body adapts to intensive cycling. The more you cycle the better it goes. Not like running, where the more you run, the higher the risk of developping all kind of health problems, achilles heel, knee, split spine, back. Also your relation to food changes :consistent breakfast , several eggs if there is nothing else, light lunch because you don't want a heavy stomach, light diner because you are to tired to each much. Only if you do a shorter ride and you stopped at midday, meals can run a little bit out of hand. But generally no alcohol, since incompatible with cycling, just abeear a day.
