laos Map Great motorcycle roads, here we are running one of the new roads into the West side of Vang Vieng
Go off the main road and it’s a different story. Your back road will almost certainly be dirt and little more than one big mud puddle in wet season. It may not even exist. Triple check with locals before heading off onto a road that looks promising on your map. Just because it’s marked as a big red line doesn’t mean it’s at all suitable to cover on a bicycle or that construction has even been finished.
As an example of how misleading maps can be, we were planning to cover Route 23 in southern Laos until we met someone who had just come from that road. She had to walk for two days because there was nothing more than a forest path and this was an allegedly major road on our map. We later saw pictures of the road and it was just a rocky, sandy track.
Nam Houng bridge setting sun after rain storm
Red Mud and Rain makes for interesting traveling September in Laos
Clear day Vientiane province, just after the rainsdirt road and blue skies Vientiane Province Laos
Motorcycle Laos Xieng Kouang
New cut road towards Mekong river Laos
Wet Road just clearing after a rain.Great Riding and Clear Views
One of my favorite roads Old road 18 snaking through the jungle Attepue province this road was used as a supply route during the early part of the Vietnam war.
HIlls and twists this once rocky dusty road has a nice sealed surface Road 4 Sarabuory province
sand road after big rains the previous night
Central laos near Xiabouathong District laterite roads and karst
Road 11C undergoing upgrade, this is notorious dusty rocky road, soon to be a pleasure to drive a great link from the capital city to points West
Newly graveled section of Road 1 D
Dak Cheung road to Xekahman 2 damsite
Road 1 D ready for asphalt
Ban Phamuang heading west towards Paraveck, one of the great offroad motorcycle roads in Laos.
River Road Don Som Southern Laos, endless motorcycle tracks and small boat ferries make this area a trail riding wonderland
National road 4 upgrade at Thaduea, Sayabouri, Province, motorcycle roadPakse Southern Laos rural electricity is fairly new to this country, here is an example of a forest of poles
Laos is a great land for motorcycle exploring, a great mix of sealed and unpaved roads make this a riders wonderland. Road 12 Central Laos
Motorcycle-Roads-Laos red road Karst formations
Bolevens Plateau and rubber plantations Phouvong District Southern Laos
Provincial road upgrade, motorcycle road
Sand track Southern Laos dry diptocarp forest and elephant grass great remote riding
450 year road Vientiane capital city heat causing shimmer looking like water
Laos great roads, Road 15 to, Ta-Oy-road, recently upgraded by the Phonsack Construction company. Roll cloud The roll cloud in the distance seems to park there, during the Northeast Monsoon, The cloud is caused by “orthographic lifting” as the warm moist air from the Pacific Ocean rises to 1200 meters and pours over the escarpment.
Glimmering power poles Xieng Kouang Plain of Jars LaosValley road Hua Pan Province
Road 16 Heading East on a clear day in November 2012 motorcycle road
Setting sun Muang Peak Northern Laos
Muang Kham Northern Laos perfect day and perfect road, Laos motorcycle road
Mountain ride on newly graded road Phonxai District Northern Laos
Late arrival Muang Pek, after a great day of trail riding, motorcycle road
Southern Laos laterate strait stretch along 14A, dry Diptocarp Forest
Red Road Bokeo Province Northern Laos
Mekong road Bokeo province, motorcycle road
River crossing ahead of a storm, motorcycle road
LaosGPSmap another fantastic road, Pou Chi at 1980 mtrs
incredable Pou Chi valley at 2850 meters is now a paved 13 meter wide road
Amazing switchback road at Nam Ngum 3 hydro-power project
Road 13 N Louang Prabang Province
Xekong Southern Laos looking at the Bolevens Plateau, motorcycle road
Just another great road in Sayabouri province Laos, motorcycle road
National road 2-W upgrade
Saybouri Capital
Provincial road 3601 upgrade
Xieng khouang Plain of Jars area, green cool and just perfect motorcycle riding, Northern Laos
National road 4 upgrade, ADB contract
Motorcycle Laos Provincial Road 3610
Red road,Hot and steamy, Southern Laos
Provincial road upgrade Bokeo Province
Old Route 23 built during the French colonial periodHo Chi Minh trail Pouvong District Southern LaosRural road, Muang Souy
Ridgline run, Motorcycle Laos, National Road 4-B Southbound
Motorcycle Laos Jungle Track Xiasomboun District
Windy motorcycle road Phonxia districtWinding high in the misty mountains Provincial Road 2508 towards the Vietnamese borderRoad 1 D landslide with a tree stump!
Ho Chi Minh trail with original stones laid down by hand by the slave workers along the trail during the time of the Vietnam War. Note the trees overhanging the trail so not to be detectable by US spotter planes.
Newly sealed section of road 1-D with plenty of erosion
Motorcyce Laos Provincial Road 3980 Muang Mok
Provincial road PhamuangWild Mountain road, Kasi district, This new incredible road has some 15degree grades and rises to 1,950 meters, over Pou Chi Mountain to National Road 4
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Long road to Muang Met, karst formation in the background
Road 13 North Kasi District
Road 12 Central laos karst formations
Road near Xekong Southern Laos Bolevens Plateau in the background
Red Earth and Coffee Dac Cheung
Newly constructed rural road, no traffic, great scenery,Phou Kout District Northern LaosNew cut road Xepian national forestDusty road to Saravan along the old Ho Chi Minh trail
Bolevens Plateau coffee plantation, laterite road
Great motorcycle roads of Laos
Eucalyptus plantation Thakhek Central Laos
The Green Season, PDJ, green hills of Phonsavan
Bolevens-Plateau, soon be turned into a Bauxite mine, great motorcycle riding in Laos,ho chi minh trail motorbike
Motorcycle Laos Paraveck Lenticlar Storm Cloud,ho chi minh trail motorbike
Long and strait, a good run to beat the rain Houa Pan Province Northern Laos, motorcycle road.
Muang Laman Southern Laos, Bolevens Plateau in the background, motorcycle road
On the edge of a bomb crater, PDJ Northern Laos sometimes there just is no road, Motorcycle road.
Motorcycle-Laos Road 1-C Viengthong District
Suspension bridge Muang Nga Central Laos
Rolling hills of the “Plain of Jars” you don’t need roads in this wonderland
Motorcycle Laos Red Earth, MIneral Rich Soil of the Bolevens Plateau,
