Motorcycle Laos Great Roads

Pou kao Kouay National Park Road Construction

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 rains dirt 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

Provincial Road 120 newly upgraded Motorcyce Laos Laosgpsmap-Pou-Chi

Mountain scene Phou Khoun Northern Laos

Central Laos Mountain and Road

Southern Laos little traveled area of Attapeu province sandy roads

Savanahket long and strait

Red, Green, Blue and wet Pr 2201 Southbound

Road $ Sayabouri Province Rainy season ride

Thasi Central Laos new road 1-D slicing through the center of the country

karst scnenery slick roads

Road 15 Ta Oy Southern Laos

Red dust setting sun Kong District Southern Laos

Street scene in Attepue recent make over of the the town with Vietnamese cash

Karst Valley Road 13 North

Gateway to the Karst Kountry Central Laos

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Motorcycle Laos Provincial Road 3610

Phonsavan Northern Laos, newly cut road to Meung Hiem

Motorcycle Laos Rubber Plantation Attepue Southern Laos

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 road Pakse 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 Laos Valley 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

Provincial road 3601 Northern Laos, 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 period Ho Chi Minh trail Pouvong District Southern Laos Rural road, Muang Souy

Ridgline run, Motorcycle Laos, National Road 4-B Southbound

Motorcycle Laos Jungle Track Xiasomboun District

Windy motorcycle road Phonxia district Winding high in the misty mountains Provincial Road 2508 towards the Vietnamese border Road 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 Phamuang Wild 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 Laos New cut road Xepian national forest Dusty road to Saravan along the old Ho Chi Minh trail