{"id":355,"date":"2023-11-01T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T02:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/?p=355"},"modified":"2023-11-01T09:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T02:20:49","slug":"motorcycle-laos-great-roads-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/motorcycle-laos-great-roads-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle Laos Great Roads Original"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Great<\/a>
Great motorcycle Roads of Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Pou<\/a>
Pou kao Kouay National Park Road Construction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Las<\/a>
laos Map Great motorcycle roads, here we are running one of the new roads into the West side of Vang Vieng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Nam<\/a>
Nam Houng bridge setting sun after rain storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Red<\/a>
Red Mud and Rain makes for interesting traveling September in Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Clear<\/a>
Clear day Vientiane province, just after the rains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"dirt<\/a>
dirt road and blue skies Vientiane Province Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Motorcycle Laos Xieng Kouang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>
New cut road towards Mekong river Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Wet<\/a>
Wet Road just clearing after a rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Great<\/a>
Great Riding and Clear Views<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Provincial<\/a>
Provincial Road 120 newly upgraded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcyce<\/a>
Motorcyce Laos Laosgpsmap-Pou-Chi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Mountain<\/a>
Mountain scene Phou Khoun Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>
Central Laos Mountain and Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Southern<\/a>
Southern Laos little traveled area of Attapeu province sandy roads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Savanahket<\/a>
Savanahket long and strait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Red,<\/a>
Red, Green, Blue and wet Pr 2201 Southbound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Road<\/a>
Road $ Sayabouri Province Rainy season ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"1-D-south<\/a>
Thasi Central Laos new road 1-D slicing through the center of the country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"karst<\/a>
karst scnenery slick roads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Road<\/a>
Road 15 Ta Oy Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a>
Red dust setting sun Kong District Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Street<\/a>
Street scene in Attepue recent make over of the the town with Vietnamese cash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

&<\/p>\n

\"Karst<\/a>
Karst Valley Road 13 North<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

&<\/p>\n

\"Gateway<\/a>
Gateway to the Karst Kountry Central Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

&
\n\"Trail-ride\"<\/a>
\n&<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Country<\/a>
Country Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"moMotorcycle<\/a>
Motorcycle Laos Provincial Road 3610<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Phonsavan<\/a>
Phonsavan Northern Laos, newly cut road to Meung Hiem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Motorcycle Laos Rubber Plantation Attepue Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos-National<\/a>
HIlls and twists this once rocky dusty road has a nice sealed surface Road 4 Sarabuory province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"sand<\/a>
sand road after big rains the previous night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>
Central laos near Xiabouathong District laterite roads and karst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos-road<\/a>
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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Newly<\/a>
Newly graveled section of Road 1 D<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos-<\/a>
Dak Cheung road to Xekahman 2 damsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Road<\/a>
Road 1 D ready for asphalt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Ban Phamuang heading west towards Paraveck, one of the great offroad motorcycle roads in Laos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
River Road Don Som Southern Laos, endless motorcycle tracks and small boat ferries make this area a trail riding wonderland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
National road 4 upgrade at Thaduea, Sayabouri, Province, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"LaosGPSmap<\/a>
Pakse Southern Laos rural electricity is fairly new to this country, here is an example of a forest of poles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Roads-Laos<\/a>
Motorcycle-Roads-Laos red road Karst formations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Bolevens<\/a>
Bolevens Plateau and rubber plantations Phouvong District Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Provincial road upgrade, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Sand<\/a>
Sand track Southern Laos dry diptocarp forest and elephant grass great remote riding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"450<\/a>
450 year road Vientiane capital city heat causing shimmer looking like water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Glimmering<\/a>
Glimmering power poles Xieng Kouang Plain of Jars Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Valley road Hua Pan Province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcyce<\/a>
Road 16 Heading East on a clear day in November 2012 motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Setting sun Muang Peak Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Muang Kham Northern Laos perfect day and perfect road, Laos motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Mountain ride on newly graded road Phonxai District Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Late arrival Muang Pek, after a great day of trail riding, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos<\/a>
Southern Laos laterate strait stretch along 14A, dry Diptocarp Forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Red<\/a>
Red Road Bokeo Province Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Mekong road Bokeo province, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
River crossing ahead of a storm, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
LaosGPSmap another fantastic road, Pou Chi at 1980 mtrs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"incredable<\/a>
incredable Pou Chi valley at 2850 meters is now a paved 13 meter wide road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"LaosGPSmap<\/a>
Amazing switchback road at Nam Ngum 3 hydro-power project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Road 13 N Louang Prabang Province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Xekong Southern Laos looking at the Bolevens Plateau, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Provincial road 3601 Northern Laos, motorcycle road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Just another great road in Sayabouri province Laos, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcyce<\/a>
National road 2-W upgrade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Saybouri Capital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Provincial road 3601 upgrade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Xieng khouang Plain of Jars area, green cool and just perfect motorcycle riding, Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
National road 4 upgrade, ADB contract<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Motorcycle Laos Provincial Road 3610<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Red road,Hot and steamy, Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Provincial road upgrade Bokeo Province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Old Route 23 built during the French colonial period<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"ho-chi-minh-trail\"<\/a>
Ho Chi Minh trail Pouvong District Southern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Rural road, Muang Souy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Ridgline run, Motorcycle Laos, National Road 4-B Southbound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Motorcycle Laos Jungle Track Xiasomboun District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Windy motorcycle road Phonxia district<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Winding high in the misty mountains Provincial Road 2508 towards the Vietnamese border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Road 1 D landslide with a tree stump!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcyce<\/a>
Newly sealed section of road 1-D with plenty of erosion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcyce<\/a>
Motorcyce Laos Provincial Road 3980 Muang Mok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcyce<\/a>
Provincial road Phamuang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcyce<\/a>
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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"motorcycle-laos-bridge-road\"<\/a>
motorcycle-laos-bridge-road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Long road to Muang Met, karst formation in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Road 13 North Kasi District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Road 12 Central laos karst formations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Road near Xekong Southern Laos Bolevens Plateau in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Red Earth and Coffee Dac Cheung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Newly constructed rural road, no traffic, great scenery,Phou Kout District Northern Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcycle<\/a>
New cut road Xepian national forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Dusty road to Saravan along the old Ho Chi Minh trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos-Bolevens-Coffee<\/a>
Bolevens Plateau coffee plantation, laterite road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos-National<\/a>
Great motorcycle roads of Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos-Stora<\/a>
Eucalyptus plantation Thakhek Central Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos-PDJ<\/a>
The Green Season, PDJ, green hills of Phonsavan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Bolevens-Plateau, soon be turned into a Bauxite mine, great motorcycle riding in Laos,ho chi minh trail motorbike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Motorcycle Laos Paraveck Lenticlar Storm Cloud,ho chi minh trail motorbike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Long and strait, a good run to beat the rain Houa Pan Province Northern Laos, motorcycle road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Muang Laman Southern Laos, Bolevens Plateau in the background, motorcycle road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
On the edge of a bomb crater,
PDJ Northern Laos sometimes there just is no road, Motorcycle road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle-Laos<\/a>
Motorcycle-Laos Road 1-C Viengthong District<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Suspension bridge Muang Nga Central Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Rolling hills of the “Plain of Jars” you don’t need roads in this wonderland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Motorcycle<\/a>
Motorcycle Laos Red Earth, MIneral Rich Soil of the Bolevens Plateau,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ho chi minh trail motorbike<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Attapeu<\/a>
Attapeu a new bridge opened over the Xekaman river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"motorcycle-laos-Nongkhiao\"<\/a>
Nam Ou at Muang Ngio Northern Laos, typical scenery in North Laos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,14,15,16,27,36,37,39,57],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycle-laos","tag-garmin-laos","tag-garmin-map-laos","tag-gps-laos","tag-great-motorcycle-roads","tag-laos-map","tag-motorcycle-laos","tag-motorcycle-laos-guide-map","tag-motorcycle-roads","tag-motorcycle-tour-laos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":76,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5727,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/5727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brunovincent.net\/laosgpsmap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}