Day 14 - Got up again early like always now. checked out the market on the other side of the river. Had a really cheap noodle soup costed me only 5,000 kip (usd 0.7). started off our day pretty early. I really wanted to try to ride a moto, so today would be the day.
There were 4 of us. decided to hire 2 bikes instead of 4, to save some money. I shared a bike with Zaid. He was doing the driving n I might try it out on the way back. Funny thing is the dashboard didn't work AT ALL. We had no idea how much gasoline we had, how fast did we go, or what gear we were in. we have rented 2 pieces of moving metal technically. So... not very ideal. Zaid managed it pretty well eventually. Sam & Nat's one, however, the back wheel break didn't work properly. The mountain road was going up n down, very windy and it was raining. Bike crashes twice! Difficult to explain in words but no one got hurt. They more like riding a wild horse than riding a moto. it was quite hilirious actually. Sam tried to get some help from the nearby villagers but they didn't understand. the bike couldn't be more fucked as it was already fucked when we first rented it. Sam & Nat had to head back. We met Martin and Anna from holland on the way. wicked! journey continued.
Wasn't quite a comforting start my day of learning to ride a moto. Anyway, Vien Xia is beautiful. This village is qiute spreadout n the scenary is stunning. limestone mountains, lakes and forest. Very calm n peaceful. Underneath this peaceful scenary however, it was a major war zone during the vietnam war. Apparently every 8 mins there was a bomb dropped by the US army into this beautiful town and there were 480 caves as shelters for the local military n the locals used across this region. We visited several important caves n listened to some fasinating history of this country. Very interesting. Got more materials to cover for this project.
I finally tried out the moto experience. My turn!! it was a manual bike, i needed to use my right leg to control the back wheel, left leg to change clutch, right hand to accelerate n hand break for the front wheel. And with Zaid at the back. No one dies. YAY! jus not use to use my leg on the break when i already loosing balance. I could feel Zaid's nervious at my back. basically there were 4 legs dragging n 2 wheels driving. It may sound dangerous but i was driving dead slow. It was great fun thou. Only drove like 10mins, that was my first day of the driving lesson.
Dinner at the same resturant 2 nites day time n nite time in roll. We were pretty shit in exploring resturants as it has been raining. I would leave my frens tmr heading south while they would head back to Nong Khiaw. Bumped into Laura, an english girl who planed to go to the same destination as i did. Sweet! Another journey with a new company!!
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