Loving Laos Life

The rickety wooden ramp creaked as our Yamaha XT660 rolled along it and onto the bobbing boat. We paid the boatman and squinted as the mighty Mekong River splashed our faces as we continued on our way to Laos’ 4,000 Islands area.

Another catamaran was docked at the “harbour.” Instead of waiting for that boat to move, our boatman skillfully butted ours up against it and put one foot on each craft to keep them together. The boatmen looked at us with big smiles in anticipation. A quick flick of throttle as the gap momentarily closed and our front wheel made its escape from the boat, swiftly followed by the rear. I wonder how many motorcycles lay at the bottom of that river?

Palm trees swayed and the sun browned our arms as golden sandy roads led us around the island on our hunt for a beach hut. A teak cabin with a couple of lazy porch hammocks overlooking the