Day 13

Today we went from Oudomxay to Luang Prabang only 237 Klm. But what a 237 Klm. Probably the hardest but most rewarding driving we have ever done. The road is so bad that the H and H team have been out and put warning markers in place. The stages were cancelled again because of the terrible conditions. Just to add a bit of  ' home feel' a lot of the route was in thick fog :)

So ideal driving conditions 1 in 4 hills, hairpin bends with no crash barriers, thick mud, no such thing as asphalt, thick fog and lots of villages where the children, dogs, pigs, goats and chickens use the road as a play area. How we all made through this section I will never know, but all 16 cars made it.

This picture, below, gives you an idea how narrow the road was and these guys did not stop (probably couldn't) to see if they could pass, they just go for it.

Julie's ankle is a little better and Molly's new dynamo is working well. We have put one of our
pillows in the footwell so that julie can keep her ankle elevated. Seemed to be working quite well until we went round a mud bath corner with a sheer drop of 2000' feet coming towards us sideways on. Leg seemed to be ok a she was hitting the brakes harder than I was.