Plain Of Jars Site 1-N19.43011° E103.15362° The Plain of Jars, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a group of fields containing more than 90 sites of stone jars, cut from rock thousands of years ago. It is one of the most important prehistoric sites in SouthEast Asia. During archaeological research in the 1930’s, glass beads, burnt…
Looking for Vang Pao’s second home on the lost trails of Xaysomboun Province After being in lockdown here in Laos during March and April, we were finally released with provincial borders reopened early in June, 2020. That was great for me as I was eager to go for a ride and check out leads on…
Ban Laboy Ford was a key crossing into Laos from Vietnam, it Joined a labyrinth of trails for the Vietnamese to disappear into… Choke points were basically intersections of roads, where they met or crossed, so they would become targets for the Bombers above, the thinking would be that it would cause blockages and disruption…
It appears that 8 out of 10 people crash whilst on tour… This is a problem, why so many crashes?, it seems that nearly everybody does it, the first day and the last day are the most popular for throwing yourself at the ground, some think it’s funny, others think it’s par for the course,…
I can remember riding home from Italy on my Ducati thinking, it would be great to have a tour company. Dreaming as the miles slipped away, I, of course, thought I could do it. Fast forward in time some twelve years. I am now living in Laos, and have been running a tour company for the…
Phou Pha Thi was the home of the Tacan system perched high up on the mountain top, Lima site 85. The Americans thought they would be safe up there from ground attack, but alas, that wasn’t the case. Pretty sad story really. We first tried to get up there about 3 years ago. As…
So far I’ve been lucky enough to meet quite a few interesting people. Some through email, some in person, but this particular story is a special one. I was contacted by my friend in Chiang Mia asking if I could assist a gentleman wanting to make a trip to Laos. “Yes, of course,” I replied…
Marks letter of introduction With the approach of the 50th anniversary of my deployment in October 1968 to Task Force Alpha at Nakhon Phanom (NKP), I searched the Internet for tours of the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos in those areas that I monitored as a targeting analyst. I happened upon a tour operator…
Unseen Laos Long Tieng & Anuvong Nestled in the hills of Xaisomboun Province is a place called Long Cheng, (also spelled Long Chieng, Long Tieng, or Long Cheng). During the Laotian Civil War, it doubled as a town and a military airbase for the US Central Intelligence Agency. Its story…….. In 1962, with Long Tieng…
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