After spending a few weeks in Southern Laos, we decided to power through a few hundred kilometers of central Laos which contained nothing particularly interesting. We arrived in the town of Thakhek, the starting point of the well known Thakhek Loop, a 500km scenic loop around North Central Laos. Just a few kilometers out of … More The Thakhek Loop
The Attapeu Province contained the Bolaven Plateau, a massive mesa that was the only feature to rise out of the flat grasslands covering the rest of the province. Taking a road around the eastern edge of the plateau showed the distinct difference between the flat plains to the east and rocky jungle cliff to the … More The Southern Swing of Laos…
The Vin Moc Tunnels were created by the Vietnamese Army to house soldiers and town people in an attempt to protect them from American bombings. We crawled through thousands of feet of hand dug maze like tunnels constructed back in the 1960’s. This three story underground complex had 14 entrances and dozens of rooms meant … More Coastal Towns…
The first destination south of Hanoi was Ninh Binh, a small town about 150km away. During my time on Cat Ba Island, I met Emily, another American from Colorado who had the same plan of traveling down to southern Vietnam. We decided to join forces and hit the road starting from Hanoi. She had just purchased … More Climbing, Caves, and Chaos…
My time on Cat Ba Island is now over but those seven weeks seemed like an eternity. During my time there I accomplished way more than I thought was possible on a little island off the coast of Vietnam. My job at Asia Outdoors allowed me to work (play) outside for my four scheduled shifts … More My 7 Week Detour…
For the past 10 days I have been living on Cat Ba Island, the largest of 2000 limestone karsts that seem to be floating out in the middle of the ocean. My original intent was to spend about a week here attempting to rock climb every day possible. Upon my arrival, I stopped by Asia … More A Slight Change of Plans…
For the next 4 days we traveled though the Ha Giang province, a territory that many travelers don’t visit due to the length is time it takes to navigate the mountain roads. Being on a motorbike though, this has probably been the best place to visit so far. I stayed in another stilt house homestay … More Ha Giang Province…
Adam Across Asia 