The Wobbling Sprocket

Kate, Pip and Rosie all signed up at the same time.  That's not unusual.  What is unusual is that they all three are from Down Under, Australia.  Add Graeme W and there are now 4 people from Australia signed up for the next Lao tour. 

Over the years we have had riders from Canada, Italy, France, Taiwan, Great Britain, Columbia, Australia as well of the US.  I love it when there are people from other countries on a tour.  It keeps things interesting.  

From their pictures, I would guess all three like being "out and about".

It's great to have them.  I think they'll love the Lao adventure.

Kate flying in the thin stuff....

Pip, deep in some white stuff.

Rosie, enjoying the wind on some wet stuff.

Mike did the Lao Tour back in Feb 2008.  He is coming back now for the combo platter, Tour d'Indochine…..both Vietnam and Laos.   Seeing both countries on one trip is a good idea.  They are very different places. 

Tour d'Indochine starts in Hanoi.  We head North to the border with China and then West.   We cross the border into Laos just outside Dien Bien Phu.  

Mike celebrated a birthday when we were in Vangvieng (a real party town) last time Laos and the group decided to decorate his bike for the occasion:

I am not sure what that blue thing is. Isn't Spider Man red? Help!.

Oh, yeah, I am showing my age.  Isn't that thing a Power Ranger??

Alex went with some friends in January for a bike tour in Thailand.  Their spouses met up with them after the biking for some sightseeing.  Some went to Laos and the Mekong, but Alex didn't.  He's going to remedy that in a big way this year with our Lao Tour.  We start in Chaing Rai, head to Chaing Khong and then spend a day on the Mekong to Pak Beng before biking all the way to Vientiane….500 miles.

From the looks of this pic, Alex has been to Croatia already...but, who knows, maybe we can talk him into going back to Istria.......