The Wobbling Sprocket

We are cooling our jets in Sapa for most ofthe day today. Itis now11:00am. At 4 pm we will ride the 35k or so to Lao Cai on the Chinese border and catchthe overnite train to Hanoi. We haveone last night in Hanoi. Grace and Jeff go back to work. Greame, John, Willie and I head to Lao for the next tour. Anyway, I have some time, so here are a few more pics:

This is me on the way up Tram Ton Pass:

Bob

Just like Laos, repairs haveto be made on the road in Vietnam. This guy is dropping the tranny out of his truck:

This is the typical set upforlunch onthe road:

Jeff, Grace and I taking a break:

Jeffand Grace

There are a bunch of floating mines on the Nam Ma River. They are going for gold. They dig up rock from the bottom and sift for gold:

goldmine

Here John and I are riding into town:

Boy

Brian -thanks for the post! Nice to hear from you. Everyone has asked about you.

I will try to make some posts from Laos. The sun just came out. That is a welcome thing in Sapa so I am signing off to go enjoy it!!

What the heck..one for the road. This is Graeme and John on top of Tram Ton Pass…grit?…determination??….triumph?…relief?   You make the call: