LOVE ASIA.
got ready to go just before noon, and rented two motorbikes from Zuela guesthouse after breakfast. it was 60,000 kip/bike for the day (~$7.50 USD), dirt cheap. took them out for a spin the entire afternoon, basically circling the entire township/city of Luang Namtha, stopping at stupas (temples), waterfalls, villages, whatnot.
fill 'er up. local gas station.
Laotian stupa atop the hill.
Luang Namtha is overall super flat, not very hilly, but full of dirt paths and pebbled roads. thank goodness we had motorbikes instead of bicycles, because i don't know if i could've sat on/pedaled regular bikes for another 6 hours after the day we all-day-bicycle-toured in Dali ... it was 4km off the main road to the Namdee waterfall alone, each way.
from one of the only hills in Luang Namtha. town below.
little kids waved at us wherever we rode. seems they know from birth that tourism is what runs this town.
the weather was mindblowingly gorgeous, with phenomenal billowy clouds painting the backdrop for the golden sheen on the plantlife from a blazing sun. flying down the highway or bumping along in the dirt roads was too much fun, all nature, all freedom.
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