Daytrip Hongsa - Luangprabang 160 km

[asiarider]

At the border Malang Ngeun.

The big power station before Hongsa.

1 night in Hongsa.

Hongsa – Luanphrabang

First Stop

First river after 30 km.

Little bit dust.

In the green forest

Second River

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Third river

Number 4

No 5

No 6

Down to the Mekong River in LPB

After 6 hours on the ferry.

Finish the day in luanprabang.

 

[bsacbob]

Thanks for the update pictures of the 4B, nice to see people take on the stream crossings with gusto

 

[KTMphil]

Nice photo's! One of the great trails that will be disappearing soon, a real shame

 

[nikhuzlan]

Great pics. Can this route be done on big fully loaded DPs?

 

[KTMphil]

Great pics. Can this route be done on big fully loaded DPs?

Nik - Som did it on a BMW F 650 gs Dakar fully loaded, should be ok, its been cleaned up a bit since then too.

 

[asiarider]

Nik - Som did it on a BMW F 650 gs Dakar fully loaded, should be ok, its been cleaned up a bit since then too.

I ride this way many times. This year I was wondering myself about the road - easy to ride. They repair a lot with a bulldozer. You could see the marks of the chains.

 

[bsacbob]

Some friends rode it a few week's ago and said it was pretty much graded the whole way but the stream crossings are still there