{"id":40357,"date":"2021-09-03T15:35:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T15:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=40357"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T15:35:40","slug":"day-1109-huay-xai-to-chiang-khong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=40357","title":{"rendered":"Day 1109 &#8211; Huay Xai to Chiang Khong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Day 1109&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3rd August 2019<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">15 miles (Huay Xai to Chiang Khong ) Average speed 10 mph Top speed 24 mph<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A good day back on the bike.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Farewell Lao and hello again Thailand. I\u2019ve had a great time in Laos and met some wonderful people. Unfortunately the friendship bridge across the Mekong is not very cycle friendly and I had to pay 125 baht to take a bus,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40432\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40432\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40432 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9855-3-8-19-seats-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9855-3-8-19-seats-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9855-3-8-19-seats.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the bus<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> but now I\u2019m in Chiang Khong in a fantastic hotel with pool and two beds<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40433\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40433\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40433 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9859-3-8-19-bedroom-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9859-3-8-19-bedroom-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9859-3-8-19-bedroom.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My bedroom<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40434\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40434\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40434 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9863-3-8-19-pool-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9863-3-8-19-pool-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9863-3-8-19-pool.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lovely pool<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> and I\u2019ve found a very cycle friendly bar with scarves from some of the places I\u2019ve visited! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40435\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40435\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-40435 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9867-3-8-19-The-Hub-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9867-3-8-19-The-Hub-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/9867-3-8-19-The-Hub.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hub<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Time for pad Thai!!<\/p>\n<p>Namkhong resort 162 baht.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1109&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3rd August 2019 15 miles (Huay Xai to Chiang Khong ) Average speed 10 mph Top speed 24 mph A good day back on the bike. Farewell Lao and hello again Thailand. I\u2019ve had a great time in Laos and met some wonderful people. Unfortunately the friendship bridge across the Mekong is not &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=40357\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[2923,2922,2921],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40436,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40357\/revisions\/40436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}