{"id":39869,"date":"2021-07-14T14:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=39869"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T14:07:55","slug":"day-1090-pakxan-to-thouay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/day-1090-pakxan-to-thouay\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1090 – Pakxan to thouay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1090                                         15th July 2019
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42 miles (Pakxan to thouay ) Average speed 13.6 mph<\/p>\n

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Another stressful day with concern over the rear wheel.<\/p>\n

I was awake at 8 despite not sleeping until 1.30 after watching England win the World Cup.
\nI had coffee, showered and packed, then left at 11.30. As I checked out the receptionist told me about ban na where you go to watch elephants if you\u2019re lucky so I planned to stop nearby and visit them tomorrow.<\/p>\n

I had breakfast of rice and pork with green chillis at a petrol station. Although the wheel was causing concern and I was doing well to avoid potholes I was going at a good pace.<\/p>\n

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Temporary repair<\/p><\/div>\n

My next stop was at another petrol station to pump up the rear tyre and as I left I latched on to the back of a cart pulled by a mini tractor and drafted it for the next hour or so. It had a blue canopy to cover the three children, the mother and what looked like most of their possessions.<\/p>\n

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Cart<\/p><\/div>\n

When I arrived at my hostel I stopped to watch a game of Sepak Takraw – which is a national sport of Laos and is similar to volleyball.<\/p>\n

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Sepak Takraw<\/p><\/div>\n

Charleunheuang guesthouse. 80000 kip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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