150K upriver from Luang Prabang spent an interesting evening with two proper travellers. One- a young Norwegian bloke - had sailed from Norway to New Zealnd in a 22ft boat, across both the Atlantic and Pacific. He had sold his boat in NZ and was making his way home overland. The other, a german in his sixties, was taking six months to cycle from Germany to Bangkok. He had cycled all the way across Russia and China - Siberia vas borink, nothing but birch trees - until the heat forced him to take a bus in Vietnam. After several beers the german got very quite drunk, but the Norwegian remained as perky as ever, showing the kind of stamina it takes to sail around the world single-handedly.
Back to LP on the slow boatthe next day. Five hours of fantastic landscapes and very hard seats.
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