In the middle of our Hung Vuong 2016 Road Trip, we spent the night in a hotel in Lao Bao, a town along the Lao-VN border. We had looked at some hotels in Khe Sanh but the pricing and options weren't that great, so we looked 15 km up the road, in Lao Bao, and found a great deal at a small hotel, so that became our overnight stop on the trip. Located at the western end of Vietnam's Highway 9, Lao Bao sits on the slopes of a small limestone mountain, on some plateau style land above the surrounding river valleys. To get up to the town you have to cross one of these river valleys (doing so here on a beautiful bridge that not only bends 90 degrees but also climbs in elevation) and then drive up the ridge between it and another. Doing so gives a great glimpse into the small but impressive gorge on the creek just below the road. Lao Bao is a small but industrious place. Thanks to the cross-border trade, and it's position as one of the main gates between southern Laos and Central Vietnam, there is a surprising amount of money in the city. There is a nice park with a lake right in the middle of town, and the border gate facility is right around the corner to the west. We stayed at a place called the "Bao Ngoc" Hotel, and for 300,000 a night for rooms, it was really quite fine. After relaxing for a couple hours after our marathon ride along The Sacred Highway [Hue & Quang Tri's QL-49B], we wandered outside to look for some eats for the evening. Lao Bao doesn't have any western restaurants, although it has a small but decent selection of Vietnamese restaurants. We settled on Quan Coc Coc and enjoyed a great meal. I am a bit timid when comes to eating, but they had some great noddles, beef, and chicken, as well as they veggies to keep our lady friends happy. Kong and Luke are a bit more adventurous so they dug in and had some chicken parts which I happily videoed and judged without partaking myself. Thanks to the beers we drank that night (only Huda, remember, it's Quang Tri), the next morning came a bit early for some of our group. That, and probably the goat and seafood in 45 degrees combo the day before. Either way, after getting some meds in him after Luke had been up all night sick, he finally managed to grab a few quick hours of sleep. Kong and I took the time to wander around and enjoy a nice sunrise and coffee, talking about everything under the sun like a couple of school girls. Eventually we were all ready to go and on our bikes, so we headed out of dodge and headed for the highway. Our goal for the day was to get all the way back to Da Nang, via the Ho Chi Minh Road along the Da Krong section, so we had lots of miles to make. With only a couple brief stops for photos to admire scenery (mostly obscured by haze) we were quick on to the HCM Road, and onto part III of our adventure, and that was that for our time in the Lao Bao area. Thanks for reading! All photos copyright Kit Davidson.
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