Mostly Fun

<p><strong>My favourite part of any cycling trip is when we stop. Never has this been more relevant than in <em>Mostly Fun: Soft Nut Bike Tours of Laos and Thailand. </em>For fans of the truth-telling style of travel writers such as Paul Theroux and Bill Bryson - travel is not always about glamour and goggle-eyed wonder. Sometimes reality bites; roads are bumpy restaurants are closed and the music is awful.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Another Christmas and New Year finally over I set off to join friends old and new on a voyage of discovery exploring the backroads and quiet towns of Central Laos and Eastern Thailand. Between the two saddle-bound trips I also enjoyed some rest and relaxation in and around Bangkok.</p><p><br></p><p>Laos was dusty Eastern Thailand was hot and Bangkok was much as I remembered it; sometimes hot sometimes dusty but always fascinating.</p><p><br></p><p>The trip was as the title implies mostly fun.</p>