Here we sweep up a higgledy piggledy bunch of photos from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
A collection of ‘the little things’ we desperately don’t want to forget.

In Laos, Luang Prabang, we see rows of monks carrying bowls to receive offerings of rice and food from the community.

This happens everywhere and every morning at 6. Some families still send their youngest sons to monasteries.

Which sometimes makes for tricky riding. Here I slide on mud and Harry comes to the rescue. Psst – my only fall!

We travel south to Kep on the coast. This Lady Statue calls back an island taken by Vietnam. Here we catch a moment when monks take a holy dip.

… and do very little that day except watch other people work (here fixing an engine and pumping fresh water to the island) …

In Thailand, 150km NW of Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, we visit the museum and cemeteries for POW that died building the Death Railway.

My grandfather lost two brothers here. The brother of my grandmother survived the POW camp and returned to Holland.

Here the Bridge over the River Kwai, part of the Death Railway. It was a key 415 km link for Japan in WW2. The original bridge is bombed in 1945.

And what a patriotic place Thailand is … often in public places a whistle shrills at six and everybody stops to heed the national anthem!

But above all, we cherish the resourceful people we meet in the streets. This fishmonger on a motorbike pulls up next to Harry …

And the animals! More equal than any other is the good looking rooster! We see them stand proud throughout Laos and Cambodia!

We spot, after hours, the lesser spotted Irrawaddy Freshwater Dolphin. Near Kratie a pod of 20 live. There are only about 80 left in the Mekong.

But it was Google, after seconds, that gives us this beautiful sight of these rare freshwater dolphins!

And we eat some crazy things. She is roasting sticky rice in a bamboo stick over a fire. It is delicious!

It is better than bread and butter pudding! Sticky rice mixed with black beans, coconut and coconut milk steamed for an hour.

We meet great folk. This lady left for Canada before Pol Pot. She visits regularly and still considers herself Cambodian.

And we go shopping for crates so that our bikes can go home by ship. Here Harry stands with frenchmen Luc who will clear the bikes through Customs.

It is a small local crating business squeezed in along the road near the port. It is very much a family affair.
Very interesting post of your last leg of your amizing trip.The dolphins were amazing. Gene Wilder and Ozzy Osboure pic was a good laugh. Some of the eats on offer was a big no no. Hope you guys have a great flight back. Looking forward to your next adventure.
All the best
Love Colin and Debbie Pienaar Durban.
Thanks a mil for sharing all your memories and photos with us less fortunate that will in all probability never get to visit such exotic locations, they are genuinely appreciated. So where are you off to next?
What an amazing journey. So interesting were the people, places and food !
very interesting place… I’ll skip the food :-) thank you.
Bloody hel, could have done with all the animal pictures, sort of vegans that we are. But loved the dolphins! Soon another specie wil hit the dust. Another amazing trip done by two amazing people. Lots of love
What a lovely medley of photos; all tell such a story and all are so intriguing and truly your energy is amazing. loved them all.
What an interesting reflection on the last days of your amazing trip. You have eaten MORE funnies than what I would have, foodie or no foodie.
We will miss the lovely photos… Thanks for sharing them .
I absolutely must see those Dolphins… They look unreal
Glad you are back safe and sound xxxxx