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The Laos Unicycle Tour (LUT) of Jan/Feb 2006 consisted of 19 unicyclist plus a guide from Grasshopper Adventures and a local staff (guide, two drivers and two helpers). While we did have a major disaster with Ken (the unicyclist organizer) breaking his leg badly halfway through the trip, overall the tour was a great success. Even though there were only 6 riding days, those days were quite strenuous and covered nearly 500km. In addition, we had two back-to-back days where we climbed a total of 2800m.

These photos attempt to capture some of the amazing people and scenery of Laos as well as our riding experiences. I hope you like them.

Riding day statistics (GPS, heartrate, elevation etc):

Day 4, 59km
Day 6, 78km
Day 7, 95km
Day 8, 57km
Day 10, 107km
Day 11, 95km
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Nathan Hoover > We took the adventurous route back - Gilby and a VERY shakey bridge. If you ever go here, this bridge won't be still standing.
Nathan Hoover > Heading across the fields, Beau on the bike
Nathan Hoover > Coming back to the river crossing to Vang Vieng
Nathan Hoover > From the bridge, watching people trying to get trucks unstuck from the middle of the river
Nathan Hoover > Houses with an outdoor fire and picturesque limestone mountains in the background
Nathan Hoover > Interesting multifunctional tiller-buses by the river
Nathan Hoover > Florian on his rented "Crocodile" bike in town. Yes, he completed the whole tour with a broken arm - why not?
Nathan Hoover > Local guy and his bike
Nathan Hoover > A boy on bamboo stilts
Nathan Hoover > Mike and Rob went tubing, the classic entertainment in Vang Vieng. This vehicle is called "jumbo," "tuk-tuk," "skylab" (because ofthe perceived resemblance to a space capsule), "taxi," or "samlor" (three-wheel) depending on where you are in Laos.
Nathan Hoover > Locals on two wheels
Nathan Hoover > Local women
Nathan Hoover > Another sunset from our guesthouse
Nathan Hoover > Celebrating Beau's 14th birthday a day early. Jason managed to talk some cooks into making a great cake.
Nathan Hoover > The "goofy" group photo turned out better than the "straight" one. I'll give the win to Seth. Second place to Tony.
We took the adventurous route back - Gilby and a VERY shakey bridge. If you ever go here, this bridge won't be still standing.
Nathan Hoover > We took the adventurous route back - Gilby and a VERY shakey bridge. If you ever go here, this bridge won't be still standing.
We took the adventurous route back - Gilby and a VERY shakey bridge. If you ever go here, this bridge won't be still standing.
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