Pakse to Champasak

Tues 07/01/14, 57km

Short run down to Champasak followed by an ancient Khmer temple that's been declared a UNESCO world heritage site was the order of the day.

Easy enough run, 32km to Champasak, find guest house,  have lunch, 10km to ruins, go round ruins, what could go wrong? Well, nothing much per se. Aside from noticing that there's a slight knocking noise developed on the pedals and they're can be slightly, well, soft at times. Hmm. This was beginning to bug me as it felt very much like the start of a serious problem with the bottom bracket (the bit where the cranks connect through the frame). After ten minutes I stopped and checked. There was a good mm or two of yaw there (play from front to back), the bottom bracket is on it's way out. Less than optimal. Cut a long story short a friend who's going to look round Angkor with me is now going to be carrying a replacement out and I'm going to spend the next 700km hoping it doesn't go...

Wat Phu Champasak was very much worth the visit anyway. Angkor period Khmer ruins built running up a mountain side that towers 1400m overhead crowned with a natural linga.

View over the barray (artificial lake) to mountain with linga (linga not quite visible)

Blimey, not more steps

View over the complex