WikiProject Laos
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Laos/ປະເທດລາວ
Status
Some roads in Vientiane/ວຽງຈັນ; Mekong 80%; Road 13 from Cambodia to Luang Prabang; Road 6 50%;
All roads are mapped without GPS, sometimes the satelite image is not very clear an mistakes are possible.
http://informationfreeway.org/?lat=17.21750629237644&lon=106.2411835578519&zoom=6&layers=B000F000
Cities in Laos
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Road conditions in Laos
Most of the Road-Maps for Laos have big mistakes. The roads in north-south direction east of Route 13 (Ho Che Min path) are destroyed and if you go there and find a passable road, please upload a GPS File!!
Roads without problems to go
13: From Cambodian Border to Luang Prabang the road is in good condition. Between Kasi und Luang Prabang the Road is in the mountains and avg. speed will not be more than 30 km/h.
7: Between Puh Kun junction and Phonsavan the road is in good condition. The road was finished in 2003.
1: Not 100% paved
, 138, 3, 6B, (9), 8,
Adventure roads
Between Sepon and Salavan (Saravan) there should be some roads, but it seems the jungle came back and the roads are gone. Other roads in this area are not passable because of too much dust. Road 23 was destroyed by the USA Army and it seems nobody repaired it.
South of Mahaxai there is a road that maybe has no dead end.
Road 8B between Lak Sao and Mahaxai is a dirt road with heavy lorry traffic because they build "nam theun 2".
From Paksan to Phonsavan there is a road that is easy to go in dry season (two small river crossings). There are many junctions and if you speak no Lao you maybe don't find your way. North of Tha Thom there is a road to Saisombun. This area was not accessable for many years it is a big adventure to go there.
Road Nr. 18 in the deep south is not passable if it's raining. If it is not raining you can go there by motorbike or maybe 4wd. There are several river crossings and the water can be 40cm in dry season. There are villages every 5 km and people are used to stupid falang stuck in the mud. (road 18 is not in the osm map)
Needed
GPS Tracks!!!
Laos is a Country with very nice people. It's save to travel everywhere in this country. If you like it to travel on bad roads this is your country. If you go there bringt GPS Data. It would also be good to know where to find guesthouses.
