Couchfish Day 28: Into the hills

It is just a few kilometres north from Bo Kluea to my first stop on what is a 170 kilometre ride to wave at Laos and return to Nan town. So, as always, I start early.

After the grandeur of Doi Phuka, Khun Nan National Park seems like an afterthought. Between Route 1081 and Laos, the park blankets a western slope of the Luang Prabang watershed. There is a…